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In Just 3 Days, Learn How To Land The Role You Deserve Fast with The New Career Playbook for Leaders
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The Career Strategies That Helped You Rise May Not Be the Ones That Take You to Your Next Role
You're Running an Old Career Script. That's Why It Stopped Working.
The rules changed, and no one sent the memo.
Earlier in your career, the process felt more straightforward:
⦿ Find an open position
⦿ Submit a strong resume
⦿ Demonstrate that you meet the qualifications
⦿ Interview well
⦿ Receive an offer
But at the senior level, the process works differently.
Many of the best leadership opportunities are discussed, shaped, and circulated through trusted networks long before they appear on a job board.
Some are never posted publicly at all.
Meanwhile, the roles that do get posted can attract hundreds of qualified candidates, many with polished resumes and nearly identical AI-generated messaging.
So you follow the advice you have always heard.
You improve your resume. Apply to more positions. Send more messages. Follow up more often.
And when that does not work, you may start wondering:
- Am I too senior?
- Am I overqualified?
- Is my industry changing too quickly?
- Is my age working against me?
- Has my experience become harder to translate?
- Why are people with less experience getting opportunities I never even hear about?
The problem is not that you lack value.
The problem is that you are using a career playbook designed for a market that no longer exists.
The higher you climb, the less effective a high-volume job search becomes.
At this level, your next opportunity is more likely to come from being known, trusted, and strategically positioned than from being one of hundreds of applicants.
It is time for a new playbook.
The Best Senior-Level Opportunities Are Often Found in the Hidden Market
The hidden market is where leadership opportunities move through:
- Strategic relationships
- Trusted referrals
- Professional reputation
- Executive search networks
- Industry visibility
Conversations happening before a formal role exists
To access that market, being qualified is not enough.
The right people must understand what you bring, what problems you are uniquely equipped to solve, and why you are the leader they should call when the right opportunity emerges.
During this free 3-day challenge, Leap Academy’s senior coaching team will show you how to move beyond the traditional job-search process and begin building a strategy designed for the way leadership roles are actually filled.
DAY 1
Why the Old Career Playbook Stopped Working
Understand the New Leadership Market
Explore what has changed in the senior-level job market and why strategies that once generated interviews may now lead to silence.
We will address some of the real concerns experienced leaders are carrying, including ageism, increased competition, longer searches, AI-generated applications, and the fear that their experience is no longer being recognized.
Identify the Story Your Market Needs to Hear
Explore how your leadership story, reputation, and personal brand shape the way decision-makers understand your value. You will also learn why the strongest career strategy is not about appealing to everyone. It is about becoming the clear choice for the specific organization that needs exactly what you bring.
DAY 2
How Senior-Level Roles Really Get Filled
Gain Access to the Hidden Market
Discover why many executive opportunities move through conversations, relationships, and referrals before they are publicly announced.
You will learn how to shift from broad, transactional networking to building the strategic relationships that create access, credibility, and opportunity.
Position Yourself as the Leader They Remember
Learn how to communicate your value in a way that helps recruiters, executives, and decision-makers quickly understand.
This is how you begin moving from “qualified applicant” to credible, sought-after leadership candidate.
DAY 3
Build Your New Career Playbook
Turn the Strategy Into Focused Action
Bring the pieces together and envision a career search where you are no longer chasing every opportunity. You will begin building a focused roadmap to the right roles, relationships, and compensation, with a clear understanding of what it will take to turn that strategy into your next leadership opportunity.
What You Will Discover During the 3-Day
The New Career Playbook Challenge
DAY 1: Why the Old Career Playbook Stopped Working
Understand What's Changed In The Senior-Level Job Market
Explore what's changed and why the strategies that used to get you interviews now get you silence. We'll cover real concerns experienced leaders are dealing with, including ageism, increased competition, longer searches, AI-generated applications, and the fear that their experience is no longer being recognized.
How to Tell Your Story So You Get Noticed
Your experience alone won't set you apart. The story you tell about it will. You'll learn how your leadership story, reputation, and personal brand shape the way decision-makers understand your value. You'll also learn why trying to appeal to everyone isn't what will make you memorable, it's making sure you position yourself as the obvious choice for the one company that needs exactly what you bring to the table.
DAY 2: How Senior-Level Roles Really Get Filled
Gain Access to the Hidden Market
Discover why the best roles rarely get posted. They get filled through conversations, referrals, and reputation, often before anyone else hears about them. You'll learn how to stop cold networking and start building strategic relationships that actually open doors.
Position Yourself as the Leader They Remember
Learn how to communicate your value in a way that helps recruiters, executives, and decision-makers quickly understand. This is how you begin moving from “qualified applicant” to credible, sought-after leadership candidate. Do it right and the room says, "We need you at the table."
