November 2025 - McGinty Coaching

Success, Self-Leadership, and the Power of Choice

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Tina-Schuricht

In this episode of SuccessYourOwnWay, “Success, Self-Leadership, and the Power of Choice”, executive coach and leadership advisor Sadie Wackett shares her journey of redefining success. With 20+ years in global HR leadership, a former CHRO, and as co-founder of Life Intended, Sadie empowers women through self-leadership and intentional living.

She reflects on her career and personal challenges—including body dysmorphia, infertility, and resilience—and how these shaped her values and purpose. Sadie now defines success through agency, connection, and alignment between inner truth and outer life.

She shares pivotal choices like moving to the U.S., continuing fertility treatment, and starting a women’s circle during COVID, which sparked her current work.

Common themes that have emerged from women across her circles include feeling stuck despite “having it all,” the need for recognition, and guilt around trying to find some sense of balance.

Sadie offers practical advice: pause autopilot, make conscious choices, filter what you consume, and lead from within. Her story is a powerful reminder to live with intention and redefine success on your own terms.

Success, Self-Leadership, and the Power of Choice

About Sadie

Sadie Wackett is an Executive Coach, Consultant, and former Chief People Officer with over two decades of global experience in strategic HR leadership, organizational transformation, and values-driven performance. She partners with leaders to unlock the full potential of people and culture as drivers of value, purpose, and impact. Having operated across Europe, North America, and Asia, Sadie brings a global, human-centered lens to leadership and culture.

Her approach is rooted in the belief that sustainable business performance arises from developing regulated and resilient leadership, deep self-awareness, organizational clarity, and activating a commitment to people. As an ICF-accredited Executive Coach, Sadie specializes in self-leadership, mindset development, and emotionally intelligent performance. She helps leaders expand their awareness, elevate their capacity, and lead systemic change that aligns with purpose and values. Her coaching is both pragmatic and transformational, blending strategic thinking with deep listening and personal insight.

As co-founder of Life Intended, Sadie now leads a women’s self-leadership movement that supports women in reclaiming clarity, confidence, and agency. She facilitates coaching and community experiences that guide women through life transitions and into their most purposeful leadership.

Sadie holds a Master’s in Human Resource Management from Westminster University (London), an Advanced HR Executive Diploma from Michigan Ross School of Business, and is a certified practitioner in leadership assessment tools, including the Leadership Circle Profile™ and DISC. She is a counter-voice to the hustle culture and has been a frequent keynote speaker, panelist, and podcast guest on topics including Self Leadership, Resilience, Performance, and Growth.

To learn more or connect with Sadie:

Life Intended

Sadie Wackett Co.

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Navigating the Fog

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tina-Schuricht

How are you navigating the fog? As the calendar inches toward its final pages, many leaders find themselves in a peculiar emotional fog. The year’s momentum slows, yet expectations remain high. Revisiting goals, evaluating performance, and the pressure to “finish strong” collides with fatigue, ambiguity, and the quiet whisper of “what’s next?” This season also offers a powerful opportunity to embrace—not resist—uncertainty.

A Space to Inhabit

Uncertainty is often framed as a problem to solve. But what if it’s a space to inhabit? November invites us into liminal territory: not quite the end, not yet the beginning. It’s a threshold month, rich with reflection and ripe for recalibration. The leaves fall, the light shifts, and nature models what it means to release control and trust the unseen.

In coaching conversations, this time of year is ideal for exploring questions that don’t demand immediate answers. Instead of pushing for clarity, we can guide toward curiosity. What patterns are emerging? Where are you feeling misaligned? Who or is calling for attention? These questions don’t resolve uncertainty—they deepen it. And that’s the point.

Reframing Uncertainty

Leaders, especially, benefit from reframing uncertainty as a leadership skill. The ability to hold space for ambiguity, to make decisions without full information, and to communicate with grounded optimism is what sets resilient leaders apart. Coaches can help clients build this muscle by encouraging reflection over reaction. When the instinct is to sprint toward resolution, we can invite pause.

Fog Doesn’t Mean We Are Lost

One powerful metaphor for this season is the fog itself. Fog doesn’t mean we’re lost—it means we’re being asked to slow down. Visibility is limited, but movement is still possible. In fact, fog demands presence. It quiets the noise and sharpens our attention. Coaching in the fog means helping clients tune into their inner compass rather than external metrics. It’s a time to ask: What do I know to be true, even if the path ahead isn’t clear?

Practically, this might look like revisiting values, redefining success, or even renegotiating goals. It might mean celebrating progress that wasn’t on the original roadmap. It could mean naming grief, disappointment, or fatigue—and honoring those emotions as valid companions in the journey.

A Time for Reflection

As we approach the year’s end, uncertainty isn’t a detour—it’s the terrain. And like any terrain, it can be navigated with intention, grace, and a willingness to be surprised. Coaches are uniquely positioned to walk alongside others in this season, not with flashlights that promise clarity, but with lanterns that offer warmth, presence, and just enough light for the next step.

So let the fog settle. Let the questions linger. Let November be a month of listening—deeply, patiently, and without urgency. Because sometimes, the most powerful transformation begins not with knowing, but with not knowing. And in that space, possibility quietly blooms. Reach out if you want support in reflecting on the past to move more successfully into the future.

Harvesting Wisdom – 50 Articles

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Tina-Schuricht

It is the season of harvesting, not just crops, but harvesting wisdom. This article is my 50th and this isn’t just a creative milestone—it’s a harvest. Each piece represents a seed planted in service of others: a thought offered, a question posed, a perspective shared. Over time, those seeds have grown into a field of insight—some tall and sturdy, others still taking root. Together, they form a living archive of value, cultivated through consistency, clarity, and care.

As a coach, I write to support others, build trust, and sharpen my own thinking. Each article is a chance to teach, to guide, and to offer perspective. And like any good harvest, the yield reveals patterns: which topics resonate, which frameworks support transformation, and which questions spark meaningful reflection. Writing has become a feedback loop—the more I share, the more I learn about what people need.

Consistency: Tending the Field

One of the most powerful lessons from writing fifty articles is the importance of consistency. Not every piece has been groundbreaking (perhaps none of them have been), but each one contributes to a larger body of work. That steady rhythm builds credibility. It shows commitment to the process, not just the outcome. And it reinforces core messages. Repetition isn’t redundancy—it’s reinforcement. Like tending a field, showing up regularly yields results over time.

Clarity: Cultivating Understanding

Another key insight is the value of clarity. Writing has challenged me to distill complex ideas into accessible language. It’s pushed me to move beyond jargon and speak directly to my readers. In coaching, transformation often begins with a shift in understanding. Clear writing becomes a tool for clear thinking—and clear thinking leads to empowered action. Clarity is the sunlight that helps ideas grow.

Contribution: Sharing the Harvest

Perhaps most importantly, writing fifty articles has helped me become a better guide. It’s not about showcasing expertise—it’s about offering support. Each article is a touchpoint, a moment of connection, a chance to help someone see their situation differently. Whether I’m writing about leadership, reinvention, or seasonal reflection, these pieces serve as a compass for others navigating change. Sharing the harvest means offering nourishment—not just knowledge.

Your Impact

So if you’re considering a writing commitment—whether it’s five articles or fifty—know that the impact goes far beyond the page. You’re not just creating content, you’re cultivating wisdom – building clarity, consistency, and connection. You’re planting seeds that may bloom in someone else’s life, long after the words are read.

And that, in the end, is what coaching is all about: tending to growth, harvesting insight, and sharing what you’ve learned in service of others. Reach out if you want to chat more about how coaching can be a catalyst for growth.