I spent my career in large public sector organisations from lifeguard to chief executive and back again, running complex operations and accountable for the hundreds of people who delivered them.

I have also been made redundant three times, so I am not describing any of this from the outside. 

I lecture in leadership at BPP University, I've written two books about recovering from career transitions and about burnout, I host a podcast call The Reframing Room and I've built my coaching on a model tested against the evidence — including throwing out the popular parts that didn't survive it. 

That's the whole of it. I've been there, I explored, I learnt, and I've since done it with a lot of people.