Where is the sun? It has surely been a long, hard, lonely year for many of us as first Covid, then the war in Ukraine, gas shortages and rising prices, and now inflation all seemed like a perfect storm threatening to derail the world economy and scare us all into hiding under the bed. However, Barrett...

Where are you in your executive journey? Are you satisfied? Have you ever paused to give this serious thought? If you are just starting out, are you ambitious and driven? Or perhaps you are frustrated by a glass ceiling and eager to move up? Are you mid-career, more interested in security, and improving...

It’s payback time. One extremely important reason to consider changing roles as an executive is that typically you can earn more money when you do—as long as you do not “job hop.”   This is doubly true if you have someone as experienced as the Barrett Group to help you tactically as you negotiate...

Have you ever actually tried to look through a keyhole? If so, you know that your field of view is extremely limited. You can really only see a small swath of the room on the other side. Inevitably, you miss anything too far to the right, left, top, or bottom. Yet that is exactly how most professionals...

Loyalty to your employer is a great virtue. Trust is in short supply and wherever you can find it and maintain it this is an admirable and desirable circumstance. However, staying too long with the same organization or in the same role can also reduce your market value and negatively impact the value...

Summer in the northern hemisphere can be a blessing or a curse depending on the weather. But all too often, executives eager to make a professional change use it as an excuse to procrastinate. We highlighted this risk last year in “The Lazy Days of Summer: Procrastinate at Your Own Risk.” Sure, it...

Macroeconomic Mischief and the Market for Executives. Frankly, it’s hard not to notice a significant drop in a major stock index—like a sudden descent in an elevator—it provokes dizziness, fear, panic and perhaps a tendency to freeze. It’s easy to become like the proverbial deer in the headlights. If...

Some executives who come to us for help with their careers are in a happy place of having decided to exit their previous roles for reasons of their own choosing and are now looking to start something more lucrative, more satisfying, or, ideally, both.  Most, however, fall into the under-appreciated,...

Professionals learn a trade. Once upon a time, professionals would stick with that trade. They continue in their trade until retirement or they otherwise stopped working. Today, many professionals move from one industry or role to another with relative ease. For professionals who have taken the opportunity...