S7E13: What Do You Really Want? (And How to Actually Get There) with Julian Lighton

Most people don’t get stuck in their careers because they lack talent or opportunity—they get stuck because they’ve never stopped to ask what they actually want.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to move from drifting through your career to designing it with intention—especially in a world that’s changing faster than ever.

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Julian Lighton's Bio: 

Julian Lighton is one of Silicon Valley’s leading strategy practitioners and business coaches, helping individuals and organisations navigate what’s next. He has more than 30 years’ experience advising, hiring and developing talent as a senior operating executive, general manager, consultant and coach. Julian was a Chief Strategy Officer at four, billion-dollar revenue, public companies, a board director, and associate partner for McKinsey and a senior global sales and marketing executive at Fortune 100 companies Hitachi and Cisco. He holds a BA and MA in Law from Oxford University, a Masters-level in Negotiation from Harvard University, and is a Chartered Director by the Royal Institute of Directors. Julian is one of only four hundred coaches worldwide to be recognized as a senior professional coach at the individual and team level by both the ICF and EMCC.

 

https://www.julianlighton.com/

Julian Lighton's book is available 28 April 2026:

Navigating Your Next  

https://a.co/d/07Rk0w4a

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