In this episode of the Leadership Blueprint Growth Podcast, I talk with Jordan Lally about the long road from healthcare CEO to executive coach — and how that shift wasn’t strategic, it was forced. A very public failure followed by a life-altering brain tumor stripped away the identity I had built around achievement and made me question everything I thought success and leadership meant.

We explore what failure actually teaches, why leadership always mirrors identity, and how most people chase goals they never consciously chose. I walk through the real change process — the awareness something isn’t working, the loss of who you used to be, and the rebuilding that only happens when your values finally lead your decisions.

If you’ve ever hit a point where the outside looked right but the inside didn’t, this conversation will feel uncomfortably honest — and clarifying.