Are you derailing your career?
If any of these statements are true for you, you are likely derailing your career without knowing it.
I accept the opportunities that are given to me, whether they align with my career vision or not.
I haven't got a clear vision of the steps I need to take to make the impact that I want to make in my career.
I'm not sure how decisions really get made in my organisation.
I have no idea what makes me relevant to my organisation or to my line manager.
I am often unaware of how my emotions affect my behaviour and tend to react unconsciously in challenging situations.
I'm afraid of failing, so I often hold back on taking a risk so that I avoid making mistakes.
I struggle to adapt my communication style to suit different audiences and situations.
I'm inconsistent in building relationships or taking an interest in what's happening outside of my direct team.
I'm sometimes guilty of overcommitting and underdelivering.
I’m unclear about what I want to be known for professionally and who I want to be known by.
Completing this scorecard will pinpoint five key areas to take greater ownership of your career.
Completing this scorecard will help you pinpoint five key areas where unconscious behaviours may be quietly derailing your career — and where greater career ownership will unlock clarity, influence, and growth.
It takes less than 5 minutes to complete.
It’s completely free.
You'll receive customised results instantly.
Completing this scorecard will pinpoint five key areas to take greater ownership of your career.
Completing this scorecard will help you pinpoint five key areas where unconscious behaviours may be quietly derailing your career — and where greater career ownership will unlock clarity, influence, and growth.
It takes less than 5 minutes to complete.
It’s completely free.
You'll receive customised results instantly.
Your career success is a function of these 5 intelligences
Each of the five intelligences assessed in this scorecard can be strengthened with awareness, intention, and practice. Gaps in these areas often contribute to stalled growth, missed opportunities, and even career derailment. By developing these capabilities, you equip yourself to navigate complexity, lead with confidence, and stay aligned with your career goals — reducing the risk of stagnation, burnout, or being overlooked.
Strategic Intelligence
Protects against: Short-sighted decisions
Strategic intelligence enables you to make intentional career decisions that align with your long-term goals and organisational strategy. It protects your career by helping you avoid reactive choices, stay future-focused, and connect your daily work to a bigger purpose.
Political Intelligence
Protects against: Poor navigation of power, influence, and change.
Political intelligence helps you understand how decisions are made, who influences them, and how to navigate shifting organisational dynamics. It protects your career by enabling you to adapt to change, stay relevant, and position yourself strategically within evolving environments.
Emotional Intelligence
Protects against: Emotional Reactiveness
Emotional intelligence helps you stay grounded and intentional in how you respond to stress, conflict, and feedback. It protects your career by enabling you to regulate emotional impulses, maintain composure under pressure, and build trust through thoughtful communication.
Social Intelligence
Protects against: Operating in a Silo
Social intelligence strengthens your ability to collaborate, connect, and contribute meaningfully within teams and networks. It protects your career by ensuring you don’t isolate yourself, miss out on support, or limit your influence by working in silos.
Brand Intelligence
Protects against: Diluted Impact / Scattered Focus
Brand intelligence helps you define what you want to be known for and act in alignment with that identity. It protects your career by helping you set boundaries, focus your energy, and avoid diluting your impact through overcommitment or lack of clarity.
Hi I’m Briony.
By completing this scorecard, you’ll be added to the waitlist for further information about The Career Owners Playbook Coaching Programme, launching in 2026.
This relaunched and enhanced Programme builds on the mentoring programme that I conceptualised and delivered to over 300 professionals between 2021 and 2023 in partnership with Women in Mining South Africa and to a Tier 1 mining house in 2023 and 2024.
The new programme offers a deeper, more strategic approach to career ownership, helps you overcome areas where you are at risk of derailing your career and is designed to help you lead your career with clarity, confidence, and purpose
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