Most executives know how to climb. Nobody teaches them what to do when the ladder moves.Julian Lighton spent decades running P&Ls at Cisco and Hitachi, advising boards, and watching sharp leaders stall out at the exact moments they should have accelerated. He wrote Navigating Your Next because he kept seeing the same pattern: people who were exceptional at progression — titles, influence, external validation — with no real sense of what they were actually good at or what they wanted next.Julian breaks down the four career transitions every executive will face, why most people hit stages three and four completely unprepared, and the distinction between progress and progression that changes everything. He also walks through the competence-context-culture framework he uses with coaching clients and why knowing what you want is the only real prerequisite to getting it.For senior executives navigating career transition, leadership reinvention, or the question of what comes after a big role, this one is worth the hour.The gap between ambition and self-awareness is where most executive careers get stuck. Julian Lighton has spent 30 years working with senior leaders on executive career strategy, decision-making, and the transitions that define a career.Follow Who Moved My Career?! on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave a review if this one made you think.

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