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Short bio · 48 words

Dr Imogen Hale is the author of four books on leadership under sustained pressure, including The Steady Middle. A former logistics director turned researcher, she has spoken on 62 stages in 11 countries and writes a Sunday letter read by 34,000 leaders.

Long bio · 118 words

Dr Imogen Hale writes about what happens to organisations after the emergency ends. She spent a decade in logistics operations, including a warehouse fire whose aftermath cost her two thirds of her management team, before completing a doctorate at the Lowry School of Management on recovery in shift-based work. She is the author of The Recovery Habit (2016), Small Brave Things (2019), Hold the Line (2022) and The Steady Middle (2026), and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Public Services. She speaks to boards, conferences and whole-staff events in 11 countries, and lives in Edinburgh.

Headshots · print & web
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Imogen Hale against a plain grey background
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Imogen Hale laughing at a desk covered in papers, pen in hand
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Imogen Hale speaking into a handheld microphone on a dark stage
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The four book jackets by Imogen Hale side by side
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Press mentions — fictional

“The quiet book leaders are passing around”The Pellinore Review · Feb 2026Long read: after the applause, the attritionNorthline Broadcasting · Jan 2026Interview: “Resilience is often just bad design”Meridian Business Weekly · Nov 2025Op-ed: what month seven costs youThe Harbour Post · Aug 2025

Podcasts

The Long Middle (host) · weekly2024–Working Hours with Dov Krainer · ep. 2122026Ward Rounds · two-part special2025Castellane Leadership Hour2025

Press contact

Sadie Winterbourne, Verrall & Boyd
press@verrallboyd.example

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