Executive coaching is worth it when you’re ready to look at yourself, not just your results, and you choose a coach you trust with clear goals and a set time frame. It’s rarely worth it if you want someone to fix your team, your boss or your mood for you. The real return is a…
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Who are you when the title is gone? For most of my working life, when people talked about a knowledge gap, they meant skills. A degree you didn’t have. A certificate you needed. A new tool to learn before the next promotion. From 2027 on, I believe the knowledge gap that matters most will be…
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Quick answer Yes, you can change careers at 45, and plenty of people do. The people who manage it well don’t just quit on a bad Monday. They get clear on what they want and why, test the new direction while they still have an income, build a money runway, and use the experience they…
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You feel unfulfilled in your job when the work no longer connects to what matters to you: your values, your growth or the people you serve. For many leaders the job itself is fine. What has grown is the Gap between the role (the Suit) and who they are (the Monk). The way forward starts…
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Before you quit a corporate job at 40, decide what you are leaving, what you are going towards, and whether the problem is the job itself or the Gap between your work and who you are. Quitting can fix the first. It rarely fixes the second. Forty is often when the question gets impossible to…
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Yes, a career change at 50 in Australia is realistic for senior leaders. It works best when you decide what the next chapter is for before you decide which job it is: start with your values, test options while you are still employed, and build on the experience you already have instead of starting from…
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You feel stuck in your career even though you’re successful because your outer life (the Suit) has grown while your inner life (the Monk) has been ignored, so achievement keeps arriving, but it no longer fills you. The restlessness isn’t a lack of ambition; it’s the Gap between who you are and how you’ve been…
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If you’ve just typed “lost my job what now” into a search bar at 2am, I reckon you’re not really asking about CVs. You’re asking something bigger. Who am I now? Where am I going? What was all that for? I’ve been there. In 2008 I lost my job in China, and it turned out…
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Many business leaders need to make a lot of important decisions, and every decision carries consequences that shape outcomes. To optimize decisions and get better results, leaders often need two things: better data and broader perspectives. Research provides the data, while leadership coaches offer the insights and perspectives. All of these are important to maximize…
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Practical philosophy is the application of philosophical principles and practices to everyday life. For many people, practical philosophy is a way to find meaning, purpose, and happiness in their lives. It can also be an effective tool for making better business decisions. I explore this further in philosophy for business leaders. In the world of…
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Business. Social Media. Finance. Health, and even relationships. Everything always goes through the mind. Some go through the heart first for a few weeks or months, but then it becomes a mind game. Imagine you start a business based around your purpose. You love what you do from the heart. But soon you will realise…
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Hacking. The ability to take shortcuts to maximise your potential. Daily cold showers are a hack to stimulate blood flow and improve health. Using meditation headsets before sleeping improves sleep quality and waking up refreshed. Getting a subscription to book summary services, so you don’t have to read whole books but just get the essence…
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