Underneath The Title: When High Achievers Start Questioning the Success They Built
You did everything right. Built the career. Earned the title. Hit the number. And somewhere along the way, you stopped recognizing the person doing it.
Underneath The Title is a podcast for executives and senior leaders who have experienced a significant exit and are starting to ask the questions they've been too busy to ask: Who am I when the role goes away? What was I actually building toward? Is this it?
Host Kevin Simcock spent 25 years leading creative work for some of the world's most recognized brands at global ad agencies like Y&R, Havas and Ogilvy. He was furloughed from a global VP role at 50, turned down the replacement offer, and chose to figure out what success actually meant to him. What he found changed everything.
Each episode goes beneath the surface of professional identity to explore what drives the decisions we make, the success we chase, and the fulfilment we keep expecting to arrive. Kevin draws on his own experience, his work with senior leaders and business owners navigating major transitions, and his framework, The Dance, which holds that your professional and personal identity were never meant to be separate.
If you're in the middle of a transition, questioning what comes next, or simply wondering why the success you've built feels quieter than you expected, this show was made for you.
New episodes bi-weekly. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Kevin is also the author of Whose Ladder Is This? and an executive advisor working one-to-one with high-achievers navigating identity and transition.
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Underneath The Title: When High Achievers Start Questioning the Success They Built
Latest Episodes
How to Choose Your Next Chapter
Most people design their next chapter using the identity that built the last one. That's exactly why it doesn't fit.In this episode, Kevin unpacks why defaulting to your past self when planning what's next leads so many high-achievers ba...
The Truth About Building Your Next Chapter
Most people think the hardest part of leaving an executive role is figuring out what comes next. It isn't. The hardest part is who you are without it.In this episode of Underneath The Title, Kevin Simcock unpacks the realities of transit...
Who Is Your Inner Critic?
There's a voice in your head that shows up every time you're about to do something that matters.It arrives right on cue. You've thought the decision through. The logic holds. You can see the path. And then it starts. What if this goes wr...
The Days When Nothing Works
Some days after a big exit, nothing feels right. You're not inspired. You're not productive. You can't make yourself care. And underneath the flatness, there's a quiet question: is this even what I want to be doing?In this episode, Kevin...
Success Doesn't Prepare You For This.
You built the career. You hit the numbers. And then one day, you woke up and didn't quite recognize yourself anymore.That feeling has a name. Most people never learn it.In this episode of Underneath The Title, Kevin Simcock unpack...
