Career mentorship for senior leaders

We don’t do job search.We do career transformation.

For directors, VPs, SVPs and MDs ready to step into the next level.

Where our clients lead

Our clients have been promoted or hired by the world’s leading companies.

Results

Results that speak for themselves.

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Clients mentored

High-performing leaders guided into bigger, better roles.

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Promotions secured

Clients who became the obvious choice for the next role.

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Avg. compensation increase

Meaningful jumps in pay and in the authority of the role.

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Leadership roles landed

Director, VP, SVP and head-of roles across competitive industries.

Why it works

Guidance for senior leaders should come from someone who has done the job, not studied it.

Effective mentorship for senior leaders can only come from someone who has worked in the trenches, risen through the ranks on merit, and held real Senior Executive and CXO roles.

Coaches without C-Suite experience cannot give that guidance. Here, every piece of advice is practical, proven, and comes from someone who has been in your shoes and achieved what you want to achieve.

Second Element Thinking: solve the root cause, not the symptom.
What we do

Six things that separate
the chosen from the candidates.

01

Leadership Personality

Find and fix the blind spots holding you back, by understanding your unique Leadership Personality.

02

Relationships

Master your work relationships and build the right allies and sponsors.

03

The CXO mindset

Think like the C-Suite by learning to master the business, not just your function.

04

Executive presence

Polish your presence and position yourself inside your organization for the next promotion.

05

Your marketing assets

Material that reads like the role you want, from your resume to your LinkedIn.

06

Interviews

Prepare for every interview so you walk in already seen as the person for the role.

How it works

Built around you,
with Koorosh beside you.

A proven method, never a template. It works from the inside out, and Koorosh is with you at every stage.

See if you qualify
Step 01 · Clarity

See what is really holding you back.

Most senior leaders are stalled by something they cannot see from where they stand. We find it first, because everything that follows is built on it.

Root causeBlind spotsFit
Step 02 · Mastery

Operate at the next level, before you hold it.

Nobody gets promoted into a role they are not already seen in. This is where that shift happens, and it is the part almost no one is ever taught.

MindsetInfluencePresence
Step 03 · Positioning

Become the obvious choice.

How the market sees you decides which doors open. We reshape that story until the right people start coming to you.

ReputationStoryVisibility
Step 04 · The move

Land the role.

The right conversations, the right room and the right number, guided by someone who has sat on the hiring side of the table.

OpportunitiesInterviewsNegotiation
Koorosh Beigian
About the founder

Koorosh Beigian

Founder and mentor, Second Element Leaders

Koorosh is a self-made executive who spent his career in the C-Suite as a CIO and CTO of major public companies, and an entrepreneur who has co-founded three startups.

He has led major business transformations and mentored many leaders to the top levels of their organizations. Every client works with him directly.

30+Years in the C-Suite
as a CIO and CTO
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