Presentation on Career Coach Service Offering of FrontRunner Career Advisors

1. Creative solutions for
complex dilemmas

3.  Sector agnostic
 Serves clients across India and overseas
 Exclusive focus at senior management level
 Ample time and attention to cater to each client’s needs
 Tailor made approach & with time-lines to achieve the
best possible outcome for each individual client

4.  Choices made at these crossroads have a great impact on
one’s career prospects – positive or negative
 These decisions could have the same impact on one’s career
path as the performance demonstrated in a job role
 Even high-performing senior managers need to make
difficult choices, e.g., accept a tempting offer or continue
their existing “fast-track”
The crossroads are unfamiliar territory for most
professionals and can create dilemmas & frustrations

5. Reached a glass ceiling
Current organization’s growth prospects severely impaired by a
downturn or market changes
Outcome of M&A transaction, restructuring or reorganization
Disagreement with changes in business strategy
Change in work culture due to new boss or personality clashes
Inability or need to relocate due to personal circumstances

6. Apart from purely professional reasons, there are several
factors that need to be considered:
Work related factors Personal factors
• Cultural fit with potential new • Location preferences / dislikes
employer
• Personal financial situation
• Ability to take entrepreneurial risks
• Spouse’s professional aspirations
• Work-life balance
• Children’s schooling
• Job Stress
• Need to take care of aged parents
• Travel involved in the job

7.  Complex issues are rarely solved by using a formulaic
approach
 As one goes up the corporate ladder, the factors involved in a
career decision increase
 A solution may be difficult to find using conventional thinking
methods
The best solution is often discovered after breaking the
mould of one’s thinking and brainstorming without any
perceived obstacles

8. No other agenda but yours and 100% committed to
you achieving your goals
Another brain working for you, to ask the right
questions and facilitate your best thinking
Another pair of eyes to observe patterns & trends
that you may not see close-up
Not just giving advice but playing an active role in
implementing the solution
Facilitate unblocking of new unforeseen obstacles and
to expedite strategy due to positive developments

9.  Combination of executive coaching and career
counselling techniques
 Executive coaching focuses more on the client's professional
life, abilities, achievements, aspirations, temperament &
assets. The process facilitates superior thinking to
achieve inspiring goals
 Career counselling looks more at the fit and possibilities in
particular job markets & industry sectors and where we
bring our experience in executive search into play

10. • Thoroughly understand client
• Professional profile, achievements, reasons for earlier
Stage One job moves and career aspirations
• Other areas of a client’s life, to the extent relevant and
which a client is comfortable to share with us
• Explore all possible options
• Our value add is our ability to supplement a client’s
Stage Two thoughts with our experiences in executive search &
senior management
• Test options
Stage • We will be creative and objective as well as realistic
Three so that the right strategic choices are made

11. • Implementation
• We leverage our relationships in the executive
search community & relevant organisations to improve a
Stage Four client’s network connectivity
• Our executive search experience is brought into play
to help clients in various stages of the selection process
• We want our clients to be successful in the next phase of
their career and are available to help them succeed in any
Post-completion
way that is realistically possible

12.  Out-placement of senior management executives due to
reorganization or down-sizing
 Internal candidates competing for top jobs may need an
advisor to ensure a level playing field against external
candidates
 Professionals who need to proactively plan and implement
external career moves
 Senior managers who want to return to India after an
extended period overseas
 Planning transition into self-employment
 Finding new role after redundancy or career break

13.  Executive coaching
 Transition coaching
 Assessment of internal talent for the top job or a CXO level
position
 Assessment of management talent in a merger / take-over
situation or in a potential investee company for a private equity firm
 Review and upgradation of talent hiring processes
 Training of hiring managers and recruiters on competency based
interviewing skills, etc.
 Independent reference checks for senior management hires
 Selective C-suite and Board level search assignments

14. Founder of FrontRunner Career Advisors
Senior management Over 25 years of prior Education:
executive search (2004 -10) managerial experience: • MBA from Indian
• Set-up and led Financial Services • Initial career in manufacturing Institute of
and Private Equity practices in sector and moved to financial Management,
India for Heidrick & Struggles in services in mid 1980s Ahmedabad
India (2004-2009) • MS (Finance) from
• Senior team member of Standard
• Led Financial Services sector for Chartered Bank’s India investment University of Illinois at
Russell Reynolds India (2009-10) bank – 1989-96 Urbana Champaign
• Focused on Board level & senior • BNP Paribas India – 1996-98 – set • Advanced Coach
management executive search up & headed investment bank Training programs of
Results Coaching
• Successfully placed several CEOs • Next 6 years in senior management
Systems, Australia
and other CXO level professionals banking roles in Oman and Bahrain

15. Luis Moniz is based in Mumbai, India and can be contacted at:
Mobile: +91 989 251 3366
Email: luis@frontrunner.co.in
Skype ID: lmoniz56