Caroline Dowd-Higgins

About Caroline Dowd-Higgins

http://www.thisisnotthecareeriordered.com

With over a decade of career and professional development coaching experience, Caroline Dowd-Higgins has a desire to empower and energize people to achieve their personal goals. Her training style is engaging, high energy, and positive with a focus on unlocking the self-advocate within each of us.

Posts by Caroline Dowd-Higgins:

September 10, 2026

What Is Your Body Asking For? The Leadership Wisdom of Midlife

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Your body is not an obstacle to your leadership. It is a source of intelligence. For years, high-achieving women often override hunger, fatigue, pain, stress, and the need for recovery in the name of performance. You keep going because people depend on you, deadlines matter, and ambition feels urgent. But what happens when pushing through […]

September 8, 2026

Master Everyday Management Challenges with Caroline Webb

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Learn the science based strategies for mastering management challenges.

September 4, 2026

Beyond Endurance: Why Energy Intelligence Is the Real Leadership Superpower

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Burnout is not a leadership strategy. Exhaustion is not proof of commitment. And constant availability is not the same as effectiveness. In her recent Chief article, “The Future of Leadership Depends Less on Resilience and More on Energy Intelligence,” Erin Coupe makes a sharp case for a new leadership model: stop glorifying endurance and start […]

August 31, 2026

Pioneer Your Career Change with Lata Hamilton

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Discover how to change careers with confidence and earn your worth.

August 27, 2026

After the Workplace Breaks You: What Recovery Actually Looks Like

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

With burnout and workplace trauma on the rise, it is crucial to confront what happens when an organization fails its people. When a toxic work environment shatters your professional confidence, the fallout goes far beyond standard exhaustion. In a powerful and deeply resonant LinkedIn reflection, Elise Dyer, Deputy Director and Clinical Lecturer & CBT Therapist […]

August 25, 2026

Start Every Day with a Good Night’s Sleep with Mary Helen Rogers

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Discover how sleep is the foundation of health, performance, and overall well-being.

August 21, 2026

Raising Your Ceiling Starts with Leveling Your Floor: The Reality of Sustainable Leadership

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Sustainable leadership is not a luxury; it is a performance requirement for the modern executive. In an era of constant transformation and market volatility, many leaders are operating on fumes, attempting to build massive strategic “ceilings” on foundations of crumbling sand. With burnout rates reaching critical levels, especially among women in senior leadership, it’s time […]

August 18, 2026

From the Playground to the Boardroom with Patty Azzarello

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Learn how to navigate ambition and imposter syndrome, even if you show up scared and do it anyway.

August 15, 2026

AI Isn’t a Shortcut to Engagement: What the 2026 Gallup Data Really Means for Leaders

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

With employee engagement stalled at a stagnant 31%, your organization cannot afford to treat AI as a magic wand for productivity. Despite the rapid acceleration of AI adoption in the first half of 2026, the topline engagement numbers haven’t budged. In fact, 18% of U.S. employees are actively disengaged, a detachment that is costing the […]

August 11, 2026