You are excellent at a life you did not choose.
You have seventeen unread Slack messages and zero interest in any of them.
Your performance review says "exceeds expectations." Your Sunday nights say otherwise.
You have optimised every system except the one that tells you why you get up in the morning.
The promotion came. The dread stayed. You smiled in the all-hands and went home and felt nothing.
This is not burnout. Burnout recovers with a holiday. This is misalignment — and it compounds.
Keep scrolling. The answer is closer than you think.
I did not find my pivot.
I survived my staying.
Simon Bunyan — a highly accomplished senior leader with extensive experience across a variety of retail and operational roles, primarily within the Sainsbury's group. His expertise spans retail operations, labour/workforce management, customer experience, and organisational transformation. Education: Landmark.
Senior leadership role overseeing retail labour strategy, workforce planning, and operating models for one of the UK's largest supermarket and general merchandise retailers (Sainsbury's, including the integrated Argos business). Responsible for driving operational efficiency, people strategy, and performance in a major high-street and online retail environment.
Serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees for the local charity supporting older people in Cheshire, contributing strategic oversight alongside his corporate career.
Ready to find out where you actually stand?
Ten questions. No fluff. A clear picture of your pivot readiness.
Take the Free Pivot Readiness AssessmentBefore. After. The difference is a decision.
Not motivational stories. Career snapshots — job title, salary, and the one sentence that tells the real truth.
Before
Director of Operations
Global logistics firm
£142K
"I run the machine. I just wish I'd built a different one."
After
Co-Founder & COO
Supply-chain consultancy
£195K
"I still run machines. Now they're mine."
Before
Senior Corporate Counsel
Big Four bank
£185K
"I have not written anything for myself since my MFA thesis."
After
Head of Content & Legal
Media-tech startup
£162K + equity
"I took a small pay cut and got my brain back."
Before
VP Finance
Pharmaceutical group
£220K
"The bonus clears. The meaning doesn't."
After
CFO
Climate-tech venture
£240K + carry
"Same skills. Completely different reason to wake up."
The cost of staying is not zero.
It just bills you differently.
Nobody talks about the opportunity cost of inertia. Here it is, in numbers.
Approximate career weeks remaining (avg. mid-career professional)
weeks — each one a choice
~2,400
Weeks spent in meetings that drain you
if you stay 10 more years
£380K+
Salary left on the table vs aligned role
based on Pivot client averages
520
Sunday nights you will never get back
that is ten years of dread
1
The version of you that never got to exist
and that one is not countable
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Ten questions. No email required to see your results. A clear score across five pivot-readiness dimensions — and a path forward that is specific to your situation.
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