Today I’m talking to Alina Addison, ex-accountant, ex-investment banker, executive coach, and now author.
Alina left Romania as a young adult. Soon afterwards, she went into accountancy with PwC before joining Rothschild &amp; Co. There, she became the first woman to be promoted to Managing Director and Head of Trading—all while working four days a week.
In her book, The Audacity Spectrum, Alina combines personal experience with extensive research to share her mission. She wants to ignite audacious leadership in people through a bold mix of courage, care, and nonconformity.
In our conversation, Alina shares…
- What she learnt from being that boarding school toddler,
- Why her life changed thanks to a friend’s audacious question, and
- How she ended up completing two degrees in two countries—at the same time!

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In a world that’s becoming more complex and uncertain, learning how to channel pressure in a healthy way to turn it into a force for good is vital. How we deal with pressure in our personal and professional lives will impact the outcome of anything we do.

In this podcast, Sara Milne Rowe, author of The SHED Method and founder of Coaching Impact, explores how we experience pressure both in our personal and professional lives. Leaders  from all walks of life join her to discuss what pressure means to them, how they deal with it, what they do because of it and how they lead others through it.’