A Question of Fit

Every meaningful professional relationship begins with a simple, human question:

Is this the right fit?

Not in the corporate sense of qualifications or performance reviews, but in the deeper sense of suitability — that quiet knowing when something aligns with who you are and what you need.

I don’t believe people are broken, and I don’t approach anyone as a problem to be fixed. Most high-achieving professionals don’t need fixing. They need space — space to think clearly, to speak honestly, to be human again after years of performing competence. Many have already tried coaching, counselling, mentorship programs, or online “leadership journeys.” Some have gained insights; others felt unseen. Almost all sensed that something essential was missing. Depth. Discernment. Presence.

My work is not coaching, and it is not consulting. Coaches often follow frameworks; consultants often deliver answers. I do neither. I sit with people. I listen. I help them see patterns they’ve lived with for years. I bring technical fluency, behavioural insight, global experience, and lived humanity to conversations that rarely find a home in busy professional lives. And I honour the limits of my competence, guided by the CFA Institute’s Code of Ethics — if I’m not the right person for the work you face, I will say so, and help you find the right one.

People often arrive here for reasons that sound practical at first: a career that has stalled, a difficult manager, a promotion won and then regretted, a role that feels either too big or too small, a sense of being overlooked, or the quiet dread of being found out. Others come because they’ve climbed as high as they hoped and felt surprisingly little at the summit. Still others come because the inner critic has grown louder — perfectionism, overthinking, impostor syndrome, micromanagement (from others or from themselves), or the feeling that they should be happier than they are.

Increasingly, some arrive because their professional lives have become tangled with the personal: exhaustion, frayed relationships, unhealthy coping habits, financial worries, an urge to escape, or the dawning realization that work has taken more than it has given. Suitability becomes the central theme — not just of careers, but of lives. What fits? What no longer fits? What might fit better?

I work with people who sense that a change is needed but haven’t yet found the words for it. People who are technically strong yet inwardly unsteady. People who are respected yet rarely known. People who have done everything they were supposed to do and still feel something unresolved. People who want to lead with clarity, steadiness, and humanity — but don’t yet know how.

This work is slower than coaching and deeper than consulting. It asks for patience, honesty, and the willingness to leave the performance at the door. It is not for everyone, and it is not meant to be. Fit matters — for both of us.

If something in these words feels familiar, if you sense that your outer life is solid but your inner life is asking for attention, then you may be in the right place.

There is no pressure to decide.

Suitability is discovered gently, over time.

There is room here to explore it.