Leadership, Confidence and the Courage to Start Again with Lesley Cuthbertson

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/leading-well...) What can starting again teach us about leadership, confidence and self-worth? In this episode of Leading Well with Steph Edusei, Steph is joined by Lesley Cuthbertson to explore reinvention, resilience, career change, relationships and helping others grow. Follow or subscribe to Leading Well to join the conversation and be notified when new episodes are released. Lesley Cuthbertson is an area manager for Pitman Training Group, but her path into leadership has been anything but straightforward. Her career has taken her from corporate banking, through redundancy, into building and running her own businesses, and then back into employment in a new sector after 13 years as an entrepreneur. In this conversation, Lesley reflects on the confidence it takes to change direction, the self-doubt that can come with starting again, and the leadership lessons she learned from running businesses, managing people and navigating difficult decisions. Steph and Lesley talk about what happens when a business is successful on paper but no longer works for your life, how failure and disappointment can become part of our growth, and why career paths do not need to be neat or linear to be meaningful. They also explore the importance of relationships, networking, purpose and empowering others. Lesley shares how helping people recognise their own potential has become one of the most fulfilling parts of her work, and why passing on knowledge, supporting others to grow and wanting the best for your team can be powerful acts of leadership. In this episode, Steph and Lesley explore: • Why career paths are rarely neat or linear • What redundancy and reinvention can teach us • The confidence it takes to move into a completely new sector • How self-doubt can show up when we are starting again • Why a business can be successful but still no longer be right for you • What entrepreneurship teaches about resilience, adaptability and responsibility • How to make difficult people decisions with kindness and integrity • The role of relationships and networking in rebuilding confidence • Why networking is not just about selling, but about connection • What it means to empower your team and pass your knowledge on • Why helping others grow can strengthen trust across a team • The importance of asking for help and not carrying everything alone • How change can become an opportunity, even when it is hard Leading Well is a podcast for people who want to lead with clarity, care and integrity, without losing themselves in the process. Leading Well - leadership support: https://www.stephedusei.co.uk/leading... Contact Lesley Cuthbertson:   / lesley-cuthbertson-22b99166