Change management is one of the most challenging aspects of life. This is as true for you when exiting corporate life as it was for those you managed through change when in senior roles.
Understanding your value without all the structures you’ve relied on is new terrain. Exciting terrain.
But too many escape corporate life only to timidly speak in corporate-jargon again. Be bold, mine your unique value and shape it into something uniquely you, uniquely powerful (your Paradigm) and design your own legacy.
Being experienced, qualified and highly regarded in your previous role doesn’t help you stand out when looking for NED roles.
Lots of folk are in the same position as you face now. All highly experienced, but it is those who can Storysell themselves most effectively who’ll stand out from the pile of CVs.
This is the time to shed the generic, safe corporate attire and embrace your own Storyselling brand. A brand that boldly cuts through the noise and attracts interest not for your past experience but for your ability to support the board into the future.
Welcome to life without a parachute. No HR department. No big team to delegate to. No one to report to but yourself. No one to take the credit or the blame but you.
Sounds lovely, doesn’t it!
Consultancy, mentoring, speaking, training: no matter how experienced in all these you are, now it is your business and you’re up against a host of competitors chasing the same gigs.
So design your business from day one so you are leader in your own field with your own unique message and value, together with a strategy to multiply yourself through products.