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The relationship between the CEO and the board is a critical aspect of an organisation’s success, and the relationship has seen some pretty big ups and downs over the last few years. There was a heavy focus on risk management during the early days of the pandemic, followed by “The Great CEO Swap-Out” as public…
The role of the CIO has been under the spotlight for the last few years, to say the least. With the sudden transition to a remote workforce, never-ending and increasingly complicated cybersecurity threats, and global digital transformations, CIOs have their work cut out for them. Not only are CIOs scrambling to adapt to the fallout…
As an executive-level leader, you have assumed a certain degree of risk throughout your career. You aren’t a stranger to the sometimes unexpected and dramatic changes that come along with reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, rapid growth phases, and powerful dynamics among executive teams and board members. Luckily, you’ve got decades of experience strategizing how to…
I have strategized and drawn up my 2023 new year’s resolutions for the last three weeks. I take these very seriously—like a business plan. I look at each area of my life, and with rigorous honesty, I map out all areas, including family, physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, business, and finance. I also define the best…
It is becoming increasingly common for people to be out of the workforce for a year or more. Sometimes by choice and sometimes involuntary, there are several reasons why someone may step away from the workforce for a period, including caring for elders or children, returning to school, deciding to travel, or overcoming a personal…
Targeting board director roles is a different ball game than targeting executive leadership roles. As such, you need an entirely different set of career marketing documents—or board documents—to set yourself up for success. In a previous article, we covered how a board document’s content differs from an executive resume. However, the term “board document” doesn’t…
What comes to mind when you hear “executive career marketing documents?” Likely, the first things you think of are an executive resume and a value proposition letter. If you think about it for another second or two, you may come up with a LinkedIn profile and executive bio. One of the least thought-of and underrated…
When was the last time you updated your CXO resume? Did you struggle because you felt like you were bragging, failing to effectively communicate your value, or just didn’t know where to start? Whether you are currently unemployed, know you will be in the future, or are exploring business opportunities, you need a resume that will […]
Executive career transition best practices tell us to be proactive when updating Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) resumes rather than reactive. When an executive opportunity that piques your interest comes up, you will ideally have all your career marketing documents ready to go and not have to scramble to pull everything together. The wisest CHROs…
Search for “executive resume writers,” “top executive resume writers,” or “best executive resume writers,” and you will find pages of results from review boards that purportedly critique and list the “top 10 or 12 best executive resume writing services.” At first glance, this may seem like a quick way to narrow down the “best executive…
As a board director, you have a lengthy list of priorities for 2023. A looming recession, intense talent competition, heavy inflation, persistent supply chain disruptions, and regulatory requirement changes are weighing heavily on the minds of boards of directors. Combined with what seems like a faster-paced changing environment than what we may have experienced in…
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CIO just released an interesting article on what I have been saying for years – which is December is a great time to conduct a job search! The article gives some nice quick tips for using LinkedIn to do this. I would add learning how to tap the hidden job market is a fantastic way to make […]
Have you come out of an interview floating on a cloud, but after a week or two still haven’t heard back from the company? Don’t despair. Here are some tips to get through the interview roller coaster. Let me begin by saying that I have never walked through a job search with a SVP or […]
When creating your resume you need to write TO what you want versus FROM where you have been. Here are some secret tips from the vault that will help you to create a compelling executive resume: Tip #1: Keywords and Summary Statements One of the most important things to remember is that the keywords at […]
Last week I read this rather brow-raising article in TechCrunch. Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina announced recently that she was going to run for president. She grabbed the domain name carlyforpresident.com, but someone else picked up http://carlyfiorina.org and posted a page of 30,000 sad faces for all the people she laid off at HP. Over the years […]
If you have never invested in your career via having your resume or LinkedIn profile professionally written, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. Sometimes it takes going down the path of applying for positions and not landing any interviews – or having a trusted college or professional recruiter tell you in […]
Glassdoor has announced our seventh annual Employees’ Choice Awards, honoring the Best Places to Work across the U.S. and the UK. Winners were determined by the people who know these companies best — their employees. #1 “Great people, great values” The benefits and care of employees is obviously world class, and compensation is almost unmatchable. […]
A quick online query will point out the importance of targeting your CEO resume to a specific position. Despite your wealth of senior-level experience and your wide range of highly developed skills, aiming for a jack-of-all-trades message on your executive resume is not the most effective way to approach your job search. It makes it […]