Executive Positioning & Leadership Visibility

This is not traditional executive coaching or corporate communications consulting. It is hands-on, behind-the-scenes advisory support focused on judgment, clarity, and timing.

• Preparing for high-stakes meetings and senior-level interactions

• Framing and refining questions, talking points, and narratives

• Reviewing and stress-testing emails, memos, and presentations before they go live

• Shaping a measured, non-promotional external presence, including LinkedIn

• Serving as a discreet sounding board for moments that matter

Over the years, I’ve had many leaders just below the executive tier ask for this level of support. In-house, there were limits to what I could provide outside formal executive roles or at scale.

This advisory work exists to make that support available directly - offering practical, behind-the-scenes guidance that many leaders never have access to as responsibilities and visibility increase.

This work is most valuable for ambitious, capable leaders moving toward larger roles. They are intentional about how they show up and recognize that small decisions can shape longer-term perception and opportunity. This advisory helps them be intentional as they prepare for what comes next. This work is most often useful for:

• Leaders just below the executive tier

• Newly appointed executives

• Operators or finance leaders stepping into broader enterprise roles

• Senior leaders preparing for what comes next

If you’re a leader navigating new responsibilities — or looking ahead to what comes next — and want to show up with confidence and clarity, this support can accelerate your impact.

One-on-One and Discreet

I work behind the scenes as a confidant and thought partner — honest, discreet, and agenda-free.

Practical and Outcome-Focused

I connect business strategy, stakeholder expectations, internal culture, and external perception into coherent positioning around you as a leader.

Structured Advisory Engagements

Engagements are structured as either ongoing, one-on-one advisory relationships or lighter, situational support, depending on what is most useful. Professional engagements are typically funded personally or through executive-level discretionary budgets.

This advisory can be structured in two ways, depending on the nature of the need.

Some leaders benefit from ongoing, one-on-one support as responsibilities and visibility increase. Others prefer lighter, situational input around specific moments.

Both approaches are designed to be discreet, practical, and tailored to the individual.

Ongoing Advisory

For leaders who want a consistent, one-on-one thought partner as responsibilities and visibility increase. Engagements are structured as ongoing advisory relationships with a three-month minimum commitment.

Lite/Ad Hoc Advisory

For leaders who prefer lighter, situational support around specific moments. This option is designed for discrete needs such as preparing for a meeting, reviewing messaging, or pressure-testing a presentation, without an ongoing commitment.

If this resonates with you or you're aiming to strengthen your narrative and reputation, I’d welcome a confidential conversation. 

Contact: anknerj@gmail.com | (917) 763-4175 | linkedin.com/in/jamesankner