Helping Directors and C-suite Executives who are in role or in-between roles

Guiding Executives to Own and Shape their Career Path

For those ‘in role’, our programmes help executives address work issues, overcome stuck or overwhelmed feelings, and proactively manage their long-term careers.

This ranges from ‘here and now’ support and diagnostics to help you understand and unlock immediate work challenges, through to full long-term career planning, with a North Star aspiration and plan to get you there in the future.

This may be within your current company, a new company, or be a glidepath into a new phase of your career, as a NED, coach, advisor or entrepreneur.

For those in-between roles, we meet you where you are. Some people want to stand back, look at different option and take their time working out the next stage of their career, whilst others want a more assertive and directive approach, so they get back into work quickly.

This might start right in the thick of an exit process through to careful direction and challenge as you start to get back to work.

Our Core Programme Themes:

1. First 100 Days’ High Impact

Tailored support to help new leaders make confident, high-impact starts.

Leadership Vision - Stakeholder Expectations - Team Dynamics - Quick Wins - Establish Strategic Priorities -Strengthen Executive Presence - Build Key Relationships - Communication - Organisational Culture - Performance Metrics

2. Navigating Change and Turbulence

Our 1:1-coaching supported by deep diagnostics help you reset, refocus and accelerate.

360° Profiling – Strengths Analysis – Working Style – Personal Brand - Strategic Prioritisation - Strengthen Executive Presence - Build Key Relationships - Communication - Organisational Culture - Performance Metrics

3. Expanding Your Career (Portfolio, NED, Interim, Other)

Understand and develop your proposition and network opportunities in a wide range of new career opportunities.

10-year plan - Mastery and transferable skills - NED, Interim, Coach, Trustee, Chair, Advisory deep dive - Value proposition - Personal brand - CV structure - Finding work – Headhunter lists - Strategic marketing plan - LinkedIn - Personal networks - Key people of interest targeting

4. Proactive Career Management

Take responsibility for your career goals and achieve them.

Career review - Aspirations & goal setting - Mastery & development plan - Career pathways - Network mapping - Key people of influence - Personal development plan - CV structure and pitch - LinkedIn - Channel marketing strategy - Headhunter lists - Online tools - Decisive action plan

5. Effective Job Hunting

Understand and apply principles to achieve positive exits and effective returns.

Settlement agreements - Self-esteem reset - Personal situation review - Aspirations & goals mapping - Personal brand and proposition - CV - Network mapping - Key people of interest targeting - LinkedIn - Channel marketing strategy - Head-hunter lists - Job hunting communities

6. Marketing Leadership Development

As a new or future leader, test your skills and create a development plan with our unique assessment.

Define your unique leadership CODE - Assess 12 Anchor Factors - Strengths and development areas - 360° feedback - Recommended actions - Business Book of the Year 2024 - 28-page report

How much does it all cost?

Individual Programmes

Start free, buy an AI programme for a specific outcome, or contact us for a tailored 1:1 programme.

Free Career Tools	AI-Assisted Career Coaching	Tailored Personal Coaching
Our self-guided starter kit for career planning and job hunting to help you get started. Ideal for those confident coaching themselves and working independently.	These are structured career programmes using our expert knowledge and proprietary data to give you the insight, information and direction to act with confidence. For instance, don’t just think about being a NED, know how to position yourself, shape your CV and target the right people.	Navigating change on your own can be hard and exhausting. Our fully supported coaching programmes provides senior C-suite support to help you find your path through change.
30-min introductory review \| Basic career development guides \| Headline recruitment agency details	60-minute coaching call \| NED Activator \| Interim Activator \| Portfolio Activator \| Career Strategy and Network Activator \| Personal Brand Activator	6 x 1hr 1:1 coaching \| 360° feedback review \| Clifton Strengths Analysis \| Marketing Skills Assessment \| Career Drivers \| GC Index \| Career Plan
Register for free access	£295+VAT Contact us for more information	From £1,500 + VAT Contact us for more information

Navigate
Our self-guided starter kit for career planning and job hunting to help you get started. Ideal for those confident coaching themselves and working independently.
30-min introductory review \| Basic career development guides \| Headline recruitment agency details
Register for free access

Elevate
Everything in Navigate, plus structured 1:1 coaching tailored to your programme. We guide you with focused sessions, personalised support, and actions to build clarity, momentum, and results.
3 x 1.5hr 121 career programme \| Career capital review \| Key programme assets development \| Full recruitment agency details with contact details (Permanent, Interim & NED) \| Marketing channel strategy including LinkedIn \| Networking guidance \| Role referrals \| Communities
Contact us for more information

Transform
Our most immersive experience. Includes everything in Elevate within a 2-day private deep-dive at our coastal base in Devon. Ideal for those seeking space to reset, explore new directions, and make bold, strategic decisions.
2-day career immersion (½ board inclusive) \| Career capital review \| Key programme assets development \| Full recruitment agency details with contact details (Permanent, Interim & NED) \| Marketing channel strategy including LinkedIn \| Networking guidance \| Role referrals \| Communities
Contact us for more information

Group Tailored Programmes

Alongside our personal 1:1 service, we offer online group training and retreat programmes in our coastal base in Devon. Getting the group composition right is important. We curate them to be small, safe environments for people to participate comfortably.

If you would like to register your interest in a group session, please register here highlighting the programme you are interested in and your seniority.

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Why Investing in Your Career Makes Strategic Sense

At Sideminds, we help senior executives pause, reflect, and take control of their careers — so they move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and impact. For some, this means securing a higher-paying or more senior role. For others, it’s about finding renewed purpose, improved work-life balance, or simply returning to work faster after a career break.

For many, it's a combination of all three. The outcomes are highly personal — but always valuable. Given the high earning potential of senior roles, it’s surprising how few executives actively invest in their own career development.

With average C-suite salaries ranging from £150k in smaller firms to £750k+ in larger companies, the investment in a Sideminds programme typically equates to just a few days salary. A few days salary which can accelerate your return to work or make an exponential impact on long-term salary and satisfaction.

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma

Helping Directors and C-suite Executives who are in role or in-between roles

Guiding Executives to Own and Shape their Career Path

Our Core Programme Themes:

1. First 100 Days’ High Impact

2. Navigating Change and Turbulence

3. Expanding Your Career (Portfolio, NED, Interim, Other)

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4. Proactive Career Management

5. Effective Job Hunting

6. Marketing Leadership Development

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How much does it all cost?

Individual Programmes

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Why Investing in Your Career Makes Strategic Sense

“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma