Your biggest strength is probably sabotaging your career. Sounds backwards? This episode breaks down why brilliant people get stuck, and how to unlock your actual superpower.What we cover today:

• Andrew's story: the analytical leader who got stuck
• Amanda's story: the creative soul in the wrong environment
• What strengths actually are (beyond skills)
• Why every strength has a shadow side
• The uncomfortable truth about being well-rounded
• How to audit your time and energy
• Practical systems for managing your shadows
• The Strengths Debrief challenge

♻️ There's actionable tips and strategies to try throughout the video - try them all. ____The Career SPARC+™ Channel delivers research-backed frameworks for sustainable performance without the burnout. No fluff. No corporate BS. Just strategies that actually work.It includes:🟢 Career SPARC + PodcastEach episode focuses on a pillar of the SPARC+ Framework™ - a leadership and performance framework developed by host Adam Pacey through years of coaching execs, using NLP & Psychology, and his own bizarre career reinventions.🟢 Career SPARC+ BitesEach Bite delivers you actionable advice on handling everything a career can throw at you - the good and the bad - in under 5 minutes.What You'll Get:→ Strengths-based leadership strategies→ Performance systems that don't require superhuman willpower→ How to lead authentically without corporate theater→ Career transition frameworks for high-achievers→ Resilience tactics for navigating setbacks→ Actionable advice on everything a career can throw at you | What YOU need when you need itWhat You Won't Get:→ "Follow your passion" platitudes→ Productivity hacks that burn you out→ One-size-fits-all career adviceBuilt on the SPARC+ Framework™ - five evidence-based pillars for leaders who want to perform at the highest level without sacrificing themselves.🎧 New Videos Weekly✅ SUBSCRIBE and start seeing RESULTS.____Adam, your host, went from finance executive to tracking leopards in Namibia to coaching leaders through major transitions. This unconventional path gives him perspective most career coaches miss. He is a double certified Executive, Leadership & Career Coach, a member of the ICF, an Master NLP and a Certified Gallup Strengths Coach.___#leadership #careeradvice #careerdevelopment #careertransition #highperformance

Introduction to the SPARC+ Framework™ - five interconnected pillars for leadership and sustainable high performance in your career: Strengths, Performance, Authenticity, Resilience, and Confidence. Plus the story of how a Metro newspaper on the Northern Line changed everything.

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The Career Sparc+™ is a bi-weekly podcast for professionals and leaders who are successful by most measures, but want more - even if they don't know what "more" is.

It's for people who want to perform at a high level without burning out, lead authentically without sacrificing results, and figure out what's next even when they don't yet know what that looks like.

Each episode focuses on one pillar of the SPARC+ Framework™ - a methodology developed by host Adam Pacey through years of coaching executives, Master NLP training, and his own unconventional career reinventions (from finance leadership to living with an indigenous tribe in Fiji to tracking cheetahs in Namibia).

The Five SPARC+ Pillars:-

Strengths: Understanding your natural patterns of brilliance and deploying them strategically.

Performance: Delivering impact without exhaustion (systems over willpower).

Authenticity: Leading as yourself, not as who you think you should be

Resilience: Navigating transitions and setbacks without falling apart

Confidence: Backing yourself even when it's uncomfortable

What you won't get: Generic "follow your passion" advice, corporate buzzwords, or productivity hacks that require superhuman willpower.

What you will get: Frameworks and strategies that actually work, stories from real coaching clients (anonymised), research from behavioural psychology and positive psychology, and the kind of honest conversation you wish you could have with your mentor but probably can't.

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About the Host: Adam Pacey is an Executive, Leadership and Career Coach running Swish Mind, specialising in helping successful professionals who feel stuck despite their achievements.

His background includes 10+ years in finance leadership, conservation work in Namibia, living with an indigenous community in Fiji, and coaching over 100 professionals through career transitions.

He's a Certified Coach, member of the ICF, a Master NLP Practitioner, Certified Gallup Strengths Coach, and is currently studying dual diplomas in Positive Psychology.

He's also brutally honest about the fact that he's pants at operational admin and will reference cheetahs more than is probably necessary.

Episodes are 10-15 minutes long—short enough to fit into your commute, substantive enough to actually be worth your time.

We publish every fortnight, rotating through the five SPARC+ pillars so you're building a complete toolkit over time.

Whether you're stuck in a role that doesn't fit, leading a team while burning out, navigating a career transition, or just wondering if there's a better way to do this whole "success" thing—this podcast is for you.

New episodes every fortnight.

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