Your Exit Strategy: How to leave corporate and pivot in mid-life | 4
Aug 11, 2025Whether I’m at a speaking engagement, talking to someone in a coaching session, meeting someone who’s come to a free live event (just about anywhere, really!), there’s one question I get asked so much more than any other ~
“Julie, how did you do it?!”
When people learn that I walked away from a multimillion executive career at 52 and started up my own executive leadership coaching business, they want to know how I did it. And not just how I did it, but how I made it through an extremely rocky first year of entrepreneurship and advice I’d give to anyone starting out right now.
This wasn’t a quick process for me. Once I’d made the decision, it took me 14 years to actually leave my role. I don’t want that for you! That’s why, in today’s episode, I’m sharing all about those things I learnt in my first year of business and why that year would have been a bit smoother had I known these things in advance. It’s not easy to leave your role, but it is absolutely doable – and I’m here to walk you through the process.
In this episode, I talk about:
- What the number one question I get asked is
- Why strategy alone isn’t enough to create a successful business as an entrepreneur
- What traditional coaching looks like in the online space and why I think it’s failing elite female leaders
- Big learnings from my first 12 months of entrepreneurship
- How you can craft your exit strategy to leave your corporate role
Join us for The Exit Strategy Masterclass August 19th-21st, 2025
Jump ahead:
[01:30] The number 1 question I get asked
[11:01] Strategy & mindset
[14:26] Don’t go it alone
[18:04] Why traditional online coaching is failing you
[24:42] What I learnt in my first 12 months of entrepreneurship
[28:19] Creating your exit strategy
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