Professional Leader FAQ

Professional Leader Magazine is a free-of-charge biannual digital publication that incorporates Nicholas C. Hill’s previous titles, Sharpen Magazine (2012-2015) and Managerial Magazine (2015-2018), under a single umbrella brand. It emphasises professional leadership and management to enhance performance, productivity, efficiency, and your bottom line. Each issue is tailored for practising leaders and managers responsible for people, results, and culture.

Professional Leader Magazine is published by Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd, an ILM-Recognised training provider of leadership, management, and sales courses, established in 1996. For over 30 years, the academy has delivered training to more than 700 organisations, resulting in team performance improvements of up to 234%, efficiency gains of 136%, and productivity gains of 104%.

The magazine supports Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd and provides you with an ongoing resource alongside courses, coaching, and mentoring programmes. It is designed to help you examine our principles in greater detail and apply concepts at your own pace before, between, and after formal training workshops.

Professional Leader Magazine is edited by Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC, a master trainer, course designer, and technical author of over 160 leadership and management courses. As the editor, he determines the content, the graphic layout, and the editorial boundaries. You read material that reflects a single editorial standard rather than a rotating panel of writers.

You receive two outstanding issues of Professional Leader Magazine per year. The biannual pattern is intentional. It gives you time to read an issue thoroughly, test ideas in your workplace, and return to the next edition with fresh questions and experience, rather than being flooded with constant updates. We believe in quality, not quantity, especially in this world of noise!

You read Professional Leader Magazine in a digital format. Each issue is available as an online flipbook you open in your browser and a high-resolution PDF that you can download, save, and forward. You choose the format that works for your reading habits, whether that is on your laptop at work, on a tablet in the evening, or printed pages for meetings and briefings.

Each issue is built around an unabridged, human-to-human exclusive interview between Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC and an internationally recognised leader. Interviews are divided into chapters, each focused on a theme such as decision-making, operations, psychology, or performance. Chapter titles guide you through the conversation, allowing you to dip into specific areas or read it in sequence as a complete narrative.

No. Since 2012, Professional Leader Magazine has been a human-authored publication. All our published interviews are human-to-human, clean verbatim transcripts. Every page is human-authored and human-edited. All interviews are crafted, edited, and approved by Founder and Editor Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC to allow for 100% human judgement. In a world flooded with AI-generated content, we are committed to human authorship to differentiate ourselves.

Yes. We use AI to assist with ideation, chapter structure, light proofreading, image restoration, image retouching, image creation, and writing some marketing content. AI helps us generate topic outlines, refine interview sequences, check flow, consistency, and legibility. This keeps development efficient without compromising integrity. However, since 2012, our articles and interviews have been and always will be human-led, human-authored, and human-edited.

Yes. Our editor, Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC, is a member of the Society of Authors. The UK-based professional organisation for writers. His membership reflects his record of published, human-authored work since 1996, and reinforces our commitment to intellectual property protection, professional standards, and recognised authorship within the global publishing community.

Professional Leader Magazine has maintained a documented editorial record across its back issues since 2012, including date-stamped articles, interview transcripts, audio recordings, and Adobe InDesign production files. These materials provide a clear trail from the original source material through to editing, layout, and final publication, supporting our claim that the magazine’s editorial content was researched, written, and edited by humans.

Professional Leader Magazine content will soon be available in book form as Professional Leader volumes on Amazon KDP. These book editions will then be registered with the Society of Authors’ Human Authored scheme and may display the Human Authored mark where applicable. This process reinforces our commitment to transparency, professional publishing standards, and the protection of original intellectual property.

Professional Leader Magazine may not be a good fit if you are seeking quick solutions. However, if you want critical thinking combined with humour that addresses real workplace issues, our magazine is for you. It’s ideal if you manage teams, operations, or projects and are responsible for performance, change, or culture. Our readership also includes HR and learning and development professionals, as well as those involved in reporting on organisational behaviour.

You subscribe online via Professional Leader Magazine or across the associated pages on Nicholas Hill Academy’s website. Just look for the subscribe or download button. You enter your name and email address, confirm your subscription, and then receive an email link when each new issue is released. Subscription to each digital issue is free-of-charge, and you can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in each email.

Yes. You may circulate each issue to anyone you believe will benefit from our content, including colleagues, suppliers, clients, and associates. Our readers include seasoned and emerging leaders and managers. HR, L&D, or senior leaders often share Professional Leader Magazine in this way anyway. If you plan to distribute widely or on an ongoing basis, please contact Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd so we can provide additional support.

Not at present, but we are working on it! Professional Leader Magazine is currently a digital-first publication designed for reading across your devices. We plan to launch a hard copy version in the near future, which will be available on the Nicholas Hill Academy website, Amazon, and newsstands. Subscribe today to be kept informed of this journey.

You may quote short extracts for review, commentary, study, or academic work, provided you credit Professional Leader Magazine and Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC. Reproducing any content, including text, images, illustrations, or design, in print, online, or on an intranet, in whole or in part, is a breach of copyright and is not permitted without prior written permission from Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd. If you are unsure, please contact us before you publish.

Core content is written and controlled by Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC. Professional Leader Magazine does not operate as an open guest-post platform. If you represent a professional body, academic institution, or research project and wish to explore a specific collaboration, you may contact Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd via our contact page with a clear proposal for a paid advertorial.

Any advertising published in Professional Leader Magazine is separate from the editorial content. Interviews are not paid placements, and advertisers do not control editorial opinion or coverage. Promotional material, when used, appears in clearly defined advert space so that you can distinguish it from the main editorial voice.

When you subscribe, you provide your details so we can send you issues and manage your preferences. Your details are never sold to unrelated third-party mailing lists. You remain in control of your subscription and may opt out at any time. Your data is used to deliver the magazine, provide essential updates, manage your subscription status, and gain a general understanding of readership patterns.

If you have a question, correction, or suggestion as a reader, contact Nicholas Hill Academy Ltd using the contact page on this website. If you work in the press, you can request an interview with our editor, Nicholas C. Hill FCMI FIoL FIC, access to recent issues for review or background, commentaries on leadership and management topics, or information about our work and our editorial stance. In your initial enquiry, include your name, role, organisation, and deadline so we can manage your interests and meet your requirements.

If you are a bestselling author, a high-profile entrepreneur, or an accomplished trailblazer, visit our contact page to request an interview with Professional Leader Magazine. You must be a recognised leader whose work shows demonstrable impact on leadership, management, or organisational results at scale. In your enquiry, include a brief biography, your most relevant books or ventures, your current media profile, why your ideas suit our readership, and your availability. We also welcome introductions from reputable PR teams, publishers, or speaker bureaus.