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How to decide What’s next after 15 years of experience without regret: Experienced professionals & career transitions

36m | Sep 10, 2026

The most difficult part of reinventing your career as an experienced professional is not a lack of skills or knowledge.

It is answering the bigger question: what do I do with all the experience, knowledge, and credibility I have built so far?

Our guest in this episode, Kasia Gajos is a former Deloitte and telecoms Senior Director turned high-performance coach.

She works with high-achieving women right at the decision they keep postponing. She left a high-performance track built over a decade in management consulting and telecoms, the same career she was winning, to help other women make that call and build a life that fits them, on their own terms. She made this decision after a year that took apart every assumption she had about what her life was supposed to look like.

This conversation is for experienced professionals who have built credibility over years and are exploring what their next career should look like.

They want a more intentional life and career, and getting there takes courage, self-awareness, and thinking differently.

What we cover in this episode:

🔹 The year Kasia's life suddenly changed

🔹 Why "finding your calling" is the wrong question

🔹 The mask most professionals wear at work, and the path to authenticity

🔹 What new managers get wrong about looking like "the perfect leader"

🔹 Kasia's invitation for those who are ready for rethinking their career

About Kasia Gajos

🔗 Connect with Kasia Gajos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasia-gajos/

🎓 Kasia's live masterclass,

"How to decide what's next after 15+ years, without regretting it," Tuesday 29th September, 1pm CEST: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7503401442947485697?viewAsMember=true

📘 Kasia's 6-week group course Kasia's for women in transition

, "From Proving Yourself to Choosing Yourself": https://gajoscoaching.com/group-course

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🎙️ The Heart of the Equation is a podcast for managers navigating leadership, career growth, and the human dynamics of complex organisations. Hosted by Sara Mobarhanfard, Anisa Zafar, and Pragati Siddhanti.

Connect with the cohosts:

Sara Mobarhanfard : narosibcoaching.com

Anisa Zafar: treeoflifeguru.com

Pragati Siddhanti: myswissstory.com

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