Hi I'm Louise Randall
Your Host - Ex Sr Exec &Â Creator of the Career Accelerator Method
What makes the difference between being excellent at what you do and achieving the career success you want?Â
Youâve already achieved a lot, and you want to keep going. The next promotion. Greater earning power. Recognition and influence that reflect the level at which you operate. Work that excites you and gives you something worth going after. You want to feel proud of what youâre achieving, love what you do and enjoy the success youâve worked for, with time for your family and the rest of your life too.
Developing people was always one of my favourite parts of leadership. Seeing someone recognise what they could do, take on an opportunity and succeed was hugely rewarding. Thatâs what I love about this work today: seeing people go further in their careers and enjoy the success theyâve worked for.
My experience spans 34 years in corporate, including 22 in senior leadership, from Director to Managing Director. Across different industries and continents, I helped lead multimillion-pound business growth and developed hundreds of people along the way.
I also saw how quickly someoneâs experience of work could change. A person could be thriving under one leader, then questioning themselves under another. A difficult relationship or disagreement could leave an experienced professional having to explain themselves, despite everything they had achieved.I experienced that too. And I knew what it was to enjoy a challenge, achieve what Iâd worked towards, then accept another opportunity without understanding whether I would enjoy the reality of doing the work.
Those experiences raised questions about what helps people keep progressing in a way that works for them. Why could working harder bring more responsibility without the progression to match? Why could a particular person affect someone who was confident elsewhere? And why could achieving something weâd worked towards still leave us unfulfilled?
After leaving corporate leadership, I studied human behaviour. That learning helped me make sense of situations I had witnessed and experienced throughout my career. Together with my leadership experience, it became the foundation of the Career Acceleration Method.