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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…
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Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career StrategyHow Senior Leaders Write Their Own Job Descriptions
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive career strategy for senior leaders: writing your own job…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Pre-Written Resignation Letters
Episode 51 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive senior leadership tactic: drafting your resignation letter before you…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Their Own Transition Timelines
Episode 50 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna dive into a rarely discussed power move—how senior leaders negotiate not just the offer but the…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Manage Their Reputation Before They Arrive
Lucas and Luna dive into the concept of 'reputation pre-loading'—the deliberate work senior leaders do to shape how they're perceived before…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Their Own Job Offers
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the art of offer negotiation for senior leaders. Rather than focusing on salary…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Senior Leaders Who Hire for Gaps Not Mirrors
Episode 47 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the counterintuitive hiring philosophy that senior leaders are using to build stronger executive teams…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Recruiters Without Being Passive
Episode 46 of Executive Careers with Fexingo tackles a tricky dynamic: senior leaders who rely on executive recruiters but refuse to be passive candidates…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use AI as a Career Accelerator
In Episode 45 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders can leverage artificial intelligence to accelerate their careers —…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Their Own Severance Terms
When a senior leader leaves a company, the exit package is often the most important financial negotiation of their career. In this episode, Lucas and Luna…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Navigate Succession Planning for Themselves
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a rarely discussed career strategy: how senior leaders proactively plan for their own…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Personal Playbooks for Career Decisions
Lucas and Luna explore a powerful but rarely discussed career tool: the personal decision playbook. They break down how senior leaders create structured…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Build Career Moats with Unique Expertise
Episode 41 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders create 'career moats'—unique, hard-to-replicate expertise…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Emotional Intelligence in Hiring
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders leverage emotional intelligence to make better hiring decisions…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Navigate the Return-to-Office Mandate
Episode 39 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the hidden career leverage senior leaders have when their company mandates a return to office. Lucas and…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Senior Leaders Who Walk Away From Unsustainable Roles
What happens when a senior leader realizes the job they fought for is actually unsustainable? In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the case of a Fortune 500…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Handle Career Pivots Into New Industries
Episode 37 of Executive Careers with Fexingo tackles a high-stakes move: the senior-level career pivot into a completely different industry. Lucas and Luna…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Senior Leaders Who Hire Their Own Bosses
Episode 36 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores a counterintuitive career move: senior leaders who orchestrate the hiring of their own next boss. Lucas…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use External Coaches
In Episode 35 of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders strategically use external coaches—not as a sign of weakness, but as…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Conduct Personal Board Audits
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a personal board audit—a structured review of the advisors, mentors…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Career Contracts to Set Boundaries
Episode 33 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore the concept of a 'career contract'—a written agreement between a senior leader…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Counteroffers Strategically
Episode 32 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the strategic use of counteroffers for senior leaders. Lucas and Luna dissect why accepting a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Peer Councils to Accelerate Their Careers
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders leverage peer councils — small, confidential groups of…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Career Storytelling to Shape Opportunities
Episode 30 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into the art of career storytelling for senior leaders. Lucas and Luna explore how crafting a compelling…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Write Offer-Stage Memos to Shape Their Own Roles
Episode 29 of Executive Careers with Fexingo: Lucas and Luna unpack the offer-stage memo — a strategic document senior leaders write during the final hiring…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Their Networks for Career Intelligence
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders leverage their professional networks not just for job referrals…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use PTO to Make Better Career Decisions
Episode 27 of Executive Careers with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore an overlooked career strategy: how senior executives use their accrued paid time off not…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Strategic Volunteering for Board Roles
Episode 26 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into a counterintuitive career lever used by senior leaders: strategic volunteering. Lucas and Luna examine…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Exit Gracefully Without Burning Bridges
Ever wonder why some executives leave a company and their legacy remains intact, while others crash and burn? In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Manage Their LinkedIn Presence
Episode 24 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into how senior leaders should strategically manage their LinkedIn profiles. Lucas and Luna discuss the…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Equity Grants
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the art of negotiating equity compensation at the senior leadership level. Using the example of a hypothetical VP of…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Personal Branding to Land Board Seats
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a specific career strategy that sets top executives apart: using personal branding to…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Recover from a Failed Restructuring
Episode 21 of Executive Careers with Fexingo examines what happens when a restructuring initiative implodes. Lucas and Luna break down the 2024 case of a…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Define Their Personal Brand
In this episode of Executive Careers, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders can strategically define and communicate their personal brand. Drawing on the…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Recover from a Stalled Career
When a senior leader hits a plateau—no promotion, no stretch assignment, no board interest—the standard advice to 'be patient' or 'network…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Board Service to Land CEO Roles
This episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores how senior leaders use board service as a strategic stepping stone to the CEO role. Lucas and Luna…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Their Own Compensation Packages
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the art and science of compensation negotiation for senior leaders. Using the case…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Sabbaticals to Reset Their Careers
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how senior leaders use sabbaticals not as a pause but as a strategic career reset…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Career Sprints for Breakthroughs
Lucas and Luna explore the concept of 'career sprints' — intense, time-boxed periods of focused effort that senior leaders use to achieve a specific…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Navigate Board Interviews
Episode 14 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into the unique dynamics of board interviews for senior leaders. Lucas and Luna unpack why the traditional…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Sponsors Not Mentors
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why sponsorship—not just mentorship—is the real accelerator for senior leadership…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Executive Coaches to Accelerate Careers
Episode 12 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the strategic use of executive coaches by senior leaders. Lucas and Luna examine a 2024 study from the…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Lateral Hires for Growth
Lucas and Luna explore why top executives increasingly take lateral moves — roles that don't promise a promotion but offer massive learning, network…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Resign Without Burning Bridges
Episode 10 of Executive Careers with Fexingo looks at the art of the senior-level resignation. Lucas and Luna dissect the case of a Fortune 500 CFO who…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
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…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Use Internal Mobility for Career Growth
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a powerful yet underused career strategy for senior leaders: internal mobility. They…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
Why Your C-Suite Personal Board Matters More Than Your Resume
Lucas and Luna explore why senior leaders need a personal board of directors — a small group of trusted advisors who give candid feedback, strategic advice…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
The Inside Track to Chief of Staff Roles
Episode 6 of Executive Careers with Fexingo explores the rising prominence of the Chief of Staff role in the C-suite. Lucas breaks down how companies like…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
The Board Seat Every Senior Leader Should Pursue
Episode 5 of Executive Careers with Fexingo dives into the strategic move of pursuing a corporate board seat. Lucas and Luna break down why senior leaders —…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
How Senior Leaders Negotiate Their Own Severance
What happens when the C-suite itself has to walk out the door? Most executives think severance is a formality — a few months' pay, a signed release, done…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
The Noncompete Clause Is Shrinking Here Is What Senior Leaders Must Know
In this episode of Executive Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the rapidly changing landscape of noncompete agreements for senior leaders. As of…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
The Exit Interview as Career Leverage
Most executives treat the exit interview as a polite formality — a quick chat with HR before walking out the door. But a growing number of VP-level and C-suite…
- Executive Careers with Fexingo: VP, C-Suite, and Senior Leadership Career Strategy
The CEO Who Bet on a Reorg Before Earnings
In the first episode of Executive Careers, Lucas and Luna dig into a real case: a Fortune 500 VP who restructured her team three months before earnings—and got…