You may recognize yourself in the story of Renée, a senior professional who struggles with a changing perspective of her career and future. She has completed the majority of her working life and gained quite some life experience. Her work has always given her recognition and appreciation from a lot of people. And that was all right. Till now. She herself no longer feels the satisfaction. She realizes that she is actually not happy with what she is currently doing. She feels unfulfilled. She senses that there is something more to achieve and explore for her, that a change is necessary. But what? And how?

You may recognize yourself in the story of Hugo, a managerial professional who struggles with leadership in a changing environment. He is used to being asked for positions and that has always worked well. Till now. The organization has changed and now different things are expected from him. He has tried to meet the new expectations, but he can’t help noticing that work is costing him a lot of energy and that his motivation is gone. He doubts whether he is still capable and if he still complies. But he also has doubts about coaching. He doesn’t want to wake sleeping dogs, he is not looking forward to the time investment and to the reactions of his colleagues. And anyway, things will probably get better soon, he can still endure it for a while, right?

You may recognize yourself in the story of Michaela, a young professional who struggles with work pressure, high expectations and perfectionism. She is used to rely on her ratio and control mechanism and she always achieved good results quickly. Till now. Her (new) job is quite tough. And she is not enjoying it anymore. She is actually reaching her limits for the first time in her life. Admitting this feels like failure. But if she is truly honest, she knows she is overworked, too much of a perfectionist and experiencing a lot of work stress. She feels ashamed for not delivering, after all, you are expected to know what you want and go for it, right? But it doesn’t feel like that at all. How do you survive in this demanding, confusing and complex world? And how do you develop yourself in a positive way?