Paula Boyle - How to... prepare for your C-Suite role and find prioritisation and focus

The C-Suite Framework

Paula Boyle shares her journey from personal struggles to becoming a sought-after coach for senior leaders. She emphasizes the importance of compassion, self-acceptance, and joy in leadership, while addressing common challenges faced by ambitious professionals, such as imposter syndrome. Paula discusses the necessity of preparation for C-suite roles, highlighting the need for relaxation, mental clarity, and strong relationships. The dialogue offers valuable insights into the emotional and practical aspects of leadership and personal development. In this conversation, Paula and Jennifer explore the essential qualities of effective leadership, emphasizing the importance of calmness under pressure, prioritization, and focus. They discuss the transition to C-suite roles, the insecurities that arise, and the necessity of defining one's purpose and vision. The conversation also highlights the significance of reducing cognitive load and managing attention to enhance performance. Paula shares practical strategies for leaders to empower themselves and navigate their roles with confidence.

For over 25 years, Paula Boyle has been working with senior leaders and their teams across the globe, helping them master power, politics, and performance with integrity. As the founder of Paula Boyle Coaching & Facilitation, she offers customized coaching and facilitation services that address the unique challenges and opportunities of the C-Suite. With a unique mix of tough love and good humour, she helps her clients to:

✔︎ Slow down! "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast" ✔︎ Audit their political power, and supercharge their influencing capacity (without selling their souls) ✔︎ Curate networks that reduce overwhelm, and produce the right opportunities, resources and connections ✔︎ Reflect deeply on their development journey and attune to their own wisdom and intuition

✔︎ Differentiate themselves by sharpening their systemic and strategic thinking She draws on deep experience of what it takes to lead in complex and fast-paced environments, and her own lived experience of transformation. She combines intellectual rigour & emotional agility with her passion for MovNat, a natural movement practice that enhances physical and mental wellbeing.