Welcome back to Your Path to Career Success — the podcast that helps you build the skills, confidence and strategies to thrive in your career.

In this episode, we continue Phase 3 of our senior leadership series by exploring one of the defining capabilities of enterprise-level leadership: Leading Transformational Change — guiding large-scale organisational shifts without losing momentum, belief, or alignment.

Here’s the truth: transformational change isn’t a project. It’s a long-term journey that tests your clarity, composure, and ability to mobilise people when energy dips and resistance rises.

At senior levels, your role shifts from managing tasks to inspiring movement — helping people connect to purpose, navigate uncertainty, and stay committed even when the path feels demanding.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• The mindset shift that separates change managers from true transformational leaders
• How to sustain alignment, belief, and momentum during long, complex change journeys
• Common traps that stall transformation — and how to counter them with intention
• A reflection exercise to help you diagnose energy, resistance, and progress across your own change initiatives

Transformational change succeeds not because the plan is perfect, but because leaders create clarity of purpose, build visible momentum and lead through resistance with empathy and composure.

When people understand the “why,” see meaningful progress, and feel heard through the difficult moments, transformation becomes not just possible, but energising.

What Next?

Thank you for tuning in to Your Path to Career Success — where ambition meets actionable advice.

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Useful Resources

📘 Leading Change by John Kotter — a classic framework for understanding the human and structural dynamics of change
📘 Switch by Chip and Dan Heath — smart strategies for shaping behaviour and overcoming resistance
📘 Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey — powerful tools for surfacing the hidden barriers that block progress

Next Week

In our final episode of Season 9, we’ll dive into The Politics of the C-Suite: Playing Smart, Staying True — how to navigate senior power dynamics without compromising your values.

And remember: transformational leadership isn’t about controlling change — it’s about becoming the calm, consistent force others can follow through it.

I would love to know what you think of the episode