Space To Shift Your Career

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/56 Feeling stuck in your career can feel like standing in a fog. You can’t see very far ahead. You don’t have a clear path.  Your instinct is to stand still and wait.  Until ... ... the fog lifts by itself and things become clearer, ... you feel more certain,  ... you know exactly where you’re going. But what if the fog doesn’...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/55 Have you ever noticed how you can get used to almost anything? A nagging pain in your back. Poor sleep. A job that pays well and appears more stable than others – but leaves you feeling empty. We adapt. We adjust. We convince ourselves it’s fine. "Don’t be picky, that’s just how it is." But here’s the thing about...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/54 Have you ever been on a road trip to a place you’d never been to before?  I suspect you probably didn’t just throw a bag in the car and go. You probably checked the route and worked out what you needed to take.  You might have thought about who to take with you.  And you possibly even built in a few stops along the...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at SpaceToShiftYourCareer.com/53 Your values work like a compass. You might have heard this before. But what does it mean? Let me explain.  You trust the compass to find the way you want to go because the needle is pointing True North.  But when something throws it off, an interference like a bit of metal nearby, the needle starts to drift. If you ignore t...

Send us Fan Mail Find the transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/52 I recorded this episode exactly one year after this podcast went live.  Yes, it’s the one year anniversary of the Space To Shift Your Career podcast. This puts me in a reflective mood. I think back to where I was one year ago.  I was at a crossroads:  Moving from one side of the world to the other.  I was about to go thr...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/51 Career change is a marathon, not a sprint. And a marathon isn’t won in the first mile. But when you’re deep into exploring your next career move – allowing yourself to dream up your ideal scenario, exploring, testing and verifying ideas – it can start to feel like a LONG journey. Often, the path isn’t straight. It zigzags. ...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/50 “I don’t really know how to describe myself anymore”, a public sector leader said this to me recently. On paper, they were incredibly accomplished. Years of leadership experience. Strategy. Stakeholder management. The kind of person others look at and think: “They’ve built such a successful career.” But psychologica...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/49 Okay, you’ve built your career transition support team.  Maybe you’ve got your Motivator and your Mooring for emotional support. Maybe you’ve found a Mentor or hired a Coach to be your Trusted Expert . You’re excited. You have people in your corner. And then… a month or two in, you realise something is not quite wor...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/48 Here’s what I hear a lot from public sector leaders when they realise they need a support team for their career transition: “I know I need this. But I don’t know where to find these people.” " All my close friends are colleagues. I can’t be open with them.” “I don’t have anyone in my network who’s done what I’m...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/47  I recently worked with two leaders navigating career change, and they needed completely different support teams. One leader was drowning in possibilities . She had five ideas and couldn’t decide between them. She needed someone to help her structure her thinking and break things down into steps. A Manager and a Tru...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/46 Imagine you’re putting together a team at work to tackle a complex project. You wouldn’t just hire six people and hope they figure it out. You’d define roles. Clarify responsibilities. Make sure each person knows what they’re supposed to be doing. That’s the difference between a group of people and a functioning tea...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/45 I once worked with a public sector leader who understood that having people around her would help her with her career change.  But when it came time to actually reach out to someone to say ‘I need help’?   She froze. “What if they think I’m weak for not being able to figure this out by myself? What if they judge me?...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/44 A client of mine used to think career change was a solo mission.  You figure out what you want.  You make a plan.  You execute it.  Easy peasy, right?  If only it was that simple!  But for this leader, the idea of asking someone else for help felt like failure. Because he'd had to admit he couldn’t do it by himself.  S...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at SpaceToShiftYourCareer.com/43 Have you ever tried to grab a bar of soap in the shower?  It just keeps slipping out of your hands. The tighter you grip, the faster it escapes. And the more frustrated you get, the more force you use – which only makes it worse. Changing your public sector career can be a bit like that. The harder you try to pin down THE a...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript and other resources at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/42 I notice something interesting when I talk to public sector leaders about investing in themselves. They’ll spend thousands on a degree and professional qualifications without blinking. They’ll invest their time in training courses their employer sends them on. But when it comes to investing in something...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/41 I want to tell you about Chris. Chris was 46 years old. He’d built an impressive career as a government lawyer.  Worked his way up to being one of the respected voices in his ministry. Smart, competent, well-paid. By most measures, he’d made it. But when we talked, he told me something in a whisper, like it was sham...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/40 Imagine you’re shopping for a car. You could buy: - a reliable Toyota: It works. It gets you from A to B. It’s affordable. - a sports car: Fast, exciting, cutting-edge technology. But maybe more than you need.  - a truck: Practical if that’s your life. Wasteful if it’s not. None of them is objectively “the best car.” They’r...

Send us Fan Mail One of my clients was excited about exploring a new career direction.  He’d done the thinking. He had his questions ready. He knew who he wanted to talk to. But when it came time to actually send that first email to someone outside his network, someone he didn’t know, he froze. He stared at a blank screen for hours.  Then drafted something he didn’t like. He was overthinking it. T...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/38 A public sector leader I spoke to recently told me they’d worked hard to earn their place. They'd been "climbing the ladder" for years.  But instead of feeling proud and satisfied, they wondered: “ Is this even the ladder I want to be climbing?” From the outside, the next step is obvious: another promotion, m...

Send us Fan Mail Find the example of an 'Ideas Bank' at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/37   As a public sector leader, you know how to get things done.  You know the processes, you know the people. You value systems and evidence-based decision-making. There may not always be time for it, but that’s the ideal. That’s why changing your career can feel a bit overwhelming. You don’t know...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript and other resources at SpaceToShiftYourCareer.com A few years ago, I joined a gym. I was convinced that having access to ALL the equipment, all the classes, and all the expertise I could possibly need would transform my fitness. But I still had to show up. The gym wouldn't do the workout for me. These days, I use an online training course. For this st...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/35 Can you change your public sector career without risking everything?  YES. It’s not a quick-fix. But you can do it.  And it can lead you to a career that’s more aligned with who you are now – and how you want to contribute to the world in future.  It’s far more effective when you make space to think about what you r...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/34 Imagine you’re a trapeze artist learning a new routine. You wouldn’t practise without a net below you, would you?  The net doesn’t make the act less brave. It makes it possible. In the public sector, you’ve likely been performing with a net you didn’t have to build all by yourself. Your employer provided it: steady...

Send us Fan Mail Find the full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/33   I was talking to a client recently about his family situation.  He told that, over time, he and his partner had slowly started living on parallel tracks. Not because of one dramatic event. Or because anyone stopped caring. Just… little decisions, repeated over the years. More travel for work. More pressure. More c...

Send us Fan Mail Sign up here to get new episodes straight into your inbox.  Full transcript at https://spacetoshiftyourcareer.com/32   When public sector leaders think about career change, they often picture a leap. A big, bold, all-or-nothing move.  They imagine it’s about leaving everything behind… and hoping the next thing works out. And that image can feel risky and scary. Because… What if it...