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GREENWICH, CT February 14, 2018. It’s the New Year and the time when many executives are thinking about their next career move. Frequently, executives come to us looking for guidance and many are seeking to make a pivot. In some cases, executives will say they are open to anything that suits their skills. But in 2018 it is important to be much more strategic than that.
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Hunt Scanlon Media - April 21, 2017 Golden Rule No. 1: Get Close to Customers. If you are not selling or servicing customers, then you should be supporting people who are. If you are not selling or servicing in general, you should be marketing, measuring results, developing products or solving client problems. If you are not facing customers or supporting people who are facing customers, then you are overhead and risk being expendable. A year or two working at headquarters or in the office of the chief of staff, as in this case, is great experience and can give a bird’s-eye view of the organization. But don’t get locked in there, said Mr. Pryor. “You should transition to a customer-facing function as soon as you can,” he added. Click Here to See the Article  President & CEO Magazine, December 7, 2016 Once upon a time, the primary job hunting technique was to call everyone you knew in a process called “Networking”, but a random walk is not likely to land the best possible position. People have grown tired of ‘networking’. You must be strategic. Here are seven strategic secrets to making a career move that will land you the right job and accelerate your career.
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As executive recruiters we are often coaches of senior executives heading for potentially huge new opportunities and we get to hear client feedback within hours. A lot of things can go wrong, but some of them are simple to address. Here are the ‘Seven Deadly Interview Sins’ that can be committed by even the most senior executives looking for leadership positions at some of the largest and most dynamic companies in the world. Click Here to Read the Entire Article President & CEO Magazine, February 25, 2014
According to the 2013 IBM Survey of C-Suite Executives, “digitally enfranchised and empowered customers lead the agenda” for C-Suite business strategy in 2014. As recently as 2004, the same survey has customer concerns as 6th on the list of issues that would drive change in their companies according to C-Suite executives. Click Here To Read the Entire Article  President & CEO Magazine. Amazon says simply they want to be the most customer focused company in the world. They are about inspiring creativity, developing new markets and delighting customers, not maximizing book earnings to please stock analysts. With pervasive technology disruption, businesses must be creative to grow.
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Count changing the C-suite career path among the effects of the movement toward mobile media. Almost daily, senior executives at traditional media companies are telling me they wonder whether the big promotion is worth the wait. Click Here to Read the Entire Article Direct Marketing News, July 2, 2013
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