As a senior leader, is mentorship missing in your professional development? Are you a mentor now? Do you have mentors yourself? Mentorship is relevant at each career stage and integral to professional development no matter your level in an organization. If designed with purpose, the mentor and mentee relationship is proven to be mutually beneficial
Ellie has over 17 years of experience across hyper-growth SaaS and multinational corporations with deep expertise in effectively guiding teams to identifying and understanding the evolving needs, opportunities, and challenges customers face to help them maximize achievable value. As a new executive at Insight Partners, she will work closely with high-growth portfolio companies to
Hiring the wrong executive puts a company at a costly, uncompetitive disadvantage. Conducting a thorough executive search process helps protect financial, people, and cultural assets. I wanted to unpack what underpins a successful executive search by interviewing an entrepreneurial business leader with over thirty years in talent acquisition and leadership-level search expertise. I invite
If someone handed you a recipe that would help you enjoy faster career transition success while requiring just two hours of effort up front, would you use it? If your answer is “yes”, you’d be joining the nearly 75,000 people that have bought and read the 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton. His book is
One frustrating aspect of the job search process is the idea you must “get out there and network” or “go foster relationships.” Many of my executive-level clients ask, “Well, exactly how do I do that?” This is an especially painful or daunting prospect for introverts or those suffering from social anxiety. The good news
In the middle of a coaching call, I heard a sniffle on the line. “Are you OK?” I asked. Her voice wavered, Over the course of a two-hour coaching call, my client’s self-perception had shifted so dramatically it moved her to tears of relief and joy. Over the past few years, she was doubting
Exercising my networking muscles has become a natural reflex.Instinctively, my mind moves like a pinball that lights up with ideas about who to mentor bring together.I don’t have second thoughts about how introducing two amazing people benefits me because I have a generous mindset, What I give will boomerang back to me.More than ever, connection
What are three moving parts to an effective career transition many leaders overlook?First, they fail to spend time reflecting and assessing who they are and how they deliver on what they do. This essential step helps build the foundation of a cohesive career-story that lands with decision-makers.Second, they do not narrow down a clear target.
The Adaptive Leadership model incorporates the Systems, Biological, Service Orientation, and Psychotherapy perspectives.The seminal book, Leadership Without Easy Answers, by Ronald Heifetz, provides the first description of the modern Adaptive Leadership approach from the early 1990s. At its core, Adaptive Leaders constantly strike a balance between the ability to pull people into solving complex and
Dave Carroll’s 9-5 job is leading the number one Banner Bank in the Seattle metro area – two years running. His career is deeply connected to two industries that cut to the heart of what matters most to people –their health and financial security.With an award-winning leadership approach of positively maximizing people in ways that
