Published in The Times
Six from the best: advice for future leaders, in The Times
Six of Dane’s rules for future leaders, as printed in The Times’ Business Recruitment section on 11 September 2026.
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Discipline Beats Vision
Vision inspires. Discipline delivers.The practical behaviours that turn ambition into achievement.
Helping CEOs and founders build the disciplined leadership behaviours that turn ambition into sustainable results. Created by Dane Hudson, Wiley author and 25‑year global CEO, and refined through mentoring more than 150 CEOs and founders.
25Years as a global CEO
150+CEOs and founders mentored
900+Leaders developed
200,000Employees led
WileyPublished author, 2026
Why discipline
Vision is not enough
Vision attracts people, inspires investors and gives a team somewhere to go. It does not build trust, create accountability, retain talent or lead change. As complexity, culture and growth accelerate, that takes disciplined leadership: the deliberate, consistent behaviours that turn vision into results.
Impactful Leadership is Dane Hudson's mentoring, advisory and development framework, built from thirty years leading large, complex organisations and refined with more than 150 CEOs and founders.
25+
years a global CEO
150+
CEOs and founders mentored
900+
leaders developed
90%
of clients stay beyond 12 months
How Dane works with leaders
Three ways to build disciplined leadership
CEO Mentoring
A practical mentor for CEOs and founders
One-on-one mentoring and advisory support for leaders navigating growth, complexity, boards, international expansion and crisis. Six-month engagements, three hours a month, and Dane on call between sessions.
Leadership Development
Scale the leadership team to scale the business
Practical programs for leadership teams and high-potential talent: trust and accountability, communication, coaching, difficult conversations, leading change and culture.
Workshops & Offsites
Offsites that end with an aligned plan
One, two or three-day strategy and trust-building offsites, keynote-to-workshop days and custom leadership modules, facilitated by Dane using Impactful Leadership templates.
The Impactful Leadership framework
Three pillars. One belief: vision inspires, discipline delivers.
1,000 pages of frameworks, tools and templates across three pillars, with a fourth on whole-life success and relationships. Simplified here, applied in depth in every engagement. Leaders develop three capabilities: disciplined leadership behaviours, scaling and transforming organisations, and ready-to-use leadership tools.
1. The Disciplined Leader
How to lead yourself; build trust and accountability in your team; work with investors and boards; lead in crisis and across multiple countries. Proven tools, checklists and templates to support the CEO.
2. The Change Agent
Strategic planning and prioritisation; business model and structural options; people plans that attract, retain and develop the team; tools to create cultural alignment.
3. The Hands-On Operator and Facilitator
The levers that optimise profit margin in any business; how to direct supply chain, sales, marketing and finance; proven tools and templates for operations and functions.
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What CEOs and founders say
The work hasn't been about big theories or frameworks, but about small behaviors that really matter.
Aditya VirmaniCEOEmbassy Property GroupBangalore
Bring that discipline to your own leadership.
Start a ConversationHaving my ideas challenged by a seasoned CEO enabled me to hit the ground running on my first day in role.
Christian AlsøCEOISS DenmarkCopenhagen
I would highly recommend using Dane and leveraging his Impactful Leadership content.
Nidhi GuptaFounder and CEOPortcastSingapore
Clients and funds Dane works with
The book
Discipline Beats Vision
How to Be the Leader Your Company Needs, Starting Monday
The Impactful Leadership frameworks are the foundation of Discipline Beats Vision, published globally by Wiley. Vision will inspire your team; discipline will get you there.
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This book is real-world leadership, not theory. I encourage you to read it, then act on it.
More from the leaders Dane works with
This has helped me navigate the investment landscape alongside early-stage developments.
Sahil TapiawalaCo-Founder and CEOAtomionicsSingapore
Working with Dane has transformed how we approach our sales process.
Calvin SimFounder and CEOFreebohSingapore
I would highly recommend utilising Dane as a coach and advisor.
Rohit JhaCo-Founder and CEOTranscelestialSingapore
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Insights
Ideas on disciplined leadership, as Dane publishes them
Articles and posts drawn from LinkedIn and the publications Dane writes for.
Published in Growth Hacking Culture
The Leadership Gap No CEO Talks About Until It’s Too Late
Most CEOs look outward when growth stalls. The real gap is often internal. Dane Hudson on why discipline, not vision, separates leaders who scale.
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Published in The CEO Magazine
Why vision alone won’t scale your business
A compelling vision can inspire investors, employees and customers, but it isn’t enough to build an enduring company. To scale, founders must develop disciplined…
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