The Well-Earned Luxury to Choose your Adventure.
I just finished a session with a client and I’m still thinking about it. She is one of the most talented people I’ve worked with. Studied harder than most, worked harder than most, sacrificed more than most. Every step of the way she outran the people around her. And today she told me she feels […]
The ‘Arrival Fallacy’
“By the time you make it, you’ll realize there’s nothing to make.” Nobody told me this when I was grinding through my ‘Big4’ years. There was always a carrot dangling ahead. Senior, team leader, manager, partner… The promised land was always exactly one step further. And every time I reached a milestone, I’d look around […]
The importance of a ”fitting environment”.
Lately, I’ve been talking a lot about this topic: the importance of working in an environment that fits the person (and the moment of their life). Many people come to me with strong urges to rage quit and pivot. They feel disappointed with their current career path and fantasize about burning everything down, moving to […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF FULFILLMENT (THE DARK HORSE PROJECT)
Ok, I’m officially obsessed with the Dark Horse Project (and its book). Harvard researchers studied people who achieved remarkable success without following the standard formula and linear paths. These were the “dark horses” , the ones no one bet on, who ended up surprising everyone… and thriving. Some Dark Horses I’ve had the pleasure to […]
TOP 5 CAREER STRUGGLES FOR MID CAREER INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS
Research mode: Activated Here’s what I learned After 20 Career Confessions and way too many flat whites. While coaching international professionals (often high-achievers, mid-career, and at a crossroads) I started noticing familiar patterns. Clients would come to me with the same concerns, the same quiet frustrations they couldn’t shake. So I went back to the […]
CAREER DESTINATION OR DIRECTION
What’s more important in your career, knowing your destination or your direction? And be honest, how do you feel when someone asks, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” In my coaching conversations, this is in the top 5 topics we discuss, and one of the most powerful shifts I see, moving from obsessing […]
CREATE YOUR CAREER VISION
Visualise to make it real. We often underestimate the power of having a career vision. Not just a goal or a plan, but a clear picture that gives meaning to what we do and helps us make choices that actually move us in the right direction for us. When I work with clients on their […]
HOW TO GO BACK TO WORK AT A JOB THAT MAKES YOU FEEL DRAINED.
I am back in snowy Amsterdam, and I am having so many conversations about that scary feeling of going back to work after the Christmas holidays. With friends and new clients, the same thing keeps coming up. They cannot help but realise they are not excited to go back to work, to say the least. […]
