Sabine Lehner - Turnaround Practice

Sabine Lehner - Turnaround Practice For female leaders building confidence and capability. Mindset, Strategy + Implementation programs.

Sabine Lehner, Exec Coach & Hypnotherapist.
15+ years in global corporate.
📍Sydney based | Working globally

05/06/2026

Are you a confident leader and still insecure in certain situations? Here is why.

Under pressure our brains want one answer.
You're confident or you're not.
But that's not how it works, and telling yourself it should be is adding pressure you don't need.

Confidence is situational.
You can lead a team with complete certainty and feel uncertain with a specific client, in a new environment, or when the pressure feels higher than usual. That doesn't exclude each other.
That's context.

Observe what's actually going on.
What's the trigger?
What's the situation?

That's far more useful than deciding once and for all whether you're confident or not.

04/06/2026

Here is why you can't switch off after work, and what actually helps.

When the day keeps looping in your head, you're replaying it in full, vivid detail. A glass of wine or scrolling your phone won't change that. The scene is still running.

The Grey Scale Technique changes how that scene looks in your mind. You step back, watch from the outside, and slowly drain the colour until everything turns grey.

You're not deleting the memory. You're adding something new to it, and that changes how it feels.
Save this for after your next long day. Follow for more practical tools that actually work.

03/06/2026

Try this for the work situations you can't stop replaying.

When something keeps playing on a loop in your head, you're ruminating and stuck replaying it in full, vivid detail.

There's a technique I use with clients called the grey scale technique.

You go back to the situation in your mind, but instead of reliving it, you step back and watch it from the outside, like a scene on a screen.

Then you slowly drain the colour until everything turns grey.
You're not deleting the memory.
You're adding something new to it, and that changes how it feels.

The emotional charge drops because your brain is now processing it differently.
Save this. And follow me for more coaching tools and techniques to wind down.

03/06/2026

As a leader you're used to finding the answer. But what if there isn't just one?

Under pressure our brains default to black and white.
You got promoted because you're doing well, or you didn't because you're not good enough.
One answer, one truth. But that's your brain making a shortcut.

A client came to me after being passed over for promotion.
She was frustrated but pushed that aside because it was the right thing for the company.

Both can be true at the same time.
You are allowed to be frustrated, while your leaders had their reasons.
You can't always be rational.
And your emotions can get the better of you when it's the last thing you need.

01/06/2026

When you put the same effort into every task, you strain yourself where it isn't needed.

Ask yourself: what does good enough look like for this task? Some tasks only need a 50% draft. Others need 80%. A very few need the full 100%.

Learn to tell the difference before you start, not after three hours perfecting something nobody will scrutinise.

29/05/2026

Had a draining week? Try this 2-minute mental technique to switch off for the weekend.
Save this for later whenever you need it.

Close your eyes. Take three slow breaths. Go back to a situation that troubled you this week — see yourself and the people there from the outside, like you're watching a scene.

Now slowly drain the colour out until everything turns grey. Observe it. It's lost its sting.
Do this three times and notice what changes.

28/05/2026

Having clear goals and high standards is a strength. Until it becomes the thing holding you back.

I see this with driven female leaders all the time. Clear structure, clear goals, high expectations of themselves. But when outcomes don't meet those expectations — they judge themselves as having failed.

Try this instead: for one week, take a break from judging whether something is good or not. Just do. Let yourself experiment without expectation of a specific outcome.
That's when learning actually happens — and often when the best ideas emerge.

Follow me for more on getting out of your head and moving forward with confidence.

27/05/2026

When past knowledge stops producing new ideas — try this instead.
In fast-changing times you can't always plan your way forward on a whiteboard.

What moves you forward is experimenting and being bold.
Try something. Learn from it. Make mistakes and adapt.

You can't define every solution in advance when the situation is completely new.
Allowing yourself to try — without needing certainty first — is what gets you ahead of the curve.

Follow me for more on building the confidence to act when you don't have all the answers.

26/05/2026

You don't always have to do your best.
Letting go of perfection starts here.

When you put the same effort into every task, you strain yourself where it isn't needed.
Ask yourself: what does good enough look like for this task?
Overdelivering on the wrong things is getting in your own way.
Let go of perfect. Find your good enough level.
And follow me for more on how to protect your time and energy with confidence.

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