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Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Lucas and Luna strip the mystique from executive career transitions. In each episode, they examine one concrete career move — a VP of Product becoming a Chief Innovation Officer, a CFO exiting to a PE-backed portfolio company, a General Counsel landing a board seat — and trace the actual mechanics: the search process, the compensation architecture, the political calculus inside the hiring organization. Lucas brings the journalist's eye for precedent and market data; Luna presses on the human…
Episodes
Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career StrategyHow Senior Leaders Time Their Transition with the M&A Cycle
Episode 112 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores how senior leaders can time their job transitions strategically using the mergers and acquisitions…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Pre-Negotiation Credibility File
Lucas and Luna dig into a quietly powerful career tool: the pre-negotiation credibility file. Most executives walk into a salary or scope conversation with a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Senior Leaders Master the Art of the Pre-Offer Recruiter Debrief
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna unpack a critical but often overlooked career strategy for senior leaders: how to navigate…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Compensation Scorecard Before Negotiating
In episode 109 of Executive Careers, Lucas and Luna drill into a specific decision point that senior leaders face right before a compensation negotiation: how…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Pre-Transition Reputation Audit
In episode 108 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the pre-transition reputation audit—a structured self-check that senior leaders use…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Career Risk Management Framework
Episode 107 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna introduce a practical framework for managing career risk — borrowing concepts from portfolio…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Portfolio Career Strategy
This episode explores the 'portfolio career' strategy for senior leaders—managing multiple professional streams simultaneously instead of climbing a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Sabbaticals to Reset Career Trajectory
Episode 105 explores a taboo but powerful career tool for senior executives: the strategic sabbatical. Lucas and Luna examine how deliberate career breaks can…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Personal Mission Statement
Episode 104 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders craft and use a personal mission statement to guide career decisions…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Pre-Negotiation Brief
Episode 103 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna unpack the pre-negotiation brief, a structured one-page document senior leaders use to prepare…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Personal Board of Directors
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a personal board of directors for senior leaders. Unlike a formal…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Off-Equity Compensation
Episode 101 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna tackle a sensitive but critical topic for senior leaders: negotiating off-equity compensation…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Career Audit to Reset Strategy
Episode 100 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore the career audit — a structured annual review that senior leaders use to assess…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Personal Cash Flow Statement
Most senior executives obsess over their income but ignore the difference between wealth accumulation and cash flow. Lucas and Luna break down why a personal…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Post-Transition Audit
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the post-transition audit — a structured review senior leaders conduct 90 days into a new role to assess what's…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Pre-Interview Reference Map
Lucas and Luna dive into a counterintuitive career strategy: building your reference map before you even start interviewing. Lucas explains why senior leaders…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Career Board of Advisors
Episode 96 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders build and leverage a career board of advisors — a small, trusted group…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Volunteering to Build Influence
Episode 95 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores how senior leaders use strategic volunteering to build influence, expand networks, and gain board…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Networking to Fill Skill Gaps
Episode 94 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores a counterintuitive career strategy: using your network not just for job hunting, but for targeted skill…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Career S-Curve to Time Their Next Move
Episode 93 of Executive Careers explores the career S-curve framework, a strategic tool senior leaders use to anticipate plateau points and time their next…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Career S-Curve to Time Their Next Move
Episode 92 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the career S-curve framework — a tool borrowed from innovation theory that helps senior leaders identify…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the 30-60-90 Day Plan Strategically
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down why the 30-60-90 day plan is not just an onboarding tool but a strategic career…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Two-Question Reference Check
Episode 90 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna unpack a specific tactic senior leaders use to turn reference checks into career leverage. Instead…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Ignorance to Stay Focused
Episode 89 explores a counterintuitive executive career strategy: knowing what to ignore. Lucas and Luna discuss how veteran leaders deploy 'strategic…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Five-Year Backward Resume
Most senior leaders build their resumes looking forward — listing what they want to do next. Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive tactic: writing your…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Career Syndicate Strategy
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the 'career syndicate' strategy — a structured approach where senior…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Personal Branding to Control Their Career Narrative
Episode 86 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores how senior leaders strategically build and manage their personal brand—not as self-promotion, but as a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use a Career Narrative Strategy
Episode 85 of Executive Careers with Fexingo digs into the career narrative strategy—how top executives craft a compelling story to guide their professional…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Deal Thesis Framing in Internal Pitches
