Defending Against Ethical Erosion: Mental Self-Defence for Modern Leadership
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Uncertainty Is Inevitable.
Ethical Erosion Is Not.
We live in the most informed era in history.
We understand performance, leadership, and human behaviour better than ever.
And yet anxiety is rising.
Trust is thinning.
Burnout is normal.
The problem isn’t knowledge.
It’s misalignment.
I speak on ethical congruence and mental self-defence, the disciplined practice of protecting coherence in high-pressure environments.
When principles and behaviour align, performance strengthens.
When they don’t, erosion begins.
For organizations ready to move beyond culture theatre and build structural integrity.
George Strange
Ethical Congruence & Mental Self-Defence Speaker
George Strange didn’t set out to speak about ethics.
He set out to understand why capable, intelligent people quietly unravel under pressure.
After years of navigating anxiety within performance-driven environments and leading teams responsible for behavior change at scale, he began noticing a pattern.
The issue wasn’t lack of information.
It wasn’t lack of strategy.
It was ethical erosion.
The small drift between what individuals and organizations say they value and what they actually reward.
That drift fragments people.
Fragmented people create unstable systems.
George’s work focuses on restoring coherence.
Drawing from applied ethics, behavioral science, and martial arts discipline, he developed the framework of Mental Self-Defence, a structured approach to protecting internal stability and strengthening congruence in high-pressure environments.
He has led high-performing remote teams, served in governance roles, and worked directly with professionals navigating uncertainty, identity strain, and leadership pressure.
His message is simple:
Strength and integrity are not opposites.
When aligned, they reinforce one another.
Through speaking engagements and leadership programs, George helps organizations shift from extractive performance to coherent mission advancement, leadership and rank-and-file moving together.
Core Thesis
We live in an era of unprecedented access to leadership and performance knowledge. Yet trust is declining and anxiety is rising.
The issue is not information, it is ethical erosion.
When organizations drift between what they say they value and what they reward under pressure, individuals fragment and performance becomes extractive rather than collective.
George’s work focuses on restoring coherence through disciplined, first-principled practice, strengthening internal stability at every level of an organization.
Signature Topics
Ethical Erosion in Modern Organizations
How quiet misalignment destabilizes performance and trust.
Mental Self-Defence Under Pressure
Regulating internal instability before it spreads across teams.
Performing Without Fragmenting
Sustainable strength in performance-driven environments.
Mission-Aligned Performance
Advancing organizational goals through coherent leadership and collective alignment.
Outcomes
Attendees gain:
- Greater decision clarity under pressure
- Reduced cognitive noise and internal fragmentation
- Practical tools for disciplined congruence
- A reframed understanding of performance and mission alignment
Formats
- Keynotes (45–90 min)
- Executive Sessions
- Leadership Retreats
- Half/Full-Day Workshops
