PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTION
You hit the number. They moved the number. Two review cycles of "almost there," and you are starting to wonder if "almost there" is just where they park women at your level.
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You have made it.
Have you, though?
The inventory you keep off the books: no time for fitness, little sleep, the promotion that went to someone else, the sense you are still faking it at this level. It is time to change that.
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- 14 YEARS AT MORGAN STANLEY
- Director, Credit Suisse
- Executive Director, FSG
- CPCC, ACC (ICF)
- Speaker, Facilitator
You are not doing it wrong.
You have listened to podcasts. You have taken the course. You read the self-help book. You got more organised, optimised the calendar, started waking up earlier. You worked the problem the way you work every problem.
And, eventually, you hit a wall.
The wall is not the lack of discipline. You have plenty of that. But this kind of problem will not be resolved with yet more effort or efficiency.
You grew the business, put in the extra hours, and still, someone else got promoted. If that happened, you do not need a pep-talk. You need to understand why it keeps happening.
If you are reading this, one of these is probably your week.
FIRST YEAR IN THE NEW SEAT
You fought for it. You got it. Now you are saying yes to everything, proving you belong, and giving 120% so no one can question why you got the title.
THE TITLE CAME, THE AUTHORITY DIDN'T
Decisions still get made without you. Your idea comes back six weeks later in someone else's mouth, and the room nods. You were promoted into the title, not the authority it was supposed to carry.
JUST LEFT THE FIRM
You are out. You wanted out. And underneath the relief, a quieter question: who are you when you are not the role? This is not a job search. It is working out what you actually want next.
Different situations. Same thing underneath.
The method
Inside-out, not harder.
You cannot out-work this one. Everything you have tried worked on the outside: the systems, the habits, the earlier alarm, more done with less slippage. You are good at that, it is how you got to where you are. But more efficiency only buys you a more efficient way to keep performing the version of you that is not you.
So we start with day-to day situations that need prompt resolution: why you keep silent in meetings instead of voicing your opinion, why a junior colleague showed you disrespect last week, and how to finally have a straight conversation with your boss about that promotion. We work the bonus conversation before you have it, the number you are asking for and what you say when they push back.
And, alongside that, we also look into: what do you actually want out of your career, what is a hard no, and what would be an energizing change.
- 01
Foundation
- 02
Pressing Pressure
- 03
Strategic Journey
- 04
Integration
Four phases · Six months
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You are buying for yourself. Private, one to one, completely confidential. From a free Performance Diagnostic Call to the full six-month private Advisory. For the Executive Director, Managing Director, C-Suite, new or aspiring Board member.
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For FirmsWhat changes.
I came in thinking I needed to improve my performance. But working with Irini showed me that the reason I could not get a promotion was agreeing when I was told I was not ready. We worked on how to approach this with my boss. The next conversation about my promotion went very differently. I got promoted within the next 6 months.
Managing Director
private wealth
First quarter in the new position, I was feeling like an imposter and hiding it. Irini helped me see I was allowed to set the terms in the team I would inherited. We worked on my confidence, the way I presented in meetings, how I responded to being challenged, and my approach to leading the team. Best investment for the first six months in the new role!
Executive Director
investment banking
I have worked with coaches before. I always spent the first month explaining my world to them. With Irini there was nothing to explain. She comes from the same world. So our calls were extremely efficient and to the point from the very start. And it felt like I could be completely open and honest, and get warm yet candid support.
Board member
asset management
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I am the coach I wish I'd had on the way out.
Fourteen years at Morgan Stanley. Two as a Director at Credit Suisse. Two as Executive Director at FSG. The day my division got sold, my boss told me on a four-minute call. I sat in my car afterwards and the line that came up was not "I am fired." It was as if I am being kicked out of the family home.
Then two years of fog. A foregone pension. The slow work of figuring out who I was without the title I would worn like a second skin. I came out the other side with the right credentials and a conviction: nobody should have to break themselves, or leave the rooms they matter in, to live a life that belongs to them.
I know your world from the inside. You do not need to explain it to me. I protect your privacy. And you get a secret unfair advantage by having me in your corner.
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Forty-five minutes, just the two of us, completely confidential. You tell me your situation, and I tell you what the real issue is. If I am not the right person to help you, I will tell you that too.
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