Career Positioning for NEDs & Portfolio Career Executives

Moving into a portfolio career or securing Non-Executive Director opportunities requires a different kind of positioning from traditional executive job searching. The Core NED Positioning Service helps senior professionals clarify their board-level value, strengthen their leadership narrative, and present a more compelling case for NED, advisory, consulting, and portfolio opportunities.

The Core Career Positioning Service includes:

• 1.5-hour career positioning discovery session to define personal brand, positioning, value proposition, commercial value, and commercial evidence

• Production of personal brand strategy report to underpin headhunter conversations, job applications, interviews, and networking

• Define key selling/focus points for discussion during interviews

• Production of high-impact, next-generation CV

• LinkedIn profile rewrite to transform online footprint and support personal brand objectives

• Guidance on how to take your new positioning to market, make more strategic applications, and use our proven job application approach

• Guidance on how to take your new positioning to market

Building a portfolio career is not just about experience. It is about knowing where you add value at board level, which opportunities to target, and how to present your advisory, governance, commercial, and leadership credentials in a way that resonates with the market. The Enhanced NED Positioning Service provides deeper career clarity, stronger positioning, and tailored content to support NED, advisory, consulting, and portfolio opportunities.

The Enhanced Career Positioning Service includes:

• 1-2-1 career clarity session to define objectives and pinpoint target roles (30 mins)

• Two-hour career positioning discovery session to define personal brand, positioning, value proposition, commercial value, and commercial evidence

• Production of personal brand strategy report to underpin headhunter conversations, job applications, interviews, and networking

• Define key selling/focus points for discussion during interviews

• Production of high-impact, next-generation CV

• Curation of additional CV content (profiles and case studies) to allow hyper-tailoring for different roles

• LinkedIn profile rewrite to transform online footprint and support personal brand objectives

• Identification of thought leadership opportunities, including personal intellectual property

• Guidance on how to take your new positioning to market

Securing paid NED, advisory, consulting, and portfolio work requires more than relying on seniority, experience, or “grey hairs and whiskers”. The Premier NED Positioning Service is a comprehensive consultancy-led programme that helps senior professionals define their board-level value proposition, shape their portfolio career strategy, strengthen market visibility, and build the tools needed to approach the hidden and visible NED market with confidence.

The Premier Career Positioning Service includes:

• GC Index assessment and review to identify natural energy and proclivities to role types

• Guided coaching to create Career Autobiography ©

• Two-hour 1-2-1 career clarity session to define objectives, pinpoint target roles and create career plan

• Two-hour career positioning discovery session to define personal brand, positioning, value proposition, commercial value, and commercial evidence

• Production of personal brand strategy report to underpin headhunter conversations, job applications, interviews, and networking

• Production of high-impact, next-generation CV with extra content to allow hyper-tailoring

• Production of executive biography for the hidden job market/networking activity

• LinkedIn profile rewrite to transform online footprint and support personal brand objectives

• Define key selling/focus points for discussion during interviews

• Identification of thought leadership opportunities, including personal intellectual property

• Guidance on how to take your new positioning to market