Phase 1: Orientation
Take stock before you act. We map your track record, the value you actually created, and the market that will pay for it, so your next move is chosen rather than accepted.
Career Transition Support
Executives in Transition
A structured path for senior leaders between seats. We help you decide what comes next, say it clearly, and reach the people who can hire you, without spending months guessing.
What a transition actually requires
Executive transitions rarely stall for lack of ability. They stall because the market cannot quickly tell what problem you solve, and because senior roles are filled through networks long before they are posted.
The work, then, is narrower than a job hunt: define the value you carry, express it in one line a board member can repeat, and put it in front of the small number of people who can act on it. Everything below serves those three tasks.
The six-phase transition plan
Run in order or start where the gap is. Most leaders begin at positioning and discover orientation was the missing step.
Phase 2: Positioning
Turn a career history into a single, defensible executive narrative: the problems you solve, the scale you solve them at, and the proof behind both.
Phase 3: Materials
Executive resume, LinkedIn profile, biography, and board one-pager rebuilt around that narrative through CareerX Resumes.
Phase 4: Market Access
Most executive roles move through relationships, not job boards. We build a target list of companies, operators, and recruiters, then run structured outreach.
Phase 5: Conversion
Interview preparation, first-90-day plans, and offer strategy so conversations turn into terms you are comfortable signing.
Phase 6: Landing Well
The transition is not finished at the offer. We support the first ninety days so the role holds and the next one is easier to reach.
White Glove executive transition
$30,000 flat
One complete engagement, with no hour cap. It includes all six phases: Orientation, Positioning, Materials, Market Access, Conversion, and Landing Well.
- CareerX Advantage for one year
- An Executive Digital Career Landing Page
- Support through your first 90 days in the new role
Four viable next chapters
Return to a full-time seat
An operating role at similar or greater scope, reached through a focused search rather than mass applications.
Fractional and portfolio work
Serve two or three companies at once as a fractional executive, keeping income and optionality while you decide on a permanent seat.
Fractional executive leadershipAdvisory and consulting
Package your expertise into strategy and execution engagements with defined scope and outcomes.
Strategy and execution consultingBuild or buy
Start something of your own or acquire an existing business, with operating systems in place from day one.
Common questions
- What counts as an executive in transition?
- Any senior leader between seats: after a restructure or acquisition, following a planned exit, or while deciding whether the next chapter is full-time, fractional, or ownership.
- How long does an executive search usually take?
- Senior searches commonly run several months. A defined narrative, a real target list, and consistent outreach shorten that window more than volume of applications does.
- Do I have to choose one path immediately?
- No. Many leaders run a full-time search and fractional work in parallel, which keeps income flowing and often surfaces the permanent role through the fractional engagement.
- How do we start?
- Book a call. We review where you are, what you want next, and which parts of the transition need support first.
- What does this cost?
- White Glove is one flat-fee engagement with no hour cap. It covers all six phases, CareerX Advantage for a year, your Executive Digital Career Landing Page, and support through your first 90 days in the new role.
Start the next chapter deliberately
Bring where you are and where you want to be. We will map the shortest credible route between the two.
Book a transition call