In short, focused episodes, Matthew Masters explores the psychology and human reality of leadership through conversations with experienced CEOs and senior leaders from different sectors around the world.

Each episode goes beyond career stories and conventional leadership advice to examine what leaders have learned through experience: the decisions that tested them, the assumptions they had to unlearn, the realities they were unprepared for, and what they wish they had understood before stepping into positions of significant responsibility.

Through honest conversation and evidence-informed exploration, The Unwritten Role examines the relationship between leadership and identity, judgement, authority, authenticity, conviction, emotional intelligence and effectiveness.

It is not about presenting a formula for becoming a great leader. It is about understanding leadership more deeply, through the experiences of the people who have actually had to do it.

Because every senior role comes with a job description.

The most important parts are rarely written down.