Career Pivot Accelerator

You've watched it happen. Someone walks into a meeting without saying anything particularly brilliant, and the room treats them like the authority. Meanwhile you know, not suspect, know, that you understand the topic better. So why isn't that what's being measured? In this episode, I name what I call the authority gap: the space between who actually has the expertise and who gets tr...

Reputation by Design, Not Default. Something is off. You can sense it. Not the obvious version. Not a dramatic moment you could point to. The quiet one. A promotion that went to someone else. An email thread you weren't on. A room that shifts slightly when you walk in. You're not doing anything obviously wrong. But something between who you know yourself to be and how you're landing...

Are you a professional woman who works harder than anyone sees, holds yourself to impossibly high standards, and still goes home wondering if it was enough? This is the episode that changes that conversation. Episode 300 of Career Pivot Accelerator - the podcast for women who are done dreading Monday morning - is a milestone episode that delivers something most career development content never doe...

You got the promotion. Someone whose opinion genuinely matters told you that you did good work. Within minutes, a quieter voice arrived: what's next? Are you sure you're really that good? Today I want to shine a spotlight on something that doesn't get talked about enough in career development,because once you see it, everything changes. No promotion, no praise, and no achievement wi...

Around and around we go - the same frustration, the same story, the same wheel. But who is spinning it?  This episode is about the most popular piece of advice in the personal development industry - let it go - and why, without the one thing it always skips, it almost never works.  The Inner Critic Series, Episode 2. This week: why blaming and complaining keeps you in an emotional state that costs...

You know the voice. The one that shows up the moment you’re about to do something that matters. The one that moves the goalposts the second you get close. The one that sounds so much like honest self-assessment that you’ve been trusting it for years. Today we name it, trace it back to where it was built, and ask the question nobody in career development asks loudly enough: what has it actually cos...

There is a particular kind of colleague who never raisestheir voice, never sends an obviously aggressive email, never does anything you can point to clearly as the problem. Instead they talk quietly, furrow their brow, and express concern, for the team, for the organisation, for the younger staff. They are the Doom Narrator and they are one of the most effective, and least called out disruptors in...

You can see the bait coming. You know exactly what's happening. And you still take it. Sound familiar? Today's episode is about the gap between knowing and doing, between recognising workplace bait and actually leaving it alone. We go deep into the neuroscience of why this happens (the amygdala hijack), why difficult workplaces make it worse, and how to build critical thinking as a daily...

How much of your energy this week went toward things you can actually change? Most of us, especially in difficult workplaces, spend enormous mental and emotional energy on things that are simply not ours to move. Today we revisit one of the most enduring frameworks in professional development, Stephen Covey's Circles of Influence, and bring it to life with the latest resilience research, Bren...

Happy belated Star Wars Day! This week we're staying in the world of The Devil Wears Prada - but instead of Miranda, we'retalking about Andy. Because Andy's journey is the story of someone who walked into a noisy, controlling environment with a clear internal compass, and slowly, without fully noticing, had it replaced by someone else's. Sound familiar? Today we talk about why...

Some of the most toxic moments at work don't come with raised voices or obvious confrontations. They come quietly a loaded comment, a pointed question, a perfectly timed criticism designed to throw you off balance and pull you into someone else's drama. This episode is about learning to tell the difference between information and noise and why the most powerful thing you can do in a diff...

Have you ever had a moment, in the shower, on the drive home, at 2am, where something finally clicks? Where you look back over the last year or two and suddenly see the whole picture clearly for the first time? This episode is for you if you've been working hard, giving everything you've got, and still feeling like nothing you do is ever quite good enough, whether that's coming from...

Ever had one of those mornings where everything goes wrong, wrong email, questioned in a meeting, project misses the mark and suddenly your whole day feels like a write-off? Or maybe it's bigger than one bad day. Maybe you've been in a slowspiral for months and you've stopped noticing it. This episode is for both. Using Jon Rahm's legendary 2023 Masters comeback, Rory McIlroy&a...

We named the derailers in Episode 1. We examined the nine organisational conditions that built the stage for them in Episode 2. In the final episode of this series we talk about what you actually do about all of it. Not coping. Not managing. Becoming. Episode 3 is built around the five internal shifts that separate the people who come through difficult workplace dynamics stronger than they went in...

Part 2 of 3 in the series: Beware the Person Who Defines Your Future Skills for You. In Episode 1 we built the Derailer Field Guide and gave you the language for what you have been living. Now it is time to ask the harder question. How does a person like that survive? How do they thrive? How does an entire organisation look the other way while the damage accumulates? In Episode 2 we stop blaming t...

Part 1 of 3 in the series: Beware the Person Who Defines Your Future Skills for You. In this episode we explore the hidden derailers killing your projects and your potential.

This episode deep dives into the psychology of work so you don't lose your mind! What you deal with at work sometimes is someone who has built their entire professional identity around owning their domain at work. They will - consciously or not - protect that territory at almost any cost.

The career freeze isn't laziness or lack of ambition, it'sa cascade of identifiable psychological phenomena. Crucially, staying put can be a smart strategy, IF you're using the stillness to prepare, practice, and position. Last week:  The Sunk Cost Fallacy was about the baggage we carry from the past. https://open.spotify.com/episode/36sO6UpEgIuz9JdTW6jhRK?si=eqvHy5ztSLq0Tq7AEAtf8Q...

Is the Sunk Cost Fallacy Killing Your Career?

You've done the work. You've delivered the results. You've been reliable, capable, professional and you're still being overlooked. In this episode, I'm going to talk about why that happens and I'm not going to soften it. We cover the competence trap - why doing excellent work alone will never be enough in certain environments, and why that's not an accident. We t...

This week, I share what I learned years ago that sounds simple but completely rewired how I think about change: nobody is coming to lead you by the hand. You have to be the change and work toward what you want to become. But here's the part nobody talks about, action without direction just leaves you exhausted. That's why I'm pairing that wake-up call with the best career advice I&a...

Why do capable people doubt themselves at work? In this episode, I'm sharing six beliefs about confidence, trust, and career growth that change everything. We're covering: Why confidence isn't actually the problem (and what is) Why being excellent at your job is no longer enough to advance The hidden cost of staying quiet at work What toxic workplaces actually look like (hint: they&...

Moving beyond comparison, competition, and quiet self-doubt. In this episode I explore: Why "strong women" often gets mistaken for "hard women" and what real strength actually looks like The false binaries women face: be visible OR credible, confident OR liked Taylor Swift vs. Victoria Beckham: two valid (and equally powerful) leadership approaches Where women get hurt at work...

Why real career growth comes from being known for insight, not availability. You can work hard, be reliable, build relationships, and still feel invisible when real decisions are made. This episode isn’t about networking harder, being louder, or putting yourself “out there” more. It’s about what actually creates influence in serious, decision-driven careers. In this conversation, we unpack: Why mo...

Motivation isn't missing. It's misdiagnosed. If you’ve been telling yourself you just need to “try harder” or “get motivated” - this episode is for you. When you feel stuck, exhausted, or unable to follow through, the problem usually isn’t laziness or lack of ambition. It’s overload. And your nervous system knows it. In this episode, Peggy breaks down why motivation is not something you...