The Transit Lounge

When you've been doing your job for a long time and you're good at it and then... 'something happens' that means you can't keep doing that job anymore, it can be very, very unsettling... and making a significant career change after 40 can be even more scary.You've been in a comfort zone of familiar territory and feeling confident in your ability to just know what needs to be done and feeling able to get those things done... and when that is no longer there many people struggle to get clarity and adjust to what's next...Michelle Bowditch was worked out of her high level EA role by the rise of and effective use of technology.Instead of falling in a heap, or just looking for another job somewhere else, she used that reality as a catalyst to go out on her own...She channelled her passion for supporting and advocating for EA's into creating her own business - Door20A - which supports EA's to increase their confidence and use of tech tools to streamline more mundane tasks so they can focus on providing higher value