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Can you trust your story of what happened?

Can you trust your story of what happened?

Posted on 06.10.202616.09.2026 by Alexandra

Can you trust your story of what happened? The other day, a client said: “I knew that promotion would go to her instead”. And then I listened to a fascinating story of self-denigration. How they had gotten every.single.thing.wrong. And bad luck too. Just the day before, another had said: “I knew that job was the […]

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Posted in Boost your Resilience, Boost your Self-Confidence, Coaching Benefits, Decision-making at Work, Happiness at Work, Motivation at Work, Relationship Wisdom, Understand your Brain, Why Professional DevelopmentTagged Alexandra Sleator, Alexandra-Ann Sleator, ambitious professionals, bad luck at work, career decision making, career outcomes, career progression, career reflection, career risk-taking, career satisfaction, Coaching for Inspiration, cognitive bias at work, critical thinking at work, decision quality versus outcome quality, decision-making at work, decision-making psychology, hindsight bias, interpreting career outcomes, learning from failure, learning from success, luck versus strategy, outcome bias, passed over for promotion, professional self-awareness, Relationship Friction, Relationship Wisdom, self-serving bias, smart career moves, stories we tell ourselves, taking credit at work, thinking critically about your career, What really matters
Your Results Don’t Have a Voice. You Do.

Your Results Don’t Have a Voice. You Do.

Posted on 08.09.202625.06.2026 by Alexandra

The day I imagined my client’s results singing. “My results should speak for themselves”, he said crossly. And then it happened: I suddenly visualised his results like dancing peanut M&Ms. These dancing peanut M&Ms were also singing. Singing his praises. In Dolby stereo. To this day, I pray this lasted only seconds. What a lovely […]

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Posted in Boost your Self-Confidence, Brand and Reputation, Coaching Benefits, Happiness at Work, How to Manage your Boss, Improve your Performance, Motivation at Work, Relationship Friction, Relationship WisdomTagged Alexandra Sleator, Alexandra-Ann Sleator, ambitious professionals, career progression, career satisfaction, career visibility, Coaching for Inspiration, communicating results, getting recognised at work, happiness at work, invisible at work, making your work visible, professional visibility, promotion readiness, recognition at work, Relationship Friction, Relationship Wisdom, results speaking for themselves, results visibility, self-promotion at work, showcasing achievements, talking about your achievements, translating results into opportunity, visibility at work, What really matters, work life balance summer, workplace influence
Discovering the Philosophy Behind My Executive Coaching

Discovering the Philosophy Behind My Executive Coaching

Posted on 11.08.202620.07.2026 by Alexandra

How beating cancer got me thinking 🤔 I was diagnosed with cancer on 5 June 2020. Just out of the first COVID confinement. Two cancers, by the way. Not to brag but to show how scary it was. In-between surgeries, I resolved: “If I beat this, I’ll examine my life for meaning and purpose.” When […]

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Posted in Boost your Self-Confidence, Brand and Reputation, Coaching Benefits, Happiness at Work, How to Manage your Boss, Improve your Performance, Motivation at Work, Relationship Friction, Relationship WisdomTagged Alexandra Sleator, Alexandra-Ann Sleator, ambitious professionals, career progression, career satisfaction, career visibility, coach positioning, Coaching for Inspiration, coaching philosophy, coaching practice, executive coach career purpose, executive coaching, happiness at work, meaningful work, professional purpose, purpose in work, Relationship Friction, Relationship Wisdom, What really matters, work philosophy
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