A direct, no-fluff strategy session built on inside access to the recruiting search — the unfiltered debriefs hiring managers share with their recruiters, but never with candidates. The view of your career from the other side of the table.
You've run plants, scaled operations, managed P&Ls, and led people through real complexity. On paper, you should be commanding roles at the next level. In reality, your inbox is quiet. Your applications disappear. The opportunities you do see are beneath you — and the recruiters who could change your trajectory don't seem to know you exist.
That's not an experience problem. It's a positioning problem. And positioning is something you can fix in one focused conversation — if you're working with someone who has spent 30 years on both sides of the hiring table.
Operations roles at Director and VP level rarely get filled through job boards. 70% are filled through recruiter searches you can't see and won't ever appear in unless your positioning is right.
You walk in qualified and walk out empty-handed. The issue isn't your experience. It's how you're translating it into the language interviewers actually evaluate on.
The compensation is below your target. The scope is smaller than you wanted. You're settling because the market doesn't see you at the level you actually operate at.
You've done the work. Read the books. Updated the resume. But nothing is moving — and you don't have someone honest enough or experienced enough to tell you why.
This isn't a generic career coaching call. It's a focused diagnostic and strategy session built around your specific situation, your actual goals, and the operations and supply chain market as it exists today.
You'll receive a focused intake form covering your background, your current role, your target opportunities, and the specific challenges you're facing. I'll review your LinkedIn profile and resume before we meet so we don't waste 20 minutes catching me up. We start with strategy from the first minute.
We work through three things: (1) Where you are positioned in the market today and what's keeping the right opportunities from finding you, (2) Where you should be positioned given your actual track record, and (3) The specific moves — in your profile, your network, your story, and your search strategy — that close that gap fastest.
I'll send you a custom one-page strategic plan documenting the highest-leverage actions for your next 30, 60, and 90 days. This isn't a generic template. It's built around what we discussed and what your specific situation requires.
You'll have direct email access to me for two weeks following the session. Got a question about your rewritten LinkedIn headline? Need a gut check before sending a recruiter outreach? Want feedback on your salary negotiation strategy? Send it. I'll respond within 24 hours, on weekdays.
I'd rather lose your business at the sales page than waste your money on a session that won't serve you. Here's exactly who this works for — and who it doesn't.
Focused intake form + LinkedIn and resume review before we meet, so we start with strategy.
One full hour of focused strategy with a recruiter sitting inside the search — translating the hiring-manager debriefs candidates never get to read.
A custom one-page plan delivered within 48 hours documenting your 30/60/90 day action steps.
Direct email access for two weeks after the session for follow-up questions and gut checks.
Live audit of your LinkedIn profile during the session with specific recommendations to surface in recruiter searches.
Direct insight into how hiring managers actually evaluate senior operations candidates — sourced from the unfiltered debriefs recorded across the firm's senior-level searches.
For the price of a decent dinner, you get a focused strategy session, a written plan, and two weeks of follow-up access — built on inside access to the hiring-manager debriefs that decide who gets hired, and who quietly gets passed.
If, within the first 15 minutes of our call, you don't believe this session will deliver real value for your career — say so. I'll end the call and refund your investment in full. No questions, no friction.
I'm a Recruiting Partner in senior operations executive search and the founder of The Elevated Edge™. After 30+ years on the operations side — including time with companies like GM, McKesson, and MillerCoors — I now sit inside the recruiting search, with direct access to the interview notes and hiring-manager debriefs recorded across senior operations searches every week. That's the lens you won't get from career coaches or LinkedIn influencers: the view from inside the search.
I've sat on both sides of the hiring table — as the operations leader being interviewed, and now as the recruiter reading the debriefs after. I see what makes a profile surface in a Boolean search and what gets others scrolled past. I see what makes a recruiter pick up the phone. I see what makes an offer land at the top of the band versus the bottom — patterns I'm reading every week in the unfiltered debriefs across the firm's senior operations searches.
This session isn't theory from a coach who has never made a hire. It's practical strategy from someone who fills these roles for a living — and who built The Elevated Edge™ specifically because most career advice for operations leaders is generic, surface-level, and disconnected from how the market actually works.
Generic career coaches give you generic advice — usually from outside the recruiting process they've never actually been inside. I sit inside the recruiting search. I read the same hiring-manager debriefs my colleagues do — the unfiltered notes from real senior operations searches. I see the specific Boolean strings recruiters run, the exact keywords that surface profiles, and the actual reasons senior operations candidates get hired — or quietly passed over. That's the lens. You won't get it from a general career coach. Period.
After purchase, you'll be taken directly to our Calendly booking page to schedule your session at a time that works for you. You'll also receive a confirmation email with the pre-session intake form. Complete the intake form at least 24 hours before our session so I can review your background and come prepared with specific recommendations.
Absolutely. Many of the strongest sessions are with leaders who aren't actively searching but want to make sure they're positioned for the right opportunity when it appears. Passive search positioning is actually one of the highest-leverage things you can do — because it changes the quality of opportunities that find you, not just the ones you go looking for.
No, and I wouldn't trust anyone who tells you they can. I can guarantee you'll walk away with a clearer strategy, a more compelling positioning, and a documented action plan. The market still has to do its part. But the leaders who do this work tend to land roles faster, at higher comp, with better fit. Positioning compounds.
No. This is a one-time strategic intervention. You get the session, the written plan, and two weeks of follow-up email access. After that, the work is yours to execute. If you want to come back for another session in 6 or 12 months as your situation changes, you're welcome to — but I built this as a high-impact one-shot, not a subscription.
If you're already engaged with me in an active search on a specific role, that engagement covers strategy and coaching for that placement at no additional cost — that's part of the service. This 1:1 Strategy Session is for professionals who want broader career repositioning work outside of an active placement engagement, or for those exploring their next move independently.
Life happens. You can reschedule once at no charge with 24 hours notice via the Calendly link. Multiple reschedules or last-minute cancellations may incur a small rebooking fee.
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