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What does an executive career coach actually do?

An executive career coach helps a senior leader run a structured campaign to reach the next role, rather than react to whatever appears on a job board. The work covers positioning, market targeting, documents, outreach, interview preparation and negotiation, in that order, because each stage depends on the one before it.

The reason it matters at this level is that senior roles are rarely filled through applications. They are filled through people, and reaching those people requires a clear proposition and a deliberate sequence. Most executives have never had to build either, because inside one company the work spoke for itself.

Who is this for?

Vice presidents, C-suite leaders, and senior executives in or approaching transition, whether that transition is chosen or not.

Some clients are running a confidential search while still employed. Some were part of a restructuring. Some have been approached for a role and want to negotiate properly. Some are moving from operating work toward board service.

• Executives who have not searched in ten or twenty years
• Leaders whose function or industry is consolidating
• VPs trying to make the jump to the C-suite
• Executives running a quiet search while still in seat
• Leaders returning after a break, a founder run, or a relocation

How does a career campaign work?

It begins with a free assessment and a complimentary thirty-minute consultation, which exists so both sides can decide whether there is a fit before anyone commits.

From there the engagement follows the campaign: clarify the value proposition, build the documents around it, define a named target market, activate the network and recruiter channel, prepare for interviews, then negotiate. The sequence is fixed because skipping ahead is what makes searches drag.

Does virtual coaching work at the executive level?

Yes, and it is how most of this practice runs. Career campaign work is conversation and document work, so it translates completely to video with no loss of quality.

Linda is based in Connecticut and works with senior leaders across the United States, with Eastern and Pacific time availability. There are dedicated pages for New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego.

What makes this different from a resume service or a recruiter?

A resume writer produces a document. A recruiter is paid by the employer to fill a specific role, which means they work for the company and not for you. A career coach works for you across the entire campaign.

That distinction decides who gives you honest advice about whether a role is right. There is a full comparison of career coach, executive coach, recruiter and reverse recruiter if you want the detail.