RESIGNATION GUIDE
The ultimate resignation guide
For senior leaders considering or executing a move: how to handle counter-offers, how to resign professionally, and how to manage the period between resignation and start date.
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What’s inside
- How to evaluate whether to resign in the first place
- The exact mechanics of a clean resignation conversation
- How to handle counter-offers, including the ones designed to keep you regardless of fit
- How to manage your final 30, 60 or 90 days for maximum credibility
- How to brief the receiving institution and prepare for a clean start
Who this is for
Senior professionals at any stage of a career move: considering, decided, mid-resignation, or in the period between resignation and start date. Particularly relevant for moves involving counter-offers, sensitive client relationships, or constrained notice periods.
The resignation conversation is one of the most consequential conversations in a senior career, and one of the least prepared for. Most senior leaders we work with have rehearsed every interview question and prepared for every onboarding scenario, but have given the resignation itself almost no thought. The result is conversations that go badly, counter-offers that get accepted for the wrong reasons, and notice periods that compromise relationships the leader has spent years building.
This is our most-requested guide, and the one most senior candidates wish they had read three months earlier. It covers the mechanics, the psychology and the specific tactical decisions that compound across the resignation period.
Read it before you give notice, not after.
Ready to prepare? Download the guide and work through it before your next conversation.
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