Career
Patterns in the Senior Hiring Market
Three patterns I’m watching in the senior hiring market right now that nobody is talking about: 1. The “interview to offer” timeline has stretched. Six months ago, my clients were averaging eight to ten weeks from first interview to offer. Right now it’s closer to 3-4 months. Not because hiring managers are slower but because…
Read MoreCurrent Leadership Strategies
Most leadership advice you read is written for a room you’re not in. It’s written for the leader of a 12-person team in a stable company with a clear strategy and a healthy budget. The advice is: empower your people. Give them autonomy. Trust them with hard problems. Great. Sound. Useful for that room. If…
Read MoreAuthority in Senior Leaders
Senior leaders almost never lose authority all at once. They lose it in small phrases, repeated over months, that they don’t even know they’re saying. Four I’ve watched undermine smart, capable executives and what to swap them for. 1. “Sorry, can I just add something quickly?”Translation to the room: I’m not sure I deserve to…
Read MoreCareer Capital vs Velocity
Career capital is not the same as career velocity. Two senior leaders. Same industry. Same starting point ten years ago. One is now a SVP at a 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…
Read MoreUncertainty in a Career Pivot
Late 2025, I walked away from a full-time corporate career I’d spent 30 years building. That’s not a humble brag. It was genuinely disorienting. I had built something substantial. A reputation, a network, a track record inside organizations that I was proud of. And I chose to leave it. Not because it stopped working, but…
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