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 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 Sabotage Your Search...

What do Amazon, Walmart, UPS, Nike, and Pinterest all have in common? They've all announced huge upcoming layoffs this week. And while it might not seem relevant for your career if you don't work for these comapnies, we know that when major players like Amazon announce a layoff, many other companies follow suit, whether they really need to or not.   And with the tough job market, now is not the time to "wait and see." Hope is not a strategy. The senior leaders and others who land their next...