The Main Character Method™
Being the 'reliable one' built your reputation at work. But now it’s quietly wrecking your career progression.
The Main Character Method is an 8-week coaching programme for ambitious professionals who are done carrying everyone else’s workload and ready to create the confidence, boundaries and visibility to move their career forward.
There are only 10 spots available.
Starts Monday 5 October, 7pm, Zoom.
Is this you?
- You’re brilliant at getting things done, so somehow, more things keep becoming yours to do.
- You’re the person everyone comes to for help, including people who really should be going to their own manager.
- Your calendar is full of other people’s priorities, while the work that would actually move your career forward keeps getting pushed to tomorrow.
- Someone who joined after you just got the project, opportunity or exposure you know you were capable of handling.
- You’re known as reliable, dependable and a safe pair of hands, but you’ve started to realise being seen as reliable isn’t the same as being seen as ready for what’s next.
- You keep telling yourself things will calm down after this project, this deadline or this busy period. You’ve been saying that for a year.
If you’re nodding along to more of these than you’d like, the problem probably isn’t that you need to work harder.
You’ve already proved you can do that.
Here's the uncomfortable part.
Being the reliable one got you here. It's now the thing keeping you here.
The work that gets you noticed needs room, and you haven't got any.
So you stay exactly where you are, doing more of what got you stuck, and eventually you take a job somewhere else and find out the pattern came with you.
FROM NOT FEELING SEEN - TO NOT RECOGNISING THE PERSON SHE USED TO BE
“You gave me coping mechanisms and tools that I still use now… I look back at that period and I don’t recognise the person that I was two years ago, and that is in no small part thanks to working with you.”
- Zoe, Data Sales Strategist.
Here's what happens if nothing changes.
- You stay exactly where you are
-The projects keep going to people with more capacity
-You keep absorbing work that was never yours, and it keeps growing
-You take a job somewhere else and find out the job wasn't the problem
-This time next year you're having the same conversation with yourself
“Your approach is calm, connected and fully tuned in to my success.”
“You’ve also challenged me where I’ve avoided certain things… The balance between both was perfect.”
How The Main Character Method works:
The Main Character Method™ is a structured 8 week programme designed to help you stop firefighting, start prioritising yourself and build real momentum in your career. It's a blend of 121 coaching and live workshops. Here's what we cover:
Weeks 1-2: What you actually want
Clarity & Confidence: Know what you want, stop second-guessing yourself and start focusing on what actually matters.
By the end: you can say what you want to say without hedging or hesitation.
Weeks 3-5: Getting back in the right room
Capacity: The words, and where to point them. Handing back work that was never yours, pushing back without friction, getting out of the meetings you don't need to be in. Not so you can relax. So you have capacity for the work that gets noticed and actually moves the needle for the team and business you work at.
By the end: you've handed back at least two things and protected time for your own work..
Weeks 6-8: Move forward
Evidence & the conversation: What you've delivered, written down. Your visibility at work. The conversation with your manager about what's next, prepared for properly. And a twelve month plan so you're not back here in a year.
By the end: you've had the conversation, with evidence rather than hope.
FROM FEELING GUILTY ABOUT SAYING NO TO FEELING CALMER AND MORE IN CONTROL
After completing Lindsey’s programme, this Molly, a Social Media Manager, reported that her ability to set and maintain boundaries had improved significantly.
She also reported being able to:
✓ Say “no” more confidently
✓ Feel less guilt for protecting her time
✓ Communicate boundaries more clearly
✓ Feel calmer and more in control
Why I created the Main Character Method
I spent 12 years in Financial Services, and on paper I was doing brilliantly. I was also answering emails at 11pm, saying yes to things I resented, and crying on the phone to my parents because I could not admit I was drowning.
In 2019 my body made the decision for me and I had a breakdown.
I decided to retrain as a Corporate and Executive Coach and started seeing the exact same thing in the people I worked with.
Same profile every time. Capable, middle managers, extremely well liked.
The one who picks up the slack, softens the bad news, stays late to make everyone else's week work. They did not have a time management problem.
They had a "I am the supporting character in my own life" problem, and no amount of colour coded planners and notebooks was going to touch it.
That is what the Main Character Method fixes.
Not another framework for squeezing more into your week. A way to decide what actually gets your time, and the language to hold that line when someone pushes back, because they will.
The Main Character Method™
INVESTMENT: £1,450 OR PAY in 3 instalments @ £500 each
maximum cohort: 10 people
I deliberately keep each cohort small because this is coaching, not a webinar with 97 silent faces on Zoom.
Once all 10 places are filled, applications close.
Here's what's included:
LIVE SMALL GROUP WORKSHOPS. A step-by-step process to help you create capacity, build confidence and become more visible, so you're not just working harder and hoping somebody notices.
121 COACHING - 4 private coaching sessions with Lindsey. Personal support to apply the method to your career, your workplace and the conversations you actually need to have.
A CAREER. Live support when real life inevitably gets involved. Bring the tricky conversation, awkward situation or “what the hell do I do about this?” moment and get coached through it.
PRIVATE COMMUNITY. Support between sessions. A place to ask questions, share wins and keep moving instead of disappearing back into old habits the second work gets busy.
BONUS: BOUNDARY SCRIPTS TOOLKIT. Know what to say when you need to push back. Practical scripts for saying no, handing work back and protecting your time, without spending three days rewriting the email.
BONUS: 12-MONTH VISION PLAN. Know what you're actually working towards. Turn “I know something needs to change” into a clear direction for the next 12 months of your career.
EARLY BIRD BONUS:
Secure your place in the first 48 hours (14 and 15 Sepember) and you get a 60 minute 1:1 before we start. We go deeper than the surface stuff, into what you actually value and what you believe about your own worth at work, so you know exactly what you're focusing on from day one. Week one becomes momentum, not warm up.
Closes 11.59pm, 15 September.
FROM ALWAYS BEING “ON” TO ACTUALLY SWITCHING OFF
“For the first time in my entire career I was able to switch off properly on holiday, without any guilt!”
“Lindsey massively helped me implement and maintain boundaries at work and understand what a good work-life balance looks like for me.”
Emily — Operations Manager
The Main Character Method isn't for everyone
The Main Character Method is for people who are ready to make changes, have uncomfortable conversations and stop waiting for their workplace to magically notice them.
It is not for somebody looking for eight weeks of motivational Zoom calls whilst making the active decision not to make changes.
TRY IT RISK FREE
The Main Character Momentum Guarantee
Do the work. Create movement. Or I keep coaching you.
Attend the programme, complete the work and implement what we cover.
If by week eight you still haven’t handed something back or had the difficult conversation you know you need to have, I’ll continue working with you 121 for up to three additional sessions at no extra cost.
Want to get this funded by your employer?
A lot of the people who join The Main Character Method get it funded by their employer. It sits comfortably in most learning and development or professional development budgets, and it is easier to ask for than you think.
Here is what your manager needs to know:
The Main Character Method is an 8 week group coaching programme for people who are capable, senior enough to have influence, and stuck having the same unspoken conversations at work. It builds the confidence to raise the difficult things: workload, scope, progression, boundaries with stakeholders. The outcome your employer cares about is someone who stops absorbing pressure quietly and starts addressing it directly, before it turns into a resignation.
Format: 8 weeks, group coaching, delivered online.
Starts: 5 October. Applications close 27 September.
Time commitment: 2 hours per week, including sessions.
Investment: £1,450.
Here's an email template for you to copy to send to your manager! Make sure you fill the bits out in there though.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you work with people in my industry?
I work with professionals across finance, tech, law, marketing, consulting and more. The specifics of your industry matter less than the patterns; overwhelm, people-pleasing, burnout and blurred boundaries show up everywhere.
What if I can’t attend every workshop live?
Recordings/resources will be available.
Is this group coaching or 121?
Both. You get private coaching plus live workshops and community support.
How do I know if it’s right for me?
Apply first. If it looks like a fit, we’ll have a conversation before you commit.
Why is it application-based?
Because ten people in a room together only works if they're roughly in the same place. The form takes two minutes and it's there to make sure this is the right thing for you, not to make you jump through hoops.
Can my employer pay for this?
Often, yes. Many companies have learning and development or wellbeing budgets that cover exactly this. I'll send you a guide to help you make the case, plus a proper invoice with business details.
Ready to step into that Main Character energy?
Applications open 14 September and close 27 September. It's a short form, and if it looks like a fit I'll send you the details the same day. I deliberately keep each cohort small because this is coaching, not a webinar with 97 silent faces on Zoom.
Once all 10 places are filled, applications close.
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