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The Lateral C-Suite Move That Looks Like a Demotion
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna unpack a counterintuitive career strategy that senior leaders increasingly use to gain operational depth: the lateral move that resembles a step down. They examine a real 2025 example — a Fortune 100 COO who moved to a divisional president role after a failed CEO succession, then landed a top job at a larger firm 18 months later. They discuss why private equity now expects candidates to have 'turnaround scars', how to negotiate title and scope when taking a step back, and the one question every senior leader should…
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