Have you reached a point in your career that feels more like a plateau than a peak? Or if it is a peak, it’s no longer satisfying?
You’re motivated, capable, and hard-working—but something feels off. You may feel:
- Unmotivated by the meaning or purpose of your work
- Unclear about your direction or uncertain how to advance
- Undervalued, overmanaged, or frustrated with your current environment
- Tired of playing a role that no longer fits who you are becoming
- Worried that time is slipping by while your professional growth has stalled, with little stimulation or opportunity for creativity
And you may be stuck in one or more of these situations:
- Treated like a battery hen, valued mainly for churning out work under endless pressure
- Working in a company or an industry that’s stagnant or declining; you may even foresee a time when your role is eliminated
- You are worth more, but your income is stagnating
- Your prospects for promotion are shrinking, with little light at the end of a long tunnel
- Stuck in a toxic culture of political game-playing, harmful competition; even bullying
- Applying for roles but failing to make real headway
- Finding, time and again, that your sense of wellbeing is being eroded
Many executives and professionals experience these symptoms of being stuck.
And too many remain there, with declining morale despite years of striving.
But these moments of frustration and doubt—when understood and navigated with the right support—can become powerful springboards for growth, impact, and fulfillment.
Imagine a Career Aligned with Your Deepest Values—and Greatest Contribution
When you take full ownership of your career, everything changes.
- You make decisions with clarity and confidence
- You lead not just effectively, but authentically
- You stop managing your career reactively and begin designing it intentionally
- You regain lost enthusiasm, energy, and the spring in your step that you used to have
If necessary, you shift into a new career space—one that offers the growth, challenge, and fulfillment your current path can no longer provide.
You may work as hard or harder than before, yet you have energy to spare even at the end of the day—one of the prizes that only the right fit can deliver.
And you experience the emotional and relationship benefits of an authentic life that allows you to be fully yourself.
Why Work with Me and My Team?
I’ve spent over three decades consulting with and coaching executives and professionals around the world.
Before I found this path, I navigated an international senior executive career of my own.
And before that, I traversed a wider range of career paths than most do in a lifetime.
I’ve helped many thousands of executives and professionals in their careers.
Across industries, cultures, and career stages.
And I’ve sought and gained deep insight into the complex realities of professional life and the personal aspirations that drive it.
And the factors that can derail even the best-laid plans.
As founder of Russell Johnson & Associates, my mission is to help highly motivated executives, managers and professionals to gain or regain full control of their careers.
And to help them define and reach higher and more fulfilling goals.
So they can live the lives they want to live.
While accelerating humanity’s advancement as only true leaders can.
I believe genuinely worthwhile leadership begins with individuals who are inspired and empowered to fulfill their true potential.
This requires a level of clarity that’s rare. When we gain it, our work can become a ‘labour of love’.
This ends the divide between work, play and life, and the sacrifices that work seems to require.
Instead, work becomes absorbing, fulfilling and often even exhilarating.
Enabling us to live fully in the present.
And making us whole at last.
Together, we’ll:
- Identify any gaps in your deeper purpose and long-term vision
- Surface any conflicts that must be resolved, and clarify what must be done to resolve them
- Develop a practical strategy for your career autonomy and advancement
- Identify and transcend internal and external barriers you may face, and
- Align your professional path with your authentic strengths and values
What You Can Expect
- A structured, personalized, and deeply empowering consulting and coaching engagement tailored to your career stage, your goals and your challenges
- Development of the three essential foundations for deep-rooted success—clarity, strategy, and planning—if they’re not already in place
- Insights, tools, techniques and development of the skills to efficiently navigate transitions and expand your influence
- Support in expanding your network as professional success requires
- A partnership rooted in trust, honesty, and the belief that your work should serve your success, your contribution, and your growth
- Clear frameworks that link self-actualization with sustainable achievement
A Few Extracts From Our Vast Library of Testimonials
“I can say with total conviction that working with you and undertaking the program changed my life, and for that I thank you most sincerely.”
HD
“I met some wonderful help for managers and professionals during my networking, and I state without reservation that NETWORKING IS POWERFUL STUFF.”
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“Any executive not using the process is missing out on the most powerful career transition tools available and will extend their transition unnecessarily and to their peril.”
DW
“I’m convinced I was able to successfully secure a far better outcome on my salary and conditions of employment as a direct result of your help.”
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“My experience stands as testament to the tremendous change of direction bringing success that can be achieved with the right help.”
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“The entire selection process was amazing. Never before had I been so confident in my approaches to gaining MEANINGFUL employment. What an excellent program.”
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Want to Learn More?
Our services are not for everyone; they’re designed for highly motivated executives, seeking more fulfilling careers and even lives.
Are you on an executive career journey? Are you seeking a career breakthrough? Are you prepared to commit to a disciplined, systematic approach to achieve it?
If your answer to these three questions is Yes, a career partnership with us can be a deeply empowering, transformational experience. This claim is confirmed through the feedback and recommendations received from thousands of clients we have helped since 1992.
Schedule a confidential discussion to start aligning your career with the life you want.