A simple but effective way of setting achievable goals for 2025 to avoid overwhelm and future disappointment

Join this online workshop to kick off the year in a powerful yet grounded way that sets you up for realistic success.

For so many years I’ve planned my year with a comprehensive list of stretch goals applied to every area of my career, leadership and life. At the time of planning, I’d feel focussed, inspired and like I was taking my life seriously by being a high achiever. Inevitably by March or June, I’d be feeling disappointed with myself. I had done a few small things but lost momentum, and I’d struggled to find traction because I didn’t know where to begin, where to focus my efforts, what really mattered the most to me and what would actually move the needle. I had also bitten off way more than I could chew given my demanding career as a travelling management consultant, but I felt like a failure for wanting to pare back.

Last year I did things very differently.

I took a much more simplified approach that helped me to be really clear on what was important, while being flexible enough to adapt to the inevitable curve balls that life would throw my way. I was cognisant of my realistic capacity levels and scaled down my focus to only the few key areas that would have the biggest impact.

The result was a level of peace I’ve never experienced before, a sense of co-creating my year with the energy of the times and my natural energy flows, and the ability to invest deeply and thus experience outsized transformations in 2 areas of my life that were foundational for my professional and business success. It was wonderful.

I want the same for you, so I created this workshop to guide you through this simple but powerful approach.

The core principles of my planning approach

My approach to annual planning has changed to work with who we actually are and our very real limits, instead of planning for who we wish we could be – without sacrificing on impact.

Setting achievable, right-sized goals

I’m inviting leaders to take a realistic approach to goal-setting that pulls them out of over-ambitious thinking that doesn’t account for their demanding careers and execution complexity. This makes goals unachievable.

I offer an approach that grounds leaders into prioritising a low number of high-impact strategic goals that they can make steady progress towards throughout the year.

Simplifying implementation

Despite setting a simple plan, I encourage leaders to work the themes not the plan because things never go according to plan, priorities change and our capacity for growth ebbs and flows throughout the year.

Holding ourselves accountable to and taking daily action against our themes instead helps us to stay focused and grounded without the performance pressure of trying to stick to an ambitious plan. This ensures we cover more consistent ground over the course of the year.

What will happen during this workshop

I’ve designed this time as a chance for you to step back and intentionally create the year you wish to experience by focussing on what will really move the needle for you to strengthen your leadership performance and grow your career

Together we will

• Activate our desires: Listen to the call of our hearts and inner wisdom for the big picture of what we most want to experience and give ourselves in our careers and leadership in 2025
• Focus our efforts: Prioritise the few select areas that will have the biggest impact on our lives if we double down our efforts
• Align our motivations: Align our goals to a purpose-aligned visionary “Why” that will motivate us to invest and keep pressing forward when the going gets tough
• Support our expansion: Gather the inner resources and capabilities that we need to succeed and bring our vision into reality

My in-depth planning approach will help you create goals that feel

• Simple and easy to keep referring back to throughout the year
• Achievable - they don’t require you to fundamentally become a different person to who you’ve always been in order to achieve them!
• Inspiring and like an exciting leap forward
• Right-sized and sustainable for your demanding high-performance career and full personal life

You will walk away with

• Clear direction
• A focussed set of right-sized goals
• A simple, executable plan
• The supportive mindset and implementation tools to succeed

We will leverage cutting edge neuroscientific and behavioural psychology techniques to bring about the impact and healing we seek.

This comprehensive workshop will include

• Guided personal reflection
• 1x1 discussion with another leader
• A powerful visualisation meditation to harness the power of your subconscious mind
• 3 practical implementation tools to help you hit the ground running after the workshop and maintain perspective and momentum over the course of the year

Following our workshop you will feel

• Aligned with your big picture purpose for your career
• Clear about what’s most important and how to make it happen
• Confident that you can achieve your goals and align with the themes that you have identified for the year
• Exited to begin because of your exciting vision
• Secure in your love and acceptance of yourself and the knowledge that whatever is achieved and experienced this year will be just right
• Supported and resourced to succeed

What makes this space special?

• You get to feel safe enough to boldly declare your vision in a room full of other ambitious leaders who are cheering you on and validating your desires
• Leadership can be lonely. You’ll encounter like-minded leaders you would never otherwise meet and build community to support you long after the event is over
• You get the space to pause in the chaos that is the fast-paced world of high performance and find some space to step back and channel your energy with intention

I hope you’ll join for this career expanding event. I led myself through a similar journey this year and it helped me so much. I believe it will do the same for you.

What other leaders are saying

Event testimonials

“I enjoyed the way the event was well structured, thought through and the guided nature of the experience” – Anonymous 

“I enjoyed the thoughtful reflections and visualisation exercise” – Anonymous 

“I liked the ease with which the participants engaged with each other and Tenji” – Anonymous 

“Tenji provided a safe, nurturing environment where I could be vulnerable” – Anonymous

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Having worked with her for some time, I’m consistently impressed by her ability to identify the core issues and provide practical, effective frameworks to address them.

I cannot recommend her highly enough!

- Fabian, Managing Partner

Tenji is my go-to career advisor because she asks thoughtful questions that help me to step back and consider alternate ways to bring purpose to my career.

Her advice always addresses what I need as a person, my passions, my circumstances and my short- and long-term plans.

Whenever we work together, she leaves me with helpful resources that help

- Chiedza, Corporate lawyer 

When I started my coaching journey, I thought I needed help to find my purpose. Through dedication, patience and a growth-enabling holistic approach, Tenji helped me to find deeper meaning in everything I do. 

I am a better person because of this journey. 

If you want to leave your comfort zone, eliminate self-limiting beliefs, and truly change your professional and personal life for the better, I highly recommend Tenji as your coach.

- Inam, Business Development Director

Working with Tenji helped me completely shift my perspective on the value I bring to my job at a time of immense change in my career. She creates a tailor-made program but continually adjusts it along the way to ensure it's still the right fit.

She has a unique ability to listen and provide insight in a way that is both hard-hitting and incredibly kind. Tenji's thorough approach and preparedness ensure that all sessions are valuable, and the frameworks we used in our sessions have brought a lot of clarity of thought for me in my day-to-day.

I am so grateful for the time we had together, and would thoroughly recommend Tenji to anyone in need of professional coaching!

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