The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
Leadership has changed. Most advice hasn't.
If you're a high performing leader who's overfunctioning, absorbing everyone else's pressure, and still not feeling like things are moving, the issue isn't effort. It's the model.
The Career Refresh is for executives and senior professionals ready to lead differently. Less reactive. More deliberate. With the capacity to navigate complexity without losing yourself in the process.
Hosted by executive coach and leadership strategist Jill Griffin, each episode explores what it actually takes to lead when the stakes are high, the systems are messy, and certainty is in short supply, helping you move from exhausted and overextended to clear, strategic, and stable under pressure.
This is Next Era Leadership.
About Your Host
Jill Griffin is an executive coach and leadership strategist with 20+ years leading growth at global brands including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Hilton Hotels. She works with senior leaders, executives, teams, and organizations navigating high-stakes moments, helping them expand leadership capacity, navigate complex systems, and lead without losing their identity in the process.
Her work has been featured on Adam Grant’s WorkLife podcast and published in Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost, and Metro UK. She has also been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Departures, and Ad Age. Connect with Jill on LinkedIn or learn more at GriffinMethod.com.
The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
What Recruiters Are Looking For in Today's Marketplace with Recruiter Susan Gygax
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Recruiters are often the gatekeepers to the hidden job market; they have a lot of industry expertise and can guide you as you search for your next career opportunity.
In this episode, I speak with top industry recruiter Susan Gygax and we talk about the following:
- Why she made the switch from HR to recruiting
- The best way to work with recruiters
- How to be market ready
- How executive coaches and recruiters partner to create successful candidates
- Why an outcomes-based conversation is THE formula for success
- What she'd like to see differently in the recruiting industry.
Show Guest
Susan Gygax has been recruiting leader in the recruitment space for over 25 years, recruiting and building large, dispersed talent acquisition teams at fast-paced entrepreneurial and multi-billion dollar companies.
She is the Founder of Spectacle Talent Partners specialty recruiting firm that provides tailored, full-service recruiting.
Susan has held a professional human resources certification for over 15 years, and she's made a reputation for herself by quickly moving within multiple industries and rapidly understanding an organization's distinctive characteristics that allow CEOs to use speed and momentum to make a great hire with ease. You can find her on LinkedIn and her Website.
Jill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.
With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy.
Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:
→ The Next Era Leader
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→ Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory
1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what’s next
→ Leadership Development for Organizations
Advisory, workshops, and programs designed to build leadership capacity, strengthen teams, and improve decision-making in complex environments
→ Speaking & Workshops
Keynotes and leadership sessions on Next Era Leadership, decision-makin...