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.
Fixing the system, not the leader
Charity leadership burnout isn't a personal failing, it's a system failing. 86 mentors from ACEVO, Cranfield Trust and the Elischer Foundation told us why.
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.
Why You Can't Explain What You Do (And It's Costing You Everything)
Capable people who can't describe their own value get overlooked. Executive coach Lucy Caldicott on the articulation gap, and how to close it.
Optional, but not for me
I passed the Henley coaching certificate last week and still couldn't quiet the niggly voice. On choosing rigour when nobody would have minded if I hadn't.
How to be the one they tell
Most of us get it wrong out of kindness. We reach for solutions, or we match, or we reassure. Here's what actually helps when a colleague tells you they're not coping, and why coming back to it a fortnight later matters.
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