Listen to the latest episode of “Conversations With….” where we talk to special guest Sue Wedsworth on building capacity, not just managing stress.
In this episode, Sue Wedsworth, Success Coach, Performance Trainer, and self-described “Stress-Defence Expert”, shares her insights on why busy season doesn’t have to mean simply pushing through, and what it actually takes to sustain high performance without burning out.
Drawing on more than 35 years across business, banking, organisational development, and education, Sue reframes stress not as something to eliminate, but as a capacity to build. This shift matters most for accounting professionals, whose natural instinct to spot risk and error can, left unchecked, quietly become a barrier to confidence and leadership.
The conversation also explores what changes when technically excellent professionals step into leadership, and how firms can improve retention by helping people build capacity rather than simply asking them to work harder. This episode is a reminder that resilience isn’t about grit alone; it’s about the systems and mindsets that let people and firms thrive under pressure rather than just survive it.
Listen to this, and all other episodes on Spotify and on Apple.
