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For Senior London Executives
London gave you the career.
Now build something you own.
You've built a serious career in one of the world's most demanding business cities. The question isn't whether your expertise is valuable. It's whether you're still working for someone else's bottom line — or ready to work for your own.
Decode your expertise — it's freeWhy London executives land here
Four moments that bring senior London professionals to this page.
Redundancy
The role has gone. The organisation has restructured. But the expertise you built across a London career hasn't disappeared — and decoded shows you exactly what to build with it.
Burnout
The commute. The politics. The endless restructures. You're done with the institution — not the work. There's a way to keep doing what you're good at, without the corporate machinery around it.
Retirement Horizon
You're not ready to stop. But you are ready to stop doing it on someone else's terms. London's business community still needs your knowledge — just not locked inside a single organisation.
Ready For Independence
You've earned your stripes. You know how it works. Now you want to choose your clients, set your terms, and build something that belongs to you — not to a corporate structure.
Start here
Your Expertise — /decodedAi.
Tell us one career win — a project, a transformation, a result you delivered. In three minutes, decoded analyses it and hands you back three named consulting businesses you could launch from anywhere. Free. Private. Instant.
Not sure what to write?
Use this template. The better your input, the better your results.
Copy the structure below into the app, fill in your own details, then hit decode.
Your input template
My role
Your job title and the type of organisation — e.g. "COO of a FTSE 250 business" or "Partner at a Big 4 professional services firm, London."
The situation
What was the problem, challenge or opportunity when you stepped in? What was broken, missing or underperforming?
What I did
The specific actions you led, decisions you made, or frameworks you introduced. Be specific — not "I improved performance" but how you did it.
The outcome
What changed as a result? Numbers, timelines, and tangible shifts work best — e.g. "Within 12 months, operating costs fell by 18% and the division returned to profitability for the first time in four years."
The app works best with 150 to 400 words. You only need one career win — pick the one you are most proud of, or the one that best represents the kind of work you want to do next.
See how it looks when completed — four examples from senior London careers below.
Your output
Five things your decode reveals.
01
Expertise Themes
The recurring problems you've spent a London career solving — transformation, governance, commercial growth, operational change, regulatory navigation.
02
Commercial Opportunities
How your expertise translates into services London businesses and global clients pay for — fractional executive, board advisor, NED, consultant, coach, mentor.
03
Sector Crossover
Industries beyond your home sector that face identical challenges — scale-ups, PE-backed businesses, international organisations, public sector bodies needing private sector thinking.
04
Positioning Clarity
Move from "Former COO, FTSE 250" to something buyers respond to immediately — a proposition that makes the right clients want to pick up the phone.
05
Future Directions
A shortlist of practical routes based on your specific London experience — so you leave with a starting point, not a blank page and a LinkedIn profile refresh.
The Executive Nomad Method
You've decoded your expertise. Now build with it.
You've /decoded — now /rewiredAi
decoded is the first stage of the Executive Nomad methodology — three pillars that take senior London professionals from career history to independent business.
Rewire
Stop seeing yourself through the lens of your last job title. Start seeing yourself as someone who holds decades of commercially valuable intellectual property.
Repackage
Turn that expertise into clearly defined services. Name what you do so the right clients understand it immediately — and are willing to pay for it.
Repurpose
Deploy your expertise beyond the sectors you built it in. London gave you a world-class network — repurpose it across industries, geographies and client types you've never worked with before.
Meet the founder
Jamie Sylvian
Three decades living the Executive Nomad life. Jamie has run a location-independent business at executive and board level for global brands including British Gas, London Electricity, BetVictor and Casey Research.
He co-founded the marketing business that became Uswitch.com, sold for £210m in 2006. Everything in decoded is built on what the real Jamie learned doing it — across 13 countries, from his laptop.
Meet Jamie on LinkedIn →
Published Work
The Executive Nomad Operating SystemFounder, The Executive Nomad Ecosystem
Read the book →In their words
Feedback on working with Jamie.
Practical insights clearly based on real experience. A wise counsel.
Tapiwa Manjengwa
MD, Crescenval Enterprises
Jamie's strategies introduced our VC company to hundreds of millions in deal values.
Perry M. Anderson
Founder, Quadra Venture Capital
He cuts through the noise and delivers clarity most advisors can't.
Barry Brown
Ex Oil & Gas
Jamie helped me solidify my thinking around branding and offered suggestions on how to launch and bring in initial clients.
M Gurney
Independent Consultant
His guiding hand and clear strategy gave me the confidence I was in safe hands.
Debra Mitchell PhD
Clinical Research Advisor & Consultant
Jamie has been there and done it on a grand scale. His guiding hand and clear no-nonsense strategy gives me the confidence I am in safe hands.
Steve Hunt
Ex Construction
Everything you need to know
Questions from senior London executives.
The questions senior London professionals ask before making the move from corporate to independent. Answered directly.
Career Transition
Can a senior London executive really build an independent consulting practice from their corporate career?
Yes — and London executives are particularly well placed to do it. A senior career in London means you have operated at the highest commercial levels, built networks that span sectors and geographies, and solved problems that organisations across the world are still trying to fix. The transition is not about starting over. It is about repackaging what you already have into a form the market can buy independently of any institution.
