I’m Lucy Caldicott 👋, a former charity CEO, now a leadership coach working with experienced leaders navigating career change, difficult workplaces, or the question of what comes next.
After 30 years in the non-profit and public sectors, I know what these situations actually feel like. I’ve been made redundant, burned out, and rebuilt from scratch. That’s what shapes everything I make here.
If you’re a mid-life leader in the charity or public sector trying to make sense of where you are and what to do about it, you’re in the right place.
Weekly videos on difficult workplaces, job loss, burnout, and building a working life that fits you.
If you're interested in working with me directly, you'll find details of my coaching practice at ChangeOut, changeout.org, or in the links below.
Content is for educational purposes based on personal experience and is not a substitute for professional legal or HR advice.
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I hope you're having a restful weekend.
The other day on my livestream, one of my viewers asked for a template to help document difficult workplace dynamics and behaviours.
I've shared it on my web site at the link below and you can download it for free if you ever need it. Obviously, I hope you don't!
www.changeout.org/she-wanted-a-template/
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone and hope you're doing well.
I've been busy gathering up all your recent questions and have scheduled a livestream for this Sunday afternoon.
Come and join me live if you'd like to ask me a question in real time or drop it below.
See you there?
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Lucy on Life
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone is having a great weekend.
I've been gathering a few questions that people have asked me recently, thinking that as well as answering the individual commenter, I could use the topic to inspire future videos.
Then it occurred to me that I could make it a livestream and not only answer those questions but also take some more questions from people watching along in real time.
Would that be of interest?
Do you have questions to add to my list?
Let me know below!
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I hope you're all doing ok.
If you haven't watched my latest video yet, do give it a watch.
There's an interesting discussion in the comments and I'd love to know your thoughts.
Thank you!
😀
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Lucy on Life
If you want to see more behind the scenes and shorter clips, I also post regularly on Instagram.
Here’s a link to one from last week on the most common reason equity and inclusion work stalls in the charity sector, which is an area I’ve done a lot of work on in the last few years. It’s had a good response so far.
www.instagram.com/reel/DaPibbwtxMN/?igsh=bTgwdXg4e…
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Lucy on Life
I'm going live on Sunday and I'd really love you to be there.
With the first year of this channel complete, I want to reflect, get your input on some ideas I've got for the future, and answer your questions.
Sunday 28 June, 5.30pm BST / 12.30pm EDT / 9.30am PDT
See you there 😀
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Lucy on Life
Hello everyone! I want to let you know that I'm going to be brave and experiment with a livestream on Sunday afternoon UK time. I'm thinking around 5.30pm BST or UTC+1.
I'm thinking of expanding more on my ideas for creating a closed community and getting some feedback from you and also (attempting!) to answer questions you've got.
I hope this might be of interest - let me know and hopefully see you on Sunday
We've got a heatwave in England so I have to mention the weather. It's the law in this country 😁
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Lucy on Life
I regularly signpost people who are looking for workplace advice to Acas. Their web site offers free, practical resources if you're dealing with something difficult at work in the UK.
That was fine because most of my career has been in this country but YouTube has brought me a different audience all around the world.
So I thought I'd have a look for resources in other countries, starting with English-speaking countries since that's where most of my viewers are. Most have their own version of Acas providing free, impartial information.
💼 Australia: the Fair Work Ombudsman
💼 Canada: Employment and Social Development Canada
💼 Ireland: the Workplace Relations Commission
💼 New Zealand: Employment New Zealand
💼 The US doesn't have one single body, but the Department of Labor and the EEOC between them cover most of it
I've put the relevant links in the attached graphic (sadly not clickable but will share below in the comments). Apologies for being so English-centric - I will seek out resources for other counties if you let me know where else I should include.
Hope it's helpful and, to be honest, hope you don't need it!
Happy Tuesday, wherever you are in the world ❤️ 🌎
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Lucy on Life
One year ago TODAY, I set up this channel. I hadn't filmed a single video yet.
I just created the account, typed in a channel name, and stared at a blank screen.
Today, exactly one year later, here's what's happened:
📹 75 videos published
👀 Over 1 million views
👋 22,700 of you here
⏱️ Nearly 75,000 hours of your time spent watching
75,000 hours!!! That last number is incredible. Real people taking their precious time to watch my content. Thank you so much for trusting me.
I started this adventure aged 57 with over 3 decades of workplace experience and absolutely zero idea how YouTube worked. I promised myself I'd make 10 videos over 10 weeks and see what happened.
I've published a new video, and a few more!, every Wednesday since, and here we all are 😀
I'm filming a video about what this year of reinvention has actually taught me: the things I got wrong, the moment everything changed, and what I'd say to anyone standing at the start of something new. It'll be up soon and I hope you'll find it interesting.
What's the one video of mine that stuck with you most this year?
Pop the title (or just a few words about it) in the comments👇
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Lucy on Life
As the football World Cup gets going in Canada, Mexico and the USA, here’s a throwback photo of me SIXTEEN (yikes!) years ago this very day supporting Nigeria in their group match against Argentina in Jo’burg 😎🌞
Any of you going to any of the matches in this tournament?
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