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The Modern LeadHer Way
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The Modern LeadHer Way
[119] A Purposeful Pause
The quiet stretch wasn’t a fade-out. It was a recalibration toward a way of working that respects energy, honours values, and still delivers results you can measure. I’m opening the door on that shift and inviting you to build with me: a humane approach to strategy where we choose channels, cadences, and offers that fit real lives, not imaginary playbooks.
You’ll hear why I’m moving deeper into consulting with visionary women and corporate rebels who want change without burnout. We talk through simple yet powerful pivots: replacing exhausting launches with evergreen systems, prioritising voice when video creates friction, and designing processes that safeguard creative energy. Instead of handing you a generic blueprint, I map decisions to constraints and strengths—time windows, caregiving, appetite for visibility—so momentum lasts. This is leadership that treats people like humans, not production units, and it works because consistency thrives when the work feels good to do.
If you’re stuck in strategies that look “right” but feel wrong, this conversation is your permission to choose alignment. We dig into how to avoid building monsters you can’t manage, how to measure impact beyond vanity metrics, and how to translate these principles inside large organisations that reward theatrics over outcomes. The corporate lens still matters here: safeguarding deep work, setting clear boundaries, and celebrating results, not constant performance. The goal is bold and simple—grow in a way you can live with, and lead work that does good without grinding you down.
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I haven't kind of looked back, and that's when I realised A, I owe my listeners an explanation as to where the frick I've been. So that is where I've been, very busy. Um, and also, like, if you are listening in and you are someone that's listened in because you are someone that sat in the corporate world, and you appreciate the lens of which I bring, having left that world, um, about how you can be different in that world. You know, I wanted you to know and hear it from me first that this is the direction that I'm taking things in, and you're welcome to join me for the ride. Because actually, overarching all of this, and what I've realized is the modern leaderway is still very much alive in everything I do. Because here I am having these strategic conversations with these people, with these very visionary women, and I'm not saying here's a one-size-fits-all strategy, I ain't never gonna do that because I'm like, what works for you? Let's find what feels good for you, and we'll do that. So when Julie turns around to me and says, That launching looks exhausting, I'm like, so we don't launch. So we go evergreen, we find a way that we can launch without launching. And when someone else says, I cannot see myself doing a video podcast, I say, so we do voice. So we don't have to worry about video, we don't have to worry about what your hair looks like or your makeup looks like or what you're wearing or if you're breastfeeding your baby. We just get your voice out there. How do we best get your voice out there? And it's it's a consistent theme throughout my eight years in coaching that I am now taking into my consulting work, is that I am I am gonna be the person that helps them get stuff done in a way that feels really fucking good because I don't want it to feel shit for anyone. If we're building, if we're building to make a difference, not just in your own life because you're making a um bloody good income, but in the lives of others because you're making a difference through the work you do, then I want it to feel good. I want it to feel good for you, and I want it to feel good for me that I'm facilitating that, that I'm enabling that, that I'm actually making that happen. I don't want to be creating a monster for you any more than I want it to create a monster for myself ever.