I have been made redundant from a senior London role. What are my realistic options beyond another corporate job?
Redundancy at senior level typically opens four paths: another full-time role inside an institution, fractional executive work across multiple clients, independent consulting in your area of specialism, or a portfolio of NED, advisory and coaching work. Many London executives who have gone through redundancy find the independent options more lucrative and more satisfying than returning to the corporate environment that just let them go. The decoded tool on this page will show you which path fits your specific experience within three minutes.
How long does it take to replace a senior London salary through independent consulting?
Most senior professionals who commit fully to the transition secure their first paying client within 60 to 90 days and reach income parity within 12 months. London executives often move faster because their networks are deeper and their credibility is higher. The variable is not your expertise — it is how clearly you have packaged what you offer and how directly you are communicating it to the right buyers.
Does going independent mean giving up the income level a senior London role provides?
Not if you position yourself correctly. Senior independent consultants in London typically charge between £1,500 and £4,000 per day depending on specialism and seniority. With two or three retained clients at fractional rates, the annual income often exceeds a senior corporate salary — with none of the institutional overhead, politics or fixed hours. The model works because organisations need senior thinking they cannot justify hiring full-time.
I am approaching the end of my corporate career in London but not ready to stop. What next?
A portfolio of NED positions, advisory roles and selective consulting engagements is the natural third act for a senior London executive. You bring pattern recognition, sector relationships and commercial credibility that no younger consultant can replicate. London boards actively seek this depth. The question is how to position and package it so the right opportunities find you.
Our Methodology
What does decoded actually do and how is it different from a career assessment?
decoded is not a personality test or a career assessment. You give it one real career win and it analyses the commercial intelligence inside that win. It hands you back three named consulting businesses you could launch, specific sector crossover opportunities, and a positioning statement that replaces your last job title with something buyers actually respond to. The output is commercial and specific, not motivational and generic.
What is the Rewire, Repackage, Repurpose framework?
It is the three-stage methodology Jamie Sylvian developed over three decades of building location-independent businesses at executive level. Rewire means changing how you see yourself — from someone defined by an employer to someone who owns decades of commercially valuable intellectual property. Repackage means turning that expertise into clearly defined services. Repurpose means deploying it far beyond the sectors and geographies you built it in.
What is rewiredAi and how does it complement decoded?
decoded gives you the commercial blueprint from your specific career win. rewiredAi takes you deeper — a free AI model trained on Jamie's three decades of methodology, built to have an open-ended conversation about your results, your options and your next move. Where decoded is fast and structured, rewiredAi is conversational and personal.
How is Executive Nomad different from outplacement or executive coaching?
Outplacement helps you find another job. Executive coaching helps you perform better in the one you have. Executive Nomad helps you build a business from your existing expertise that you own outright, that travels with you, and that pays at or above the level you were earning institutionally. The methodology is commercial, not therapeutic.
Do I need to leave London or travel to make this work?
No. Location independence is an option the methodology makes available, not a requirement. Many Executive Nomad clients continue working with London clients from London. Others use the model to work globally from wherever they choose. The point is that the business does not tie you to a desk or a single geography — what you do with that freedom is your choice entirely.
Lifestyle
Can I run a serious consulting practice without the London office infrastructure?
Yes. The senior consulting market has shifted permanently toward remote and flexible engagement. Board advisory, fractional executive work, transformation consulting and coaching are all delivered virtually or through selective in-person meetings by senior independents operating from wherever they choose. Your clients are paying for your judgement and your network — not your postcode.
What does a typical week look like as an independent consultant after a senior London career?
A fractional executive with two or three retained clients might work three focused days per week on client work, leaving time for business development, thought leadership and personal projects. A NED and advisory portfolio typically involves monthly board meetings and ad hoc calls. Most independent professionals who have made this transition report working fewer hours than in their corporate roles while earning comparable or higher income.
How do I manage the identity shift from a senior London corporate role to working independently?
The identity shift — from a role inside an institution to being the institution — is one of the most underestimated challenges of this transition. In London particularly, where professional identity is often tied closely to employer and title, this shift takes deliberate work. The Rewire stage of the methodology addresses this directly. It is a structured reframe of where your value actually sits — and what it means to own it rather than rent it to an employer.
Do I need to give up financial security to make this move?
Not if you plan the transition properly. Most successful transitions are staged — the first client is secured before the corporate role ends, or a redundancy payment provides runway. A consulting income is also structurally more resilient than a salary: losing one client does not end your income, where losing one job does. Diversification across three or four clients is a stronger financial position than dependence on a single employer.
Is there an age at which it is too late to go independent after a senior London career?
No. The consulting and advisory market is experience-weighted, not age-weighted. Senior professionals in their 50s and 60s are consistently among the most sought-after independents because they bring what younger consultants cannot replicate. Outside the corporate structure, the age-related biases that exist in hiring become largely irrelevant. Your track record is your advantage.
Consulting, Coaching, Mentoring & Portfolio Work
What types of independent work can a senior London executive realistically pursue?
