In Episode 4 of Season 2, Maureen Farmer discusses a hot topic that’s been bubbling up among leaders who are struggling with a career transition.

When a deal stalls, a job offer is not extended, or when the executive recruiter ghosts you, there is a common refrain: Is it my age? Maureen dispels the myth that gets in the way of many high-performing business leaders who are in transition—after they’ve sold a business, in between corporate roles, or seeking board mandates.

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1:26 – The Ageism Myth

1:58 – The Belief

2:47 – Signal Mismatch

3:30 – Overqualified Misalignment

4:10 – Between Roles

4:15 – Interpreting Silence

5:15 – Professional Networks

5:28 – High Performing Leaders

5:50 – Role Altitude

6:22 – Reframe

7:02 - Realignment

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Today we launch Episode Three of Season Two, focused on board readiness, with Alex Cho, President of Personal Systems at HP. Alex leads global teams delivering innovative computing solutions that enable work, learning, and connection in a hybrid world. Known as a purpose-driven leader, he has driven sustainable growth, award-winning design excellence, and HP’s industry-leading sustainability and digital equity initiatives. Having lived and worked across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Alex is currently based in Palo Alto.

This is episode three of a three-part Get Hired Up series that explores a pivotal question for senior technology leaders: What really changes when a world-class operator steps into fiduciary governance?

2:30 Who this is for

3:25 Operations to Governance

5:28 The first board meeting

7:00 Committee surveys and onboarding

8:25 Board meeting cadence

10:32 Using and recruiting board advisors

12:00 CEO’s role for board education

13:09 Board org structure

14:02 Board liability and indemnification

15:42 CEO Succession

19:07 How to raise your hand

20:00 Talent management & Succession

21:10 CEO Succession playbook

24:33 Current Board Issues

26:24 Board Megatrends

27:43 Activating the workforce

31:50 Preparing for board meetings

32:54 Build capacity through board passion

33:10 Reach Alex Cho on LI

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Today we launch Episode Two of Season Two, focused on board readiness, with Alex Cho, President of Personal Systems at HP. Alex leads global teams delivering innovative computing solutions that enable work, learning, and connection in a hybrid world. Known as a purpose-driven leader, he has driven sustainable growth, award-winning design excellence, and HP’s industry-leading sustainability and digital equity initiatives. Having lived and worked across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Alex is currently based in Palo Alto.

This is episode two of a three-part Get Hired Up series that explores a pivotal question for senior technology leaders: What really changes when a world-class operator steps into fiduciary governance?

4:00 Leadership optimization and the journey to fiduciary board roles

5:12 Networks to referrals

7:38 Industry relevance and board quality

8:30 Time to board

8:58 Function & current practice of the nom/gov committee

9:47 How to raise your hand

10:05 Recruiter & board networks

11:00 Industry conversations with directors

12:46 Content creation as demand generation

16:02 Networking and your unique point of view

17:30 Board member insights & thought leadership

19:14 Building the Governance muscle

21:01 Alex’s advice on leadership development

24:15 Authentic leadership and employee followership

25:00 Reach Alex Cho on LI

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