5 Questions to Help You Navigate Your Executive Career Journey
An executive career journey isn’t as straightforward as climbing the corporate ladder anymore. No magic formula will guarantee career recognition and promotions until you reach the top. The career trajectory vision has morphed from a vertical bottom-up ladder to more of a lattice, with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal opportunities. The path through the career lattice is […]
5 Tips to Conquer Your Next Board Interview
Congratulations! You scheduled a board interview! Now what? A board interview will have a different focus and flow than the average CXO interview. The most productive board interviews will be cooperative, informative, and conversational. Ultimately, the board interview should be a balanced 2-way evaluation; both board and candidate aim to make an informed decision on whether […]
How to Show Emotional Intelligence on Your CXO Resume
The idea of emotional intelligence or emotional quotient (EQ) surfaced as a field of study in the 1990s* and has been gaining traction as a must-have executive leadership trait over the last 3 decades. While CXOs need to have incredible business and strategic acumen, the best CXOs can also readily identify and manage the emotions of themselves and others. […]
Executive Branding: Is Your Executive Career Brand Authentic?
We’ve all met someone we didn’t entirely trust or believe what they say. Often, it’s because the person comes across as inauthentic; they say one thing but do another, pretend to be someone they’re not, or behave differently depending on who is in the room. In an executive job transition, portraying this image can cause […]
Executive LinkedIn Profiles: The Power of a Professional Headshot
Your CXO resume and LinkedIn profile are arguably the 2 most important parts of your executive job transition. Both need to work in conjunction to help you land your next opportunity. Where your executive resume is generally more targeted and formal, you have a little more freedom with your LinkedIn profile to add personality and extra […]
Avoid These Common CxO Resume Pitfalls to Get Interviews
Not all CxO resumes are created equally. If you have ever been on the hiring side of the recruitment process, you have almost definitely experienced this firsthand. You may know a good resume when you see one, but do you know how to write one? Check your resume to make sure it *doesn’t* do or include […]
How Often Should You Update Your C-Suite Resume?
Your C-suite resume is top of mind when you embark on or are in the middle of an executive job transition, but what about after you’ve selected and begun your next opportunity? Does it end up out of sight and out of mind until your next change in employment? It’s easy to forget about your executive […]
The Power of an Executive Biography
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all step-by-step guide to landing your next C-suite position. You’ll need to do more than dust off your CxO resume and put it online. The reality is that most executive-level jobs are never advertised, which means candidates have to focus on networking, targeted search activities, and a professionally branded set of career […]
Are You Ready to Break Into the C-Suite?
Leading a company as a member of the c-suite leadership team is a challenging and rewarding experience. But how do you get there? The first piece of advice many executive career development practitioners will offer is to “try everything.” Don’t narrow down your specialization too soon. Dabble in as many different business areas as you […]
Is Chief Purpose Officer (CPO) the Next Major C-Level Role?
A record number of employees are leaving their jobs, citing the desire for purpose-driven work as a significant contributing factor to their decision. More and more employees—including CEOs, COOs, CDOs, CFOs, CMOs, CIOs, CTOs, CHROs, and other CXO executives—need to understand and feel aligned with their organization’s core corporate purpose and believe that they are contributing […]