The options are broader than most people realise: fractional executive roles (part-time CFO, COO, CMO across multiple clients), independent management consulting, executive coaching, non-executive director positions, board advisory roles, expert witness work, mentor programmes, and workshop facilitation. The strongest independents build a portfolio that combines several of these, creating multiple income streams from a single body of expertise.
How do I become a non-executive director after a senior executive career in London?
London boards are among the most sought-after in the world and competition for NED roles is real. Your first NED appointment almost never comes through a job board — it comes through your existing professional network, sector peers and advisory relationships. The path is to be visible and specific about what you bring, build your thought leadership, and approach introductions deliberately. The Repackage stage of the methodology covers this in detail.
Can I use my London sector expertise to consult internationally?
London careers often produce the most internationally transferable expertise in the world. The commercial, regulatory and operational challenges you have navigated in one of the world's leading business cities are precisely what organisations in emerging markets, scale-ups in Europe and North America, and international development bodies are looking for. Sector crossover and geographic expansion are often where the most interesting and best-paid independent work is found.
What is executive coaching and is it a viable income stream after a senior London career?
Executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing segments of the independent professional market and London is one of its biggest hubs. As a senior executive coach you work with leaders on strategic positioning, decision-making, stakeholder management and career transitions — drawing on your own experience rather than a textbook. Day rates for credible senior coaches in London run from £1,000 to £3,000. Corporates, PE firms and individual executives are all active buyers.
What is a portfolio career and how does it work for a senior London professional?
A portfolio career combines multiple income streams from your expertise simultaneously — fractional executive work, NED positions, advisory retainers and selective consulting or coaching. For a senior London professional it might look like: one fractional role two days per week, two NED positions on quarterly board cycles, and one or two coaching clients. The total income often exceeds a senior corporate salary, with significantly more autonomy, variety and control over your time.
Working With Jamie
What is the Untethered 1:1 session and who is it for?
Untethered is a private 60-minute strategy session with Jamie Sylvian, designed for senior professionals who want to understand exactly how the Executive Nomad methodology applies to their specific career, background and goals. The session covers market fit, product fit, tax strategy for independent operators, and a clear next-steps plan. Every Untethered session includes a printed copy of The Executive Nomad Operating System, posted to you anywhere in the world before the call. Book your session here.
What is the Unlocked programme and how is it different from the 1:1?
Unlocked is the flagship Executive Nomad weekend workshop — a two-day online intensive in small cohorts, once per month. Day 1 covers your commercial positioning, core offer, target sectors, pricing architecture and founder story. Day 2 you build your one-page website live, create your outreach sequence, draft your first proposal template and leave with a launch-ready business. From Day 3 through to Day 33, your dedicated Pathfinder strategist works with you directly until you land your first client — or they continue for free until you do. See Unlocked dates and book your seat.
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For Senior Executives
You've protected your career all these years. Now it's time to protect your health.
Burnout isn't a weakness. It's data. The corporate environment that created it won't change. But your relationship to it can. decoded shows you exactly what independence looks like — and how it transforms your health, your stress, and your life.
Decode your expertise — it's freeWhy executives land here
Four moments that bring senior executives to this page.
Redundancy
The role has gone. The stress that came with it is gone too. But your expertise hasn't disappeared — and decoded shows you what to build with it, on your terms.
Burnout
The politics. The constant availability. The 5am calls. The impossible targets. You're done with the structure — not the work. There's a way to keep doing the work, on your terms, without the stress.
Retirement Horizon
You're not ready to stop. But you are ready to stop the stress. The market still needs your knowledge — just not inside an institution that demands constant availability and sacrifices your health.
Ready For Independence
You want to choose your clients, your schedule, your workload. You want control over your time and your health. You want to work — just not at the cost of everything else.
Start here
Your Expertise — /decodedAi.
Tell us one career win — a transformation you led, a problem you solved, a team you built. In three minutes, decoded analyses it and hands you back three named consulting businesses you could launch. Plus the health and lifestyle benefits of each path.
Not sure what to write?
Use this template. The better your input, the better your results.
Copy the structure below into the app, fill in your own details, then hit decode.
Your input template
My role
Your job title and the type of organisation — e.g. "Operations Director at a 500-person manufacturing company" or "HR Director in a professional services firm."
The situation
What was the problem, challenge or opportunity when you stepped in? What was broken, missing or underperforming?
What I did
The specific actions you led, decisions you made, or frameworks you introduced. Be specific — not "I improved performance" but how you did it.
The outcome
What changed as a result? Numbers, timelines, and tangible shifts work best — e.g. "Within 12 months, turnover dropped from 28% to 12%, and the team went from constant crisis mode to proactive management."
The app works best with 150 to 400 words. You only need one career win — pick the one you are most proud of, or the one that best represents the kind of work you want to do next.
See how it looks when completed — four examples from senior corporate roles below.
Your output
Five things your decode reveals.
01
Expertise Themes
The recurring problems you've spent a career solving — operational transformation, people strategy, commercial alignment, strategic leadership, change management.
02
Commercial Opportunities
How your expertise translates into services the market pays for — fractional executive, independent consultant