My transition from an early career in sales and marketing to the world of learning and development some 30 years ago was a life-changing shift for me both in experience and in personal fulfilment. Working with people to help them to self-develop, gave me a sense of meaning that I had previously yearned for.

In 1994, I Ieft the secure world of employment to set up my own L&D consultancy business and to work freelance. My new role as a consultant and facilitator exposed me to working with a host of large PLCs and smaller owner managed SMEs, mainly in the UK. This was a steep learning curve going from a corporate role with all of the support I received, to becoming the chief cook and bottle washer – in other words, I had to learn not only how to market my business but to also manage all of the back-office jobs associated with running a company.

In 2003, a truly synchronistic event led me to join a global leadership consultancy which I still am proud to work with to this day. This move completely altered the trajectory of my career and my life and led me to a feeling that I can now claim that my life is truly on purpose. I knew intuitively that my future career lay in leadership development and executive coaching.