A World of Difference · 2026-06-24 · 42 min
Staying isn’t always strength, and walking away isn’t always failure. Sally J. Clarke, co-author of Walk Away: Step Out to Step Up, joins Lori Adams-Brown to unpack why high-performing leaders so often wait for a crisis before giving themselves permission to leave. Why a role can look right on paper, title, compensation, trajectory, while quietly stopping to fit, and how to tell a structural misalignment from a personal failure The story behind the research: 40+ interviews with women across finance, technology, and the arts, including a founder underestimated in the boardroom who went on to build her own global company culture Why walking away is rarely emotional and almost always strategic, and what that reframe offers women taught that leaving means failing How culture, from Singapore to Germany to the United States, shapes whether leaving feels like a free choice or a forced one What recent comments from prominent tech leaders reveal about shifting corporate culture, and one question every leader can ask themselves this week Sally J. Clarke is an award-winning author and global business leader based in Singapore.
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