{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#166 Turning down a \u2018Dream Job\u2019 and saying Yes before you\u2019re ready with Katie Best","description":""Be brave enough to say yes even if it wasn\u2019t in your niche or part of \u2018the plan\u2019. That\u2019s what keeps you moving forward before you\u2019re ready for that next door to open." Ever wrestled with the idea of turning down your \u201cdream job\u201d?  This episode is exploring the tricky decisions we have to make in moments of change and how to solve leadership problems that are really just life problems in disguise.  I\u2019m joined by Katie Best, a leadership expert, author, and consultant who shares her personal closing door moment: letting go of her dream role in the creative industries to invest fully in building her own business. Katie shares her story about \u2018the chase\u2019, \u2018the pivot\u2019, and \u2018the messy\u2019, and the reality of starting a consultancy from scratch including how simply saying \u201cyes\u201d can unlock unexpected opportunities.  Highlights:  00:22 Katie\u2019s \u201cdream job\u201d offer and why she walked away 06:02 Chasing the dream and what happens when you achieve it 10:00 Saying no for work-life balance and owning your choices 13:09 The serendipity that launched her consultancy 15:59 How she landed her first clients 17:49 Why being open (not stubborn about niche) builds runway for your business 23:45 Building her book: The 10 Toughest Leadership Problems (which are really life problems) 26:31 The number one issue leaders face - self-management and personal effectiveness 29:50 \u201cDecidophobia\u201d, and why not deciding is still a decision 33:29 Why leaders should explain their decisions and show their thinking 35:50 Katie\u2019s SOLVE framework for problem solving. Katie\u2019s Change Toolkit Soundtrack: \u201cL.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N\u201d by Noah and the Whale Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky One piece of advice: \u201cPause and do the research. Don\u2019t rush to a solution, take time to dig into the feelings, understand what\u2019s really going on, and embrace the messiness of change.\u201d More about Katie  Dr Katie Best is the founder and director of Katie Best Associates, a leadership development consultancy that works with executives, senior leaders and business owners at companies including KPMG, EY, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Verizon,Oxfam, the NHS and many others. In addition, she is a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, where she heads the MBA Essentials executive education programme, and a visiting research fellow at King\u2019s College London. In her book, The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems and How to Solve Them, Katie works through ten of the trickiest and most common leadership challenges: avoiding burn-out, making good decisions, increasing influence, working through cultural issues, improving employee performance, engaging staff, managing teams, implementing strategy, leading change and handling the reality of hybrid working.  Website: katiebest.com LinkedIn: DrKatie Best     Work with Eleanor Buy the Book - Another Door Opens; 5 steps for navigating change. Described as \u2018Game changing\u2019 \u2018Brilliant\u2019 \u2018A must read\u2019 \u2018The best book on change\u2019.   Eleanor supports individuals, teams and organisations through change. Whether it\u2019s coaching or large scale organisational change through communications and training.   Work with Eleanor 121 as your coach, when you are starting something new, to develop the idea, to create the idea, to get it launched. Book in a Change Mastery for a team session - when your team is navigating change. Book in a 90 minute workshop - to think through change at work. Join the Another Door Opens 5 Step Programme - a course and community to guide you through the mess of change to find calm, joy and opportunity.     Instagram:instagram\/anotherdooruk LinkedIn:https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eleanor-tweddell\/  Website: www.another-door-opens.com     Produced by winteraudio.co.uk   ","author_name":"Another Door Opens","author_url":"http:\/\/anotherdoor.libsyn.com\/website","html":"