The best advisor for you is one that knows your world, has a tailorable guidance process and quickly builds trust. A good advisor will get to know you as a person - your goals, challenges and passions. The advisor will assess your situation by talking with you and asking you to complete a relevant assessment survey or two. The advisor will then tailor the guidance process so it provides the right pace, strategies, tools and resources that will help you achieve your goals faster. As you move through the guidance process the advisor will help you develop needed perspectives and skills. The advisor will also be keen to look for motivation or confidence issues that the advisor can help with. And while the advisor will be supportive and caring, the advisor will also give you direct feedback on any of your views, behaviors or assumptions that may be getting in your way.
"I highly recommend Neil to any executive who truly wants savvy leadership or career guidance."
"Given his high tech executive experience, Neil is uniquely suited to advisor Silicon Valley managers."
Typical Obstacles
Here are some of the obstacles that can slow down or sabotage acheiving your goals.
You don't have someone to candidaly talk to
Your get overly focused with here and now things
You don’t have enough time to learn on your own
You lack a perspective that is truly objective
You don’t have the right process and tools
You have trouble holding yourself accountable
You waste effort unknowingly doing the wrong things
You get frustrated and do less of what you should do
You listen to strong advice from the wrong people
You have no one supporting you to achieve your goals
You do not have enough motivation to move ahead
You don't know the best practices for success
What Are Your Goals?
These are some of the things I can help you with through my guidance.
YOUR LEADERSHIP
Increasing Executive Impact
Increasing Leadership Skills
Leading Organization Change
Increasing Team Performance
YOUR CAREER
Getting Promoted
Getting A Better Job
Planning Your Career
Moving Into A New Role
I will be your advocate and champion helping you build confidence, see the situation better, identify new options, create and implement the best path forward. You can trust me to give you direct feedback on what you are doing or assuming that is getting in the way of your success. You will feel I am "in your corner" every step of the way.
High Tech Experience
In my Director roles throughout my high tech career, I led initiatives focused on product development improvement, IT system deployment, technical organization redesigns and technical leader development. So I am uniquely effective when guidance executives and managers in technical groups like engineering, IT and product management. I know your language and job challenges. This enables me to better increase your value-add messaging, impact and influence.
This article tells you the things to look for and the questions to ask to get the right advisor for you.
As a Leader & Organization Success Advisor, Neil has helped over 350 executives and managers at 90 companies improve their group's performance, leadership impact and career advancement. Starting as a design engineer and customer engineer, his career evolved to VP Leadership Development positions at GE and USF&G and Director Business Transformation positions at VMware, Amazon Lab126, and Cisco Systems. Neil has MBA and BS Electrical Engineering degrees and is a Certified Leadership Advisor.
