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Insights & Reading for Leaders

Principles, perspectives and recommended reading for leaders who refuse to settle — plus a free resume assessment.

01Curated Wisdom

Executive Insights

Principles, perspective and provocation.

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Your resume is not a record of where you have been. It is a strategic argument for where you should go next.

Emmanuel Samuel — ECG Founder

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The most dangerous career mistake a senior executive can make is to assume that exceptional performance speaks for itself. It never does. You must learn to speak for it.

ECG Career Strategy Principles

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LinkedIn is not a digital resume. It is a living broadcast of your professional brand.

ECG Digital Presence Framework

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The executive who prepared only their answers has already lost to the executive who prepared their questions. Boards hire strategic thinkers, not answer machines.

ECG Interview Coaching Programme

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Compensation is not awarded — it is negotiated. Know your worth. Prove it. Then ask for more.

ECG Salary Negotiation Guide

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Personal branding is not vanity. It is the deliberate act of ensuring the market’s perception of you matches the reality of your capability.

ECG Personal Brand Framework

02Reading List

Books Every Leader Should Read

Our recommended reading for executives in transition. Pick a book from the shelf to read our summary and key takeaways.

  1. Start With WhySimon Sinek
  2. Building a StoryBrandDonald Miller
  3. Digital YouWilliam Arruda
  4. How to Get a Job You LoveJohn Lees
  5. The Interview ExpertJohn Lees
  6. Knock ’em Dead Job InterviewMartin Yate
  7. Hire With Your HeadLou Adler

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