While everyone was looking ahead to 2026 with new plans, new tools, and new promises, something different happened to me. I wasn't scaling up. I was scaling back. During a moment of reflection, I didn't write down what visible growth brings, but what actually moves things forward. Choices that build freedom, enforce focus, and deepen leadership. In total, there were seven strategic choices. And they all have the same core: simplify, change, and enrich.

The 2026 Strategic RESET: from noise to clarity Choosing not ‘more,’ but ‘better,’ because the biggest block to your growth is not a lack of potential, but an excess of noise. But what are you choosing to do? Because you have been in a restless in-between phase for some time now, where you feel that working harder and doing even more is no longer a solution, but even a wrong move

Everyone with great ambitions comes across this sooner or later, but hardly anyone dares to name it. The moment in your career where your growth no longer comes from knowing more or doing more, but from thinking differently. That growth requires a different intelligence than the intelligence you have built through education, experience or expertise. It requires a deeper kind of clarity. An ability to

Why highly trained leaders get stuck in systems that have become too small There comes a moment in the career of almost every highly trained female leader when the outside is still convincing, but the inside painfully reveals that the old system has become too small. A moment when you possess all the qualities to continue growing, but get stuck in patterns and structures that no longer fit who you are by now. 

The invisible gap that keeps intelligent women in business and leadership small There comes a time when you can no longer pretend you don't feel it. Because you've been feeling it for a while. There is more in you and there is more to life. It bubbles, it pushes, it causes intrinsic unrest and dissatisfaction. You've been suppressing the feeling for years because actually you don't think you have anything to

Why intelligent women leaders stop working harder and start building freedom, power and legacy. When you keep optimizing for revenue, you keep optimizing for labor. When you start optimizing for value, you build wealth. That's the distinction between entrepreneurs who have to continually run harder and entrepreneurs who create freedom, influence and power of choice. The most successful women I coach realize this difference sooner or later.

Why women leaders lose their compass in success and how to regain it through inner direction The paradox of success She had achieved everything she ever dreamed of. A profitable business, a strong team, a visible brand. Yet she looked at me with a blank stare when I asked, ‘What are you really steering for? ’Her gaze stiffened, and after a few seconds she said she confessed that she was steering

Why more and more educated women are letting go of the old model of success There is a quiet shift going on in the world for the position of women and the integration of female leadership. This collective stillness is palpable for many women, because change begins from stillness, from listening within and what to look at to change. For where success once equaled status, revenue and influence, now a

Why structure is the ultimate form of freedom. I finally have the freedom I was looking for. I no longer have a boss, no set work hours, no restrictions. But then why do I feel so restless? An experienced consultant asked me this last month. She had left her corporate career behind, started her own business and let go of all the structure she had found stifling for years. Her schedule was empty, she could

Why future-fit leadership is the key to continued relevance Something fundamental has shifted in the world of leadership. The women I meet are established entrepreneurs, strategic leaders, visionaries with proven track records and are all at a similar crossroads. Successful? Absolutely. But somewhere it falters. Because despite all the success and the many strides they have made in their careers, they wonder, "How long will