If I had known in 2015 that I would be where I am right now, I would have just laughed and said: "not possible - other people make those sorts of changes but not me, I am not brave enough". At the time I was in a complete comfort zone. I was in a senior and safe position - I wasn't unhappy, but I wasn't feeling fulfilled either. The senior position I was in was not panning out the way I had once imagined it would. I was successful and outwardly one would never have realise

I don't know how many people I have written off in my life because of communication styles. I know it's probably a lot though. I suspect I have been written off by a lot of people for the same reason. We all fall into conversation traps that can cause us to misunderstand and disconnect from each other.

In the business of being you, are you in the CEO’s office, or some back office taking orders? I don’t think it’s a novel idea to say that if we think about our careers as our business, then we are all the CEO’s of our careers. And yet, so many of us tend to treat our careers as if we are a passive stakeholder in the business, taking direction from others on where to go in our careers, rather than determining our direction.

Success for me is about persevering when things get difficult, course correcting and finding workarounds when things block your way, and being resilient to failure. More importantly, success for me is about connecting with others, making a positive contribution towards the development of young leaders, and having conversations that raise curiosity, reframe perspective and help young professionals have lives and careers that are intentional and purposeful.