Space To Shift Your Career
Welcome to Space to Shift Your Career!
This show, hosted by Yvonne Davidis, invites leaders in the public sector to explore new paths that reflect who they are now and how they want their career to evolve in future.
Episodes cover how to overcome the feeling of being trapped, get motivated to take action and tap into your creativity to design exciting possibilities for yourself.
The podcast also offers strategies and tools to help you navigate the shifts and turns on the way to living out your ideal career and life.
Space To Shift Your Career
11: Has The Public Sector Warped Your Personal Approach To Risk?
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If you’ve ever worked on a Cabinet paper, a briefing, or programme update, you’ll know the drill.
Before anything sees the light of day, you run it past the front-page test:
“How would this look if it landed on the front page of the newspaper tomorrow morning?”
It’s automatic – like muscle memory.
I was speaking recently with a group of public sector leaders about their career journeys.
One of them shared that in their team, the risk register was so central that it practically had its own seat at the table.
Then they added: “We even have an opportunities tab!”
They paused… and then said: “It’s empty.”
We both laughed, nodding our heads.
But then sat with the truth of that.
When you’ve spent years, maybe decades, in a system that is built on risk mitigation, what does that do to your mindset?
The question that’s been echoing for me ever since is this:
If everything you do at work starts with a risk register… does your career change process start with one too?
In this episode I share 3 ways you can test how your risk mindset affects your career shift.
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Yvonne Davidis helps public sector leaders develop exciting career options that align with who they are now and how they want to evolve in future.
With 20+ years of moving countries, working for the UK and Denmark across three continents, plus professional coaching certifications, Yvonne is a unique specialist for leaders in the public sector considering their next chapter.
Book a 90-minute Jumpstart Session to clarify your deal-breakers and must-haves for a more satisfying work experience.
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