DAY 3: Build Your New Career Playbook
Turn the Strategy Into Focused Action
Bring the pieces together and envision a career search where you are no longer chasing every opportunity. Then begin building a focused roadmap to the right roles, the right people, and the right pay, with a clear understanding of what it will take to turn that strategy into your next leadership opportunity. Leave with a plan, not just notes.
Meet Your Leap Academy Coaching Team
This live challenge will be led by Leap Academy’s senior coaching team, the same coaches who support leaders navigating career pivots, promotions, executive searches, and high-stakes transitions. They have worked with professionals from organizations including Meta, Google, Salesforce, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, Stanley Black & Decker, and Accenture.
You will not simply hear another collection of career tips. You will be guided through the principles behind a more strategic, senior-level career playbook.
Gina Martin, MS, MCC
Director of Executive Coaching & Leadership development
Gina Martin is an award-winning executive coach, strategic advisor, and speaker with more than 20 years of corporate leadership experience. Having led organizations of up to 600 people, she helps senior leaders navigate career and leadership transitions with greater clarity, authority, and influence.
Gillian Dunn, MA, PCC
Director of Learning
Gillian Dunn is a certified executive and career transitions coach trusted by leaders at Google, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco, and Stanley Black & Decker. She helps high-performing professionals navigate career transitions with clarity, confidence, and calm.
Amanda Crocker
Vice President of Operations and Personal Branding Coach
Amanda is the VP of Operations at Leap Academy and a personal branding coach who’s helped professionals at leading companies (including Meta, Google, Salesforce, and Amazon) increase their visibility, elevate their authority, and unlock their next career opportunities.
This Challenge Is for You If…
- You are an experienced leader pursuing a VP, C-suite, or other senior-level opportunity
- You are sending applications but receiving little response or reaching final rounds but not receiving offers
- You have an impressive background but struggle to communicate what makes you stand out
- You are unsure how to access opportunities that are never publicly posted
- You have a strong network but are not converting those relationships into meaningful conversations
- You are concerned that your age, industry, or level of seniority may be limiting your options
- You are tired of receiving conflicting career advice that was not designed for leaders at your level
- You know you have more to contribute but need a smarter strategy for reaching the right opportunities
Here's The Truth...
When you learn how to position yourself as an irresistible, premium-level executive the way this challenge teaches, you stop chasing roles and start attracting them. You’ll gain the power to shape your own career trajectory, unlock high-level opportunities
...and command the compensation and influence you deserve.
About the Leap Method From Ilana Golan, Founder and CEO of Leap Academy
Ilana Golan is the founder and CEO of Leap Academy, one of America’s fastest-growing companies. She is the host of the top-rated Leap Academy podcast, an investor in more than 100 companies, a board director, and an international keynote speaker.
Ilana knows what it feels like to reach a point in your career where the old path no longer works.
Her own reinvention began during a period when she felt stuck and knew something had to change. That experience led her to develop the strategies that helped her rebuild her career, expand her visibility, and create opportunities she once could not have imagined.
Since then, Ilana and the Leap Academy team have worked with thousands of professionals, from individual contributors and directors to VPs, C-suite executives, and founders.
Some had been passed over. Some had lost roles after years of loyalty. Others had reached a level of success but no longer knew how to reach what was next.
Across those experiences, one truth became clear...
Your credentials and accomplishments matter, but they cannot open doors if the right people do not understand the value behind them.
Reinvention does not begin with sending more resumes.
It begins with understanding your value, strengthening your reputation, and positioning yourself for the conversations where senior-level decisions are made.
That is the foundation of The New Career Playbook for Leaders.
The REAL magic happens when you craft a reputation and executive brand that speaks for you…
....before you ever enter the room.
You need a proven system that makes you the ONLY choice for your dream company, business partners, or clients.
That’s why I’ve distilled everything I’ve learned about leadership visibility, executive storytelling, and hidden-market positioning into this 3-day experience.
And I've trained my coaching team to teach it exactly the way I would.
I call it the…
The New Career Playbook for leaders
Ready to Transform Your Career That Attracts Premium Opportunities So You Can Lead with Purpose, Get Paid What You’re Worth, and Step Into the Life You Know You’re Meant For?
Ready to Transform Your Career That Attracts Premium Opportunities So You Can Lead with Purpose, Get Paid What You’re Worth, and Step Into the Life You Know You’re Meant For?
Here’s What You Can Expect From the
The 'New Career Playbook' Challenge
BEFORE The Challenge You May Be:
- Applying to roles and hearing nothing in return
- Spending hours searching job boards without gaining traction
- Feeling undervalued or overlooked despite years of achievement
- Networking without a clear strategy or message
- Struggling to explain your value without reciting your resume
- Questioning whether you are still relevant in a changing market
- Watching other leaders land opportunities you never knew existed
- Feeling uncertain about where to focus your time and energy
AFTER The Challenge You Will Have:
- A clearer understanding of how senior-level roles are filled
- Greater clarity about the value and leadership story you need to communicate
- A more focused strategy for targeting the right opportunities
- A stronger understanding of how to enter and navigate the hidden market
- A more intentional approach to building relationships and visibility
- Insight into the beliefs that may be affecting your confidence and compensation decisions
- A practical framework for creating your next career move.
In Just 3 Days You'll Learn Exactly How To
Position Yourself as a Leader That Is Seen, Sought After, and Paid Accordingly. So you can turn your hard-earned expertise into a premium leadership brand that attracts high-level opportunities.
Reposition Yourself as a Top 1% Executive That Is Seen, Sought After, and Paid Accordingly. So you can turn your hard-earned expertise into a premium leadership brand that attracts high-level opportunities.
All without…
❌ Burning out or staying stuck in roles that no longer reflect your potential
❌ Settling for less and constantly second-guessing your worth
❌ Downplaying your value or feeling guilty for wanting more
The The New Career Playbook For Leaders Challenge, will give you the clarity, confidence, and positioning to step into your next chapter with power.
The best part?
Once you master the exact system we teach you in this challenge…
…you’ll have a repeatable, proven strategy to attract executive roles, consulting offers, and premium opportunities, without chasing, guessing, or starting over again.
In Short: The 'New Career Playbook For Leaders' Challenge Is A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity To
completely transform how the world sees and responds to you.
You’ll walk away with the clarity, presence, and positioning to attract roles, offers, and opportunities that leave people asking,
“How soon can we bring you on?" NOT “What’s your salary expectation?”
You’ll walk away with the clarity, presence, and positioning to attract roles, offers, and opportunities that leave people asking,
“How soon can we bring you on?" NOT “What’s your salary expectation?”
What You’ll Learn During the 3-Day
The New Career Playbook Challenge
How to Position Yourself as the Obvious Premium Choice
You’ll discover the exact Leap Fast Track method we use to help professionals build authority, command attention, and attract high-level opportunities (without chasing them).
This is the same positioning strategy that turns overlooked talent into premium-level candidates, consultants, and thought leaders.
By the end of this, you’ll stop downplaying your value and start communicating it in a way that makes decision-makers say, “We need you at the table.
How to Articulate Your Value with Clarity and Confidence
Learn how to speak about your expertise in a way that resonates with top-level stakeholders: Clearly, confidently, and without sounding scripted or “salesy.”
You’ll get Ilana's proven messaging blueprint to frame your experience, results, and leadership style so effectively, people will say: “Where have you been?”
This is how you go from being qualified… to being undeniable.
How to Access the Hidden Market and Attract Premium Opportunities
Get our most powerful strategies for entering the hidden market where the best roles are filled through relationships, referrals, and reputation, not online applications.
It’s how Ilana ended up on Richard Branson’s island, and it’s how you’ll unlock doors most people never even see.
No more sending cold resumes or guessing what companies want. Instead, you’ll learn how to create a magnetic executive presence that opens doors automatically.
This method alone has helped clients land roles they never thought they’d be considered for.
“Ilana Golan, and the entire Leap Team helped me revamp my resume, social media profile, branding, and approach to outreach and interviewing. I just landed a position as an agency head with a city in New Jersey.
-Steve
Why You Need To
DO THIS NOW!
The senior-level job market isn't going back to how it worked in 2021.
Every month spent repeating an ineffective strategy can cost you time, confidence, energy, and momentum.
If you've been:
• Second-guessing your next move
• Struggling to get noticed
• Wondering whether you have missed your moment
• Questioning whether your experience still carries value
You may simply be relying on a playbook that was never designed for today’s leadership market.
This free challenge is your opportunity to create a new playbook designed for leaders.
Because the event will be presented live and will include access to Leap Academy’s senior coaching team, registration is limited and will close once capacity is reached.
To keep it high-touch, seats are limited: registration closes when we reach capacity.
This isn’t just another training it’s a rare opportunity to rethink how you lead, earn, and show up in your career....and it's free to register.
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WHAT
3 Day Virtual Event: 'The New Career Playbook' Challenge
WHEN
August 11th-13th
9AM-11AM PST
NOTE: This event is 3 days; be sure to add it to your calendar so you don't miss a moment of this incredible value.
WHY
So you can learn exactly how to fast-track your career and create your NEXT Leap!
WHAT
'The New Career Playbook' Challenge: A 3-Day virtual event for experience leaders.
WHEN
August 11th-13th
9AM-11 AM PST
NOTE: This event is 3 days; be sure to add it to your calendar so you don't miss a moment of this incredible value.
WHY
To understand how senior-level opportunities are actually filled and begin building a more focused, strategic, and effective approach to landing your next leadership role.
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