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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]45 yr old checking in. This thread has scared the crap out of me. Thanks guys![/quote]

Me too and I’m only 37. I have alot to think about. [/quote]

48 year old here and same for me.

What advice is there to help me keep my job? Additional education? Credentials? A certain level that I'll be "safe"?[/quote]

Certs are worthless, only education helpful would be top shelf MBA as a tool to move into leadership. If you aren’t executive/leadership level where you decide strategy for company and would be one deciding if their are layoffs etc, you are vulnerable [/quote]

Getting an MBA - top shelf or not - is not going to secure you an executive position mid career. And many of the execs at Fortune 100s I work with don’t even have graduate degrees. [/quote]

How do you move into executive leadership then?[/quote]

By getting results foe the project / program / organization you lead, by establishing yourself as an effective leader of people and of organizational vision and strategies, by being able to take strategies and vision you create and carry them forward successfully (you and more specifically your teams), and by looking / acting the part of an executive. That last part is squishy but what differentiates a VP from SVP - or EVP - at many of these companies is that the individuals in those roles establish a brand for themselves and have a certain something that aligns with what the organization embraces as “leadership qualities”. [/quote]

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