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Everyone’s talking about how hard the market is right now. Tech stocks are down. Hiring feels slower. The headlines make it sound like nobody’s moving. And yet — in the last 12 months, 10 of my 24 US clients have landed new roles and the rest are still in active searches at various stages. Same market. Same economy. Same headlines. So what’s actually going on? The patterns from inside my practice I started tracking something simple: time from locked personal brand to accepted

Last week I wrote about why capable people stall mid-search — how most of the time it's not a tactics problem, it's a compression problem. The direction isn't tight enough for effort to compound. A few of you wrote back and said: I've made the decision. I know what I'm going after. It's still slow. So this week I want to talk about what comes after the decision. Because that part is less obvious than people think. And it's where a lot of senior searches quietly lose weeks. Th

You can usually tell when someone is serious about changing roles. They’re not dabbling. They’re not “just looking.” They’ve updated their resume, started conversations, maybe even landed a few interviews. And yet — progress is slow. Or inconsistent. Or weirdly fragile. This is the point where most people assume the problem is tactical. I need better interview prep. ​​ I need a stronger resume. ​​ I need to apply to more roles. But after working with hundreds of senior candid

Big tech taught many of us that being “fungible” was a strength. You could move between teams. Your scope could change with a reorg. A new leader could look at your background and say, “We could use someone like you over here.” That worked because the system did the translation for you. Everyone shared the same language. Everyone understood leveling. Everyone had a mental model for what different roles actually meant in practice. You didn’t have to explain the problem you sol

One of the trickier moments in a job search looks like this: Things are finally moving. Conversations are warmer. Your name is circulating. And instead of feeling calm, you start thinking: “Should I be doing more?” ​​ “Should I broaden this?” ​​ “Am I being too narrow?” That impulse is understandable.It ’s also where a lot of people quietly derail themselves. The mistake I see at this stage When early momentum shows up, people often respond by expanding : More roles More titl