Paige Lewis-Sandford is a distinguished Leadership Coach andC-Suite Advisor who excels in transforming executive burnout into career brilliance. With a unique ability to transform complex challenges into actionable insights coupled with the real-world business experience as a former Senior Vice President at a Fortune 50 company, Paige is the trusted guide for leaders seeking to excel without compromising well-being. She helps executives harness the powerful intersection of their expertise and purpose for the greatest impact.
An impressive career, and what I love most about Paige is that she truly does provide that safe space, that guiding hand, even without realising it. I met Paige almost 15 years ago when we were both working at Universal Pictures, and just sitting across the room was a leadership, emotional intelligence and creative masterclass in action. To top that off, she is a wonderful caring,supportive and funny person! Which you will discover in our conversation.
Paige and I talked about:
- Embracing uncertainty for personal growth: Paige shared her personal journey of embracing uncertainty and growth through challenging experiences, including transitioning from a private school to a public high school, attending college, and living in Japan. What was key for her? Embracing change anchoring on her values of curiosity and learning, characteristics that she built upon to forge her path, with a sprinkle of resilience and adaptability!
- From burnout to purpose: what do you do when the career you fought so hard to build no longer fulfils you? Paige shares her journey of leaving her career in marketing after experiencing severe burnout following a series of personal losses and health issues. Her job, which had once been fulfilling, became unfulfilling and physically painful, culminating in a hospital stay for a MRSA infection caused by stress. These experiences led her to realise she needed to leave her position, though… what next?
- The unknown: after leaving her marketing career Paige started a self-discovery journey. As you can imagine, after years of frantic activity, she felt initial silence and disorientation, here she found a book called "What Color Is Your Parachute?" - https://parachutebook.com/ - to help navigate her career change.
- The shift: let me be clear here, forging a new career pathway after decades of success is tough. Your identity will be closely link with what you did and understanding that who you are is not defined by that label is hard. Paige’s journey to become a coach was not easy. But it was worth it. Her take? Build from what you know, use your skills and strengths. Have meaningful conversations, explore (internally and externally) until you connect the dots, and more importantly: take it step bystep.
- A changing world: leading with purpose doesn’t mean not leading with ambition. But I might mean leading what your heart and what matters to you, so you can focus your time and energy and build something that matters. Finding a career path that aligns with both your passions and strengths, and while a perfect alignment isn't always possible, aiming for it most of the time is a success. We also talked about the concept of portfolio careers, where individuals pursue multiple diverse roles, which for some is a departure from their learned culture and beliefs.
If you want to connect with Paige
https://paigeonecoaching.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-lewis/
To connect with me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucia-paredes-suanzes/
https://www.coachingwithlucia.com
https://www.instagram.com/coachingwithlucia/
lucia@coachingwithlucia.com
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Music from Soundstripe: Our Way, by Luke Bergs and Markvards.
