How to Turn Missed Opportunities Into Global Adventures and Bold Leadership | Rosalind Guy

On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, business and leadership strategist Rosalind Guy takes us on a journey spanning boardrooms, open oceans, and cultural crossroads — and shares what she's learned about leadership, adaptability, and growth along the way.Rosalind reflects on a career full of unexpected turns, including the gender biases she navigated as a woman building her business career, and a transformative sailing adventure that became one of the most powerful chapters of her life. She draws sharp distinctions between leadership and management, explores what reverse culture shock taught her about perspective and resilience, and makes a compelling case for continuous learning as the foundation of any meaningful career. Whether you're early in your professional journey or navigating a major pivot, Rosalind's story will challenge and inspire you.Key Topics• A career of unexpected turns: how Rosalind navigated gender bias, missed opportunities, and found her path through resilience• Sailing as a leadership school: what competing and crossing oceans taught her about pressure, adaptability, and personal growth• Leadership vs. management: why the mindset shift between the two changes everything — and how to make the transition• Reverse culture shock: returning to the UK after global adventure and what that dissonance revealed about identity and belonging• Coaching and continuous learning: the case for never stopping your own development — no matter how senior you becomeAbout Rosalind GuyRosalind Guy is a business and leadership strategist with a richly varied career spanning multiple industries and continents. A competitive sailor and passionate advocate for continuous personal development, she coaches leaders to adapt, grow, and lead with intention — drawing on her own extraordinary life experiences to help others unlock theirs.Journey to Purpose Podcast | leadership strategist | Rosalind Guy | women in leadership | sailing | adaptability | leadership development | personal growth | coaching | career pivots | leadership vs management🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/...📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil...🌐 Website: https://philippabagley.com/Journey to Purpose is a personal transformation podcast featuring real conversations about mindset, trauma recovery, self-worth, spiritual awakening, resilience, and finding your life’s purpose. New episodes every week. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Of0Na1qWovS8Aw2X2FU8M 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philippa.bagley/ 🌐 Website: https://philippabagley.com/ Subscribe and leave a review — it helps others find the show.About your hostPippa Bagley is a clinical hypnotherapist specialising in burnout and sleep, and the host of Journey to Purpose. Based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, she is passionate about helping people reconnect with what truly matters — and build lives and careers that feel genuinely sustainable. Pippa is also studying for an MSc in the Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King’s College London. Find out more at philippabagley.com