Hey Reader
I hope you're doing well and enjoying the glorious weather we're having. I do love the hot weather, but I'll admit over the last few days I felt a bit like a wilting flower! More water, me thinks.
Don't forget the SPF and to SLIP, SLAP, SLOP. Also stay hydrated.
This week this newsletter has a slight pivot, so bear with.....
Lately, I've had several women reach out to me who are in Tech but they have found that their careers have hit a plateau and they just can't seem to move up the ladder or take the next step.
I totally understand this, having a previously had a 30 year career in Tech and having coached and mentored many women to take the next step or achieve the promotion they've been working towards.
Within my "Midpoint POWER to Achieve Pathway" is the Module "Opportunity" called "The Professional Investment Initiator" . This module is specifically for professional women at Midpoint in TECH who want to take their career to the next level, step up, be heard and make a real impact.
So, if you're still with me and you’re reading this, chances are your once-sky-high tech career feels more like cruise control. You’ve collected certifications, delivered those complex programmes, shipped releases, and mentored juniors, yet the next promotion, the bigger project, the pay jump? It keeps slipping past.
So I did a bit of research to understand how widespread this in and the impact on Women and the Tech Industry.
Sadly, you’re not alone, I'm seeing and hearing this more and more. Women now hold just 35 % of tech roles worldwide, and many find their progress slowing exactly when their expertise is peaking.
Here’s the hard truth: 43 % of mid-career women in tech think about leaving their role every single week. And the exodus is real, more than half exit the industry by the halfway mark of their careers, double the rate of men.
Yet look a little deeper and you’ll find a bold alternative. A landmark study found that 22 % of those who leave pivot straight into self-employment, consulting, contracting, or launching their own ventures, and some women leave the sector all together. And once they do, 75 % report loving their work and the autonomy it brings.
So why the gap between “I’m stuck” and “I made the leap”?
Well, our brains are wired for safety. The promotion pathway you were promised feels familiar, even if it’s no longer fulfilling. That’s where strategic, neuroscience-backed coaching flips the script. By reframing uncertainty as possibility, you switch from survival mode to opportunity mode, activating the very creativity and executive thinking that built your career in the first place.
Three Fast Frames to Move You Forward
- Visibility Audit – Map where your value is hidden. Influence grows where attention flows.
- Skill-to-Opportunity Bridge – Translate your 20 years of problem-solving into the language of high-value contracts.
- Energy ROI Check – Track tasks that drain versus those that drive revenue and joy. Double down on the latter.
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- Get the NLP-powered mindset shifts I teach private clients to transform hesitation into decisive action.
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Remember, your experience isn’t a ceiling; it’s a springboard. The industry needs seasoned voices who can pair technical depth with strategic vision. The question isn’t if you can reignite momentum, it’s whether you’ll claim it now.
I help my clients to map out how to break free from what’s holding you back and get moving. I'm offering a one-hour session that will give you a personalised roadmap and tools to get you to the next step toward reaching your career goal.
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✅ Investigate what's holding you back and what’s possible, giving you clarity.
✅ Interrogate your perspective on your career to go from stuck to limitless - Mindset Reframe.
✅ Initiate a personalised High-Level plan based on The Midpoint P.O.W.E.R to Achieve Pathway.
✅ Innovate your next steps – Walk away with 3 key actions to start taking action immediately.
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