I had coffee with a client last week. Brilliant COO. She has twenty-five years of operational excellence and is ready for her next C-suite role. Her LinkedIn profile had 247 connections and hadn't been updated since 2019. She told me, "I don't want my CEO to think I'm looking." Here's the problem: Her CEO wasn't the only one who couldn't tell she existed. Recruiters couldn't find her. Board nomination committees couldn't find her. The opportunities she deserved? They went to

Senior leaders don’t land C-suite roles by being close. In today’s executive job market, precision, positioning, and strategic leverage determine who wins the offer. Learn what it takes to compete and secure top executive roles.

If you've spent your career in traditional corporate environments, interviewing with a private equity or venture capital-backed company will feel like a different universe. Because it is. I've worked with hundreds of senior leaders navigating this transition, and I see the same missteps repeatedly. Talented executives who should land these roles stumble because they don't understand the fundamental shift in what's being evaluated. Let me be direct: your traditional corporate

If your executive job search feels harder, longer, or more unpredictable than you expected, you are not imagining it. And you're not alone. The good news is, offers are still being made (we negotiated two this week).    In this issue, we call out the patterns we're seeing every day that lead to stalled searches, disappearing offers, and months of lost time and income. And most importantly, we share what you can do about it to regain momentum and land faster. PSA: Don't Sabota