The transformation within: Finding your true self through career change with Deon Pillay (and Charlie)

The transformation within: Finding your true self through career change with Deon Pillay (and Charlie)

November 24, 2025 · 22 min · Season 6 · Episode 86

About this episode

Deon Pillay discusses his journey of leaving a corporate role to pursue a coaching practice, emphasizing the importance of aligning career with personal purpose.

In this episode of LEAP Listens, Sara and Roger speak with Deon Pillay, an award-winning marketing leader and long-time diversity advocate, about what happens when success stops feeling meaningful. Dion shares why he left a secure corporate role to start a coaching practice in response to a deeper sense of misalignment. He walks through the mindset shift that made change possible, the questions that helped him act, and a simple framework for building a plan that balances purpose with reality...

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