A series with the senior leaders renegotiating the terms of executive work, while AI rewrites the work itself.
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Hildebrand had a goal: Make VP by 30 and then CMO shortly after that. But when she got that coveted VP title, the view from close to the top of the corporate ladder was not what she expected.
Thomas learned to separate her title from her identity early at Nordstrom. That lesson is why she can walk into a company in flux and see the opportunity instead of the risk.
Creal spent three decades inside the biggest houses in beauty, including L'Oréal. Then she realized while she got the VP title, she was doing double the work with little reward.
Most careers run on borrowed definitions, where a title sets your worth and a review sets your goals. Ruch wrote her own, and drew her power from the platform and audience she built.
Martin built her career on a clean equation: work harder, perform better, climb higher, and watch your power grow. A layoff broke that equation.
This is Leadership On New Terms, a weekly series with the senior leaders rewriting the terms of work as AI rewrites the work itself.
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"Is this what you want to continue to do for the rest of your life?"