Episode 84 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: How Senior Leaders Use Deal Thesis Framing in Internal Pitches. Lucas and Luna explore how experienced executives…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Reverse Mentoring to Stay Current
Episode 83 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into reverse mentoring—the practice where senior leaders learn from junior or mid-career employees, often on…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Executive Coaches Without Wasting Money
Many senior leaders hire an executive coach because it feels like the right next step. But most get very little value from it because they treat coaching like…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Board Exposure to Escape Career Plateaus
Executive recruiter Claire Naylor reveals why sitting on a board is the single most overlooked career lever for senior leaders stuck in a VP or C-suite…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Sabbaticals
In Episode 80 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how senior leaders leverage strategic sabbaticals not as a pause, but as a career…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Turn Career Stumbles Into Strategic Narrative
When a senior leader makes a visible mistake — a failed product launch, a team that missed its numbers, a botched reorg — the conventional advice is to…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Build a Career Resilience Reserve
Episode 78 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a 'career resilience reserve'—a proactive strategy senior leaders…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Internal Transfers to Avoid Lateral Moves
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the strategic use of internal transfers for senior leaders aiming for upward mobility, not just lateral shifts. They…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Career Contracts to Clarify Expectations
Episode 76 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the concept of a 'career contract'—a written agreement between a senior leader and their new…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Internal Transfers to Avoid Lateral Moves
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why many senior leaders skip external job searches in favor of internal transfers —…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Sabbaticals as Career Strategy
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders are using sabbaticals not as a sign of burnout but as a deliberate…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Non-Compete Clauses
In Episode 73 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the art of negotiating non-compete clauses for senior leaders. They explore a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Say No Without Burning Bridges
Lucas and Luna explore the art of strategic refusal for senior leaders — why every high-stakes 'no' is actually a reputation decision. Using the case…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use the Pre-Interview Briefing
In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down a career tactic most senior leaders get wrong: the pre-interview briefing. They walk through a real case study of a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Handle the Exit Interview
Episode 70 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna unpack the strategic side of exit interviews for senior leaders — not just a formality, but a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Peer Coaching Groups for Growth
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why senior leaders increasingly turn to peer coaching groups—small, confidential…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Build Their Board of Directors Before They Need It
Episode 68 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy. Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders proactively…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Board Membership as a Career Accelerator
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how senior executives use board seats not just as a capstone achievement, but as a strategic tool to accelerate their…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Manage Their Boardroom Communication Style
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior executives develop and adapt their boardroom communication style. Drawing…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Sponsors Not Mentors
Lucas and Luna explore the difference between a mentor and a sponsor for senior leaders. They unpack a 2024 Harvard Business Review study showing that…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Make a First 90 Day Plan That Actually Works
Most senior leaders bomb their first quarter in a new role because they confuse activity with strategy. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the specific…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Reference Calls as Strategic Leverage
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders flip the script on reference checks—using them not as a passive bureaucratic hurdle but as a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use LinkedIn Without Sounding Desperate
Lucas and Luna discuss the art of executive LinkedIn presence in 2026. They explore why senior leaders often overthink the platform and how a targeted…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Rebuild Trust After a Career Misstep
Episode 61 of Executive Careers with Fexingo tackles a topic rarely discussed in senior leadership circles: rebuilding professional trust after a significant…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Manage Career Regret Without Derailment
Episode 60 of Executive Careers with Fexingo tackles a taboo topic among senior leaders: career regret. Lucas and Luna explore how high-performing executives…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Handle Career Pivots Late Stage
Episode 59 of Executive Careers with Fexingo digs into the mechanics of late-career pivots for senior leaders. Lucas and Luna examine the case of a former…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Separate Their Identity From Their Job Title
Episode 58 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna discuss a challenge every senior leader faces: disentangling personal identity from professional…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Manage Their Own Compensation Benchmarks
Episode 57 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into how senior leaders track and benchmark their own compensation. Lucas and Luna examine the case of a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Interim Roles as Career Strategy
Episode 56 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores why senior leaders increasingly take interim or fractional roles as a deliberate career move. Lucas and…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Counteroffers Strategically
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the strategic use of counteroffers by senior leaders. Lucas shares a specific case: a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Vet Board Seats Before Accepting
Episode 54 explores a career inflection point many senior leaders face: the first board seat offer. Lucas and Luna examine the due diligence process that…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Pre-Meeting Influence to Shape Decisions
Episode 53 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores how senior leaders shape decisions before the meeting starts. Lucas and Luna dig into the tactic of…