Geoffrey Roche built a respected career across healthcare, education, workforce strategy, and corporate leadership. But his decision to leave Siemens Healthineers came during a much deeper personal transformation. After years of navigating professional expectations, leadership environments, and personal identity, Geoffrey reached a point where staying meant compromising too much of who he was becoming.
In this conversation, Brian and Geoffrey explore the tension between global brand stability and personal authenticity. Geoffrey shares how coming out later in life reshaped his understanding of work, leadership, visibility, and courage. He also reflects on the mentors who shaped him, including a hospital CEO whose heart-centered leadership became a model for the kind of impact he still hopes to make.
This episode is about more than leaving a job. It is about what happens when your career, your values, and your identity are no longer in alignment. Geoffrey offers a candid look at resilience, personal branding, healthcare workforce development, and why leaders must build cultures where people are seen, heard, and supported.
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