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Find out how to build a professional identity that gives you more opportunity to leverage your valuable expertise as Chief “X”.
CXO Directions is a boutique executive branding, executive coaching and executive career strategy agency collaborating with value-focused executives like you to elevate your leadership and career to the next level. We are a thought partner and co-strategist focused on your executive brand, your long-term career trajectory and your lasting leadership impact.
About Kathy Robinson
CXO Directions was founded by Kathy Robinson, President, who has 25+ years of experience coaching leaders to build their professional visibility and impact, translating into more joy at work, better pay, increased leadership reach, and confidence in their future direction.
Named a Top Ten Career Coach by CNN Money, Kathy is sought after as a frequent media contributor about executive careers and leadership. She has steered thousands of executives as part of her own private practice and as a former recruiter and Human Resources executive.
Kathy founded and led multiple coaching organizations, including the first-of-its-kind online career coaching platform, TurningPoint, which has served tens of thousands of individuals looking to redirect their careers, as well as the Executive Career Coaching Alliance, a peer forum for executive career strategists across the country. Her career prior to becoming a coach includes both Fortune 100 and extensive start-up expertise across a variety of sectors, and she continues to consult for both large and small organizations along with working one-on-one with individual executives.
Kathy works with leaders to develop their unique vision and value proposition to become known as the go-to person for their expertise. She serves as a strategic sounding board for executives looking to lead organizations through key transition points, become more visibly known, elevate their presence, conduct a career pivot, reposition after a company exit, land board roles, and/or start a consulting practice.
What It’s Like To Work With Kathy:
Soundbites from referral emails that current/former clients have sent to their peers:
“She has been my coach for two years and has been an incredible advisor in elevating my professional growth. She’s helped me across so many areas - executive leadership, strategic thinking, organizational adaptability, team dynamics, and career development.”
“She helped me become a more effective leader.”
“Coaching with her has been transformative and I feel like a much better leader after working with her.”
“Kathy definitely changed my career track for the better. I would not have gotten the job I did without her coaching.”
“She helped me overcome a lot of challenging team dynamics and develop my own leadership style.”
“She helped me get to the point that, most days :-), I can manage pretty calmly and I feel more in control than I used to.”
“She has been a consistent go-to person who has supported me through many tricky but also many positive career moments.”
“She quickly understands culture, organizational dynamics, and always gives me ideas of how to move things forward.”
“I am consistently impressed by her deep understanding of business strategy, culture and organizational dynamics.”
“.She has given me many tools and frameworks to use when I need to think through problems.”
“We have worked together on a mix of immediate and more long-term approaches and I appreciate that she takes the long view and the bigger picture perspective.”
“She is my job search guru who has helped me through multiple job searches over the years.”
“She’s great at helping think through strategy, especially in roles where the strategy hasn’t been particularly clear.”
“She has given me great feedback that really improved my executive presence and presentations.”
“I was new to the CTO role and she helped me build a game plan.”
“She has been incredible at coaching me on dealing with my team.”
“She taught me be much more intentional about how I communicate.”
“She is relentless in a good way because she always pushes me to level up as a leader.”
“Kathy has been transformative in helping me grow both personally and professionally.”
“She believed in me for a role I thought might be just a bit too much to take on, but I took it and I’m so happy I did! She was so great at preparing me for the interviews and negotiations.”
“She helped me realize that I needed to bring more of my personal self to work and ask for what I needed.”
“.Kathy helped me focus on both who I am deep-down and who I want to be professionally.”
“Kathy un-sticks my mental blocks and always has a plan for how to move forward.”
“She helps me understand myself and appreciate what I bring to the table rather than feeling like I need to be somebody else.”