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Barbara Wilby

Barbara Wilby

Barbara Wilby is a leadership transition specialist with over 20 years' experience working with senior leaders and teams across sectors including finance, healthcare, aviation and professional services. With an MBA and a background in turnaround marketing, she founded Corporate Wisdom to help executives and organizations' overcome internal barriers and unlock strategic potential. Barbara has worked with McKinsey as a lead coach and facilitator on large-scale cultural transformation. She has supported dozens of executives stepping into CEO roles, and is known for her sharp insight, strategic clarity and grounded, practical approach. Her book So You Want to be the CEO was released in June 2025.


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Special Reports

BURNOUT: WHAT IT’S TELLING YOU AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT

It’s 5 a.m. The executive is already rehearsing the pitch she’ll make to the Board later that week. She’s not tired—she’s hyper-focused. But beneath that sharp edge of productivity lies something else: not fear of failure, but a deeper fear of not being enough. This moment is not unusual. Many...