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Executive coaching for career reinvention: how do you navigate a major career change?

For senior professionals ready to pivot, executive career coaching at Executive Connexions turns a big change into a structured plan. Reinvention is not about discarding your history; it is about translating past wins into credible value in a new field and running a repeatable process until results arrive. We begin every engagement by clarifying your direction, agreeing the outcomes that matter, and setting milestones you can actually keep. That mix of clarity and cadence is what turns a difficult pivot into a practical project.

How do you identify and leverage transferable skills?

Most executives carry far more portable value than they realise. Strategy, P&L ownership, transformation, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and leading through ambiguity travel well. The challenge is framing those strengths in the dialect of your target sector. We start by surfacing three to five signature achievements and expressing them in commercial terms: revenue, margin, cost saved, risk reduced, time shortened, or capability built. Your CV then leads with outcomes, not tasks, and shows how you deliver results through a clear method. Your LinkedIn headline names the problem you solve and your About section reads like a concise proposition rather than a long chronology. We also prepare sector-relevant examples for interviews and networking, so your stories sound like they belong in the new space without pretending you are a subject expert before you are.

What plan turns intent into real market traction?

Traction comes from consistent visibility and focused outreach. Together we pick two or three themes you can speak on with confidence and share short, useful points of view weekly. You will prioritise warm paths over cold applications, reconnect with former colleagues, and target headhunters who actually place at your level. We set a weekly cadence that is realistic and track small, visible wins: a meeting booked, a referral offered, a case study tightened.

Where useful, outplacement adds pace and accountability. We remove noise, keep you working the high leverage actions, and adjust quickly to feedback from the market. The goal is a clean narrative, tighter positioning, and a growing pipeline until the right offer lands. With a clear plan and steady effort, reinvention stops feeling risky and starts looking like measurable progress.

We also help you close small gaps fast through short learning sprints and curated resources. Rather than hiding what you do not yet know, you will show curiosity and pace, which most hiring leaders value. By combining sharper messaging, practical networking habits, and disciplined follow up, your market signal improves week by week until opportunities begin to cluster around the story you are telling.

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