Executive Transition (Download)

With economic pressures mounting, more executives are being asked to change roles or leave their organizations entirely.

Many people facing termination or a reduction or change in power or position are asking for exit packages that include some kind of career or life coaching.

WJM Executive Transitions is a confidential and unique career/life management service through which our highly skilled coaches assist a senior executive in strategizing and implementing his or her next phase in an already successful career.  We work with the executive to see themselves as a business onto themselves.

WJM adopts a coaching methodology that focuses on defining the senior executives’ future goals, aspirations and unique talents.  Unlike typical, “cookie-cutter” outplacement services, WJM Executive Transitions™ assigns the senior executive to a personal career transition coach, or team of coaches, who collaborate on a highly customized and highly personalized transition campaign.  Our differentiator is that we blend the great fundamentals of career transition with excellent coaching and career management consultation.  The outcome is an individualized strategy for self-marketing to ensure personal development and long-term career success.

The service doesn’t end once the job is landed.

WJM works with the executive to negotiate the hiring package, mindful that an offer of employment is not only about money issues. Fit, culture, career objectives, and learning opportunities are some of the other essential success factors. WJM will assist the client to evaluate, compare, and then negotiate the best opportunity.

Finally, WJM stays with the newly hired executive to ensure their success in the new company and position. We emphasize assimilation into the culture, building winning relationships with other executives and direct reports, identifying critical objectives, and clearly defining expectations.

	The executive participates in a limited battery of tests, a face-to-face, in-depth interview, and a feedback session, which culminates with a written personal developmental plan.
	Together with his or her WJM Coach, the executive develops a vision of career success, which integrates personal and professional lives. We collaborate on developing a strategy to ensure this success. We explore what type of work activities are most exciting, rewarding, challenging, and fun to the executive.
	Together, we develop a professional, accomplishment-oriented resume and an achievements profile. We assist the individual in enhancing communication skills and techniques for self-promotion.
	The executive’s image is evaluated. We address all aspects of personal presentation: dress, make-up, and speech. We then create a focused networking and mailing campaign to contacts, search firms and companies.
	The executive is prepared for critical interview meetings with search firms, hiring managers, HR screening, and Boards of Directors.
	WJM will continually generate and update information on target industries, individuals, and companies.
	An offer of employment is not only about money. Fit, culture, career objectives, and learning opportunities are some of other essential success factors. WJM assists the client in evaluating, comparing, and then negotiating the best opportunity.
	To ensure success in the new company and position, WJM stays with the newly hired executive. We emphasize assimilation into the culture, building winning relationships with other executives and direct reports, identifying critical objectives, and clearly defining expectations.