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Career Capital
Two senior leaders. Same industry. Same starting point ten years ago. One is now a SVP at an household-name company. Big title. Public profile. Speaking at conferences. The other is a VP at a less-known company. Quieter. Smaller team. Most people would tell you the first one has won the decade. Here’s what I’ve learned…
Read MoreMoving Through a “Hard Quarter”
If you’re a senior leader having a hard quarter right now, this is for you.I’m not talking about the kind of “hard quarter” that ends up in your annual review as a growth moment. The actual kind. The one where the numbers are off, the team is tense, the executive above you is concerned, and…
Read MoreWorking Hard isn’t The Work
Twenty-something years ago, someone gave me a piece of feedback I still think about every week. Early in my career, a senior leader gave me a piece of feedback I’d like to give you. I was about five years into a talent acquisition role. Doing well, working hard, raising my hand for everything. I asked…
Read MoreHow to Spot Bad Culture During an Interview
Most senior candidates discover the bad culture six weeks after they start. The signs were almost always there in the interview process. They just weren’t reading for them. In 20+ years, here’s what I’ve learned to watch for and what I now tell every senior client to read for during interviews. None of these are…
Read More6 Conversations the Matter Most
After 20+ years watching senior careers play out, I’ve come to believe something that sounds dramatic but isn’t: Your career is shaped less by the roles you take than by six specific conversations you have along the way. Most senior leaders can’t tell you when they had these conversations, or with whom, because the conversations…
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