Cary Bailey-Findley

Background

About Cary Bailey-Findley

I’ve spent most of my career working in leadership and team development, driven by one question: What actually helps leaders lead better?Leadership development has no shortage of good ideas, polished frameworks, and well-designed slide decks. Some of it even comes with good donuts.Very little of it actually changes how leaders lead.That’s the work I focus on: building leadership experiences that actually move the needle on how leaders I’M WORKING ONRight now, most of my energy goes into building and testing leadership experiences, not just writing about them.I design consequence-based leadership experiences that place leaders inside real decisions, real tension, and the outcomes those choices create. The goal isn’t insight alone, it’s recognition, responsibility, and better judgment the next time it counts.Over the past few years, that work has included experiences such as:1) Owning the ConsequencesA leadership experience focused on how accountability actually breaks down over time, and what it really means to own commitments, trade-offs, and outcomes.2) Adopting AI as Your Co-LeaderAn experience exploring how AI changes leadership time, judgment, and expectations, without outsourcing what still requires human responsibility.3) Leading Across SilosA simulation that surfaces what happens when leaders have different success criteria, but still need to work together to deliver strategy.4) My Leadership Through ChoicesA leadership dilemma experience where leaders make hard decisions and see how those choices map to the company’s leadership model.I do this work inside organizations like SimCorp and Deutsche Börse, and through my consultancy Rethink All the & KNOWLEDGE SHARINGAlongside the work, I write a weekly LinkedIn newsletter called Rethink All the Rules.It’s where I share- leadership and team “rules” that need updating - research or ideas pointing in a new direction - and practical ways to apply those ideas at workThe newsletter comes out every Tuesday and is written for people who care about leadership, learning, and performance, but want thinking that holds up in the real world. Subscribe here TO CONNECT?If you care about leadership, teams, or learning & development, or you’re simply curious and want to compare notes, I’m always happy to connect and learn from others. Newsletter: Rethink All the Rules Leadership Experiences: