An area manager in the travel industry, sidelined by a restructure and short on confidence with senior leaders. She left able to name her value, hold a room, and make herself the obvious choice for a role the business created around her.
Lost, in a company that did not fit her values, and lacking the confidence with senior leaders that her growth depended on.
Clear on her values and her unique worth, presenting powerfully to senior leaders, and moved into a newly created senior role she was chosen first for.
Emily was an area manager leading a team of negotiators in the travel industry in Singapore. From the outside she was doing well. Underneath, she was lost. "I didn't have a clear vision of what the next step in my career would be," she says, in a company that did not sit right with her values or how she wanted to lead.
And there was a quieter cost. "I lacked a lot of confidence when dealing with senior people in the company, and that was hindering my ability to grow."
We started on the inside. Mindfulness, values, and the shift Emily names as the biggest of all: "understanding what my ego thinks and how to disconnect from that. That has really liberated me in dealing with people." For the first time she could say clearly what she valued and what mattered to her.
With that footing, the decisions got easier. "I can make big decisions much more quickly, with much more certainty and clarity, because I know what my values are." She also knew, plainly, the unique value she could bring to any company.
This is where it showed. Emily could "hold myself much better, present myself more powerfully, especially to those senior leaders." That changed the conversations she was having internally. She could articulate exactly why she was right for a bigger role, in the room where those decisions are made.
Emily was moved into a newly created senior role that, in her words, "suits me perfectly." She did not just apply for a job. She made herself the obvious choice and the role was built around her. "I was able to articulate why I would be good for it, and I was chosen as first choice."
"Honestly, the techniques are life-changing. I feel like a new person compared to this time last year."
A considered note from me, now and then, on building your next chapter with clarity and confidence: the shifts that matter, the moves worth making, and how to move forward without starting over or throwing away everything you have built. No noise, no hustle, nothing you will be embarrassed to have in your inbox.
If you know something is not right, that you are not being recognised the way you should be, that is not a ceiling. It is a starting point.
