Top-level executives who lose their jobs usually need to overcome three big hurdles before they can get on with their careers. These obstacles are: inability to understand their real strengths and weaknesses; long service with one company; and trouble accepting that they may not be top-level executives at their next employer, according to a survey by OI Partners, a global talent management firm.
This from an insightful article that appeared in a recent post over at the Development Network relating to an article published in the Sept 2010 issue of Talent Management magazine.
It raises legitimate questions as to whether senior managers and executives are more at risk of being unprepared for unemployment than the rest of us. Additionally how much of an example do these managers set, as relating to personal ongoing professional development.
Or do they simply not care?
