What approach to career transition support leads to a better experience and preparation? Research confirms that executives have a clear preference. Every four years we watch the efforts of the world’s best athletes competing in a variety of sports with a wide range of physical, mental and technical demands. Whether it is in the water, […]
Career Transition Surprises
Research highlights that executives are in for surprises while in transition. While only 45% of my clients were surprised by the decision that led to their leaving their organizations there were other surprises that were more widely experienced by the group as they made their ways to their next roles. In research conducted in 2016, […]
Losing a Job and Other Losses
New research shows losing a job can impact a person in a variety of ways. What else do you lose when you lose your job? In the world of sports, decisions to release or demote players are usually made due to a change in philosophy or direction or because the team is in a slump. […]
A Confluence of Events
What role does luck and timing play in a career? Clements United’s research with executives who have experienced transition shows it is greater than they thought! One of the truths that has been confirmed time and again during the 16+ years I have been working with executives in transition is that people with very good […]
Taking Stock
Given these uncertain times, it is ever more important for each of us to consider how marketable and prepared for change we are. Here is a list of considerations: 1. Professional Reputation: Is your professional reputation an asset you have been nurturing? Sometimes we put our heads down and forget that we need to develop […]
Rebounding from a Career Setback
Many athletes, including the most accomplished, have experienced a career setback and benefited from the input of expert coaching. It is similar for executives facing transition. Often, the very best athletes consider this a natural step because their drive and competitiveness have led them to a place of self-scrutiny and openness to input which will […]
What I’ve Learned This Century
Five years with Clements United plus ten years with Miller Dallas and voila, fifteen years of providing career transition services to executives! Here are 400 words on what I’ve learned and what it means for my clients and the firms that engage me to help them. Fifteen years of one-on-one career transition consulting with executives […]
The Trade Deadline
North American professional sports have trade deadlines. The media is vigilant. Athletes live through a difficult period of uncertainty as teams evaluate their needs against their short and long term plans. Management is under scrutiny and decisions need to be made. Trade deadlines create anxiety for the athletes and their families, management and the owners. […]
How Did I Get Here?!
While most of us start out with the belief that our careers will follow a certain path, for almost all there will be time when despite our best efforts and planning there are dead ends and sometimes, crashes. David Byrne of The Talking Heads summed it up well! The ability to control our destiny from […]
Empathy and Career Transition
While familiarity is said to breed contempt, can it also breed empathy? Recent research conducted by Clements United shows this to be the case with career transition. Having invested over 14 years working with well over 500 executives in transition, I had arrived at some conclusions based solely on experience versus having empirical support, so […]