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Strategic AF
If hard work was enough, you wouldn’t be here.
You’ve done what you were told would work. You’ve delivered. You’ve performed. You’ve stayed professional.
And yet your career hasn’t moved in the way it should have.
If you’re a foreign professional in the UK and your growth has stalled despite competence, effort, and results, this page is for you.
And if you’re still hoping someone will eventually notice, they won’t.
Let’s get one thing straight.
You are not stuck because you lack skills.
You are not stuck because you’re not confident enough.
And you are definitely not stuck because you didn’t work hard enough.
You’re stuck because you were taught the wrong rules.
Here’s what I see again and again.
You deliver high-quality work and take pride in it.
You’re reliable, dependable, often the go-to person.
You receive positive feedback, but it’s vague.
You’re told you’re doing great, without it turning into progression.
You watch people with less competence, but more visibility, move ahead.
And slowly, you realise there’s a game being played, and no one gave you the rulebook.
At some point, you start asking yourself: What am I missing?
That question is costing you years.
The lie that keeps smart people stuck
Most foreign professionals in the UK are operating under one assumption:
If I do excellent work, the system will reward me.
That assumption isn’t naïve. It’s just wrong, in this context.
- Performance makes you useful
- Visibility makes you relevant
- Positioning makes you promotable
If all your energy goes into performance, your career plateaus quietly.
Not because you failed. But because you never switched modes.
This is not a motivation problem.
It’s a leverage problem.
You’re operating like a high performer in a system that rewards power literacy.
You’ve been optimising:
- Output
- Reliability
- Effort
While the system optimises for:
- Perception
- Influence
- Strategic ownership
Hard work only compounds after positioning is in place.
Until then, it just makes you indispensable and invisible.
Read this carefully.
- You want reassurance more than responsibility
- You’re waiting for permission to be visible
- You want tips instead of changing how you operate
- You believe the system should be fair
Fairness is irrelevant.
Understanding the game is not.
What I actually do
I work with foreign professionals in the UK who are done guessing.
Not to make them louder. Not to make them confident.
But to help them operate strategically, on purpose.
- Career Brand, how power reads you
- Relationships, how influence actually moves
- Ownership, acting like leadership before the title
This isn’t about hustling harder. It’s about stopping career improvisation.
Strategic AF
Strategic AF is a private, one-on-one coaching experience for globally minded professionals who want to take ownership of their career growth and accelerate progression inside international organisations.
This is not a course. Not a membership. Not a content library.
For three months, we work directly on your career as it exists right now.
Phase 1: Career Brand
We get clear on how you are currently perceived and how you need to be positioned.
This is not personal branding online. It is about how decision-makers inside organisations read you.
- Your value proposition
- Your strategic narrative
- The gap between how you see yourself and how others experience you
Phase 2: Relationships
We work on influence, not networking.
- Build trust with the right people
- Navigate power dynamics without politics
- Communicate effectively across cultures and seniority levels
This is where visibility starts to compound.
Phase 3: Ownership
We translate clarity into movement.
- Act like leadership before the title
- Position yourself for progression
- Negotiate scope, responsibility, and compensation
- Make deliberate career moves instead of reactive ones
You leave with a clear plan and the confidence to execute it.
Big goals deserve a serious strategy.
If you’re feeling anxious about your next move, overwhelmed by where to focus strategically, or frustrated that your potential is not translating into progression, this work is for you.
Meet your coach
I’m Klaudia.
I built my career internationally, learned the hard way how culture, perception, and power actually work, and stopped waiting for systems to reward effort.
I didn’t grow my career by working harder. I grew it by understanding the rules of the game.
Today, I influence senior stakeholders, shape strategy, and make decisive career moves. I teach my clients to do the same.
My clients don’t become different people. They become more deliberate ones.
Questions people usually ask
Is this for people early in their career?
No. This work is for professionals with experience and ambition whose progression has stalled or slowed.
Is this about changing jobs?
Not necessarily. Some clients change roles. Others grow where they are. The focus is leverage, not job-hopping.
I already network. Is this still relevant?
Yes. This goes beyond networking. We focus on influence, perception, and decision-making dynamics.
Do you guarantee results?
No. I provide strategy and guidance. Execution is yours.
I’m not fully clear on my long-term direction yet. Is that a problem?
No. Clarity is part of the work.
What happens next
You apply.
I review your application personally.
If Strategic AF is the right fit for where you are and where you want to go, we speak.
If it isn’t, I’ll tell you. This is about fit.
Ready? Submit your application. If you resonate with this page, you already know what to do.