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You can understand the business reasons for a change and still find it deeply unsettling when it happens to you. On the leaders expected to steady everyone else through restructuring, redundancy or a sale, and where they take their own questions.
Read the articleMy Labrador ate half a punnet of grapes and I spent two days at the vet's feeling something I hadn't expected: shame. On what happens when competence becomes part of who you are — and the three questions worth asking when something goes wrong.
Read the article"I've started to wonder whether everything I'm good at is about to stop counting." It's the thought a lot of senior leaders are having and almost none are saying out loud. Here's why it's reasonable — and what to do with it that isn't panic or denial.
Read the articleMost leaders I work with aren't short of intelligence or effort. They're short of certainty — and most of them have been waiting for it to come back. Here's what future-confident leadership actually asks of you, and how to build it.
Read the articleBy every external measure I was succeeding: an international banking career across three countries, teams of 1,500 people. I felt exhausted, disconnected and increasingly lost. Here's what learning to trust myself again actually took.
Read the articleDecember 2020: jet-lagged in temporary accommodation, interviewing for a senior London role I'd been encouraged to pursue. Two hours later I emailed to accept the redundancy package instead. Here's what made it clear.
Read the articleThere's a difference between having people who know your achievements and having people who actually see you. On the liking gap, why my network changed when I did, and how to find the people worth listening to.
Read the articleYou stare at the blank self-assessment. Not because you haven't achieved anything — you have. But claiming it makes your skin crawl. Here's how to do it without wanting to crawl under your desk.
Read the articleWe talk a lot about the courage it takes to leave. We talk far less about what happens after — the bit between what you walked away from and whatever comes next. That's the part that catches most people off guard.
Read the articlePlanning the rest of your year? Try The Autumn Reset, a free ten-question workbook to help you take stock and choose what matters between now and Christmas.
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