I'm Lucy Caldicott. I spent thirty years in leadership in the non-profit sector, including time as a CEO. I know what it's like to care deeply about your work and still feel like something isn't quite right. If you're a purpose-driven professional who's feeling stuck, I'm here to help you work out why, and what to do about it.
ChangeOut is my coaching and consultancy practice. I work with leaders in charities, public sector organisations and mission-driven teams, supporting them to work through whatever has them stuck and enjoy their work again.
Executive coaching for purpose-driven leaders
ChangeOut clients have included Comic Relief, Samaritans, The Children's Society, HomeStart UK, and Advance. I'm training with Henley Business School and working towards ICF accreditation.
Many of the leaders I coach are midlife women leading in the non-profit or purpose-driven sector: people carrying a great deal outside of work, alongside all their responsibilities inside it, who want their working lives to feel like their own again.
If that's you, book a conversation.
Every Friday I write about leadership, purpose, and what it actually takes to thrive at work. Honest thinking from someone who's been in the room.
Midlife Career Change: Where to Start When You Feel Lost
Feeling lost about a midlife career change? Before you update your CV, read this. Lucy Caldicott, executive coach and founder of ChangeOut, shares where to actually start when you don't know what you want next.
The newsletter
I write a regular newsletter about my adventures navigating issues of leadership, equality, equity, social justice, and diversity: the work I’m doing, the campaigns I’m involved in, people I’ve met, what I’m listening to and the books I’m reading. Even the music I’m listening
The culture was the diagnosis
Fifty comments from health and social care workers and the Ockenden report point to the same conclusion: it's the culture, not the individuals.
The most useful thing I said was nothing
After thirty years of having the answer, I'm learning a different kind of value. It turns out silence is a skill.
Why I applied
I applied to join the board of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust late last year, and it's now official. Here's what their Quaker way of doing business has taught me, and why discernment might get you further than a vote ever could.
ChangeOut - Leadership . Purpose . Impact Newsletter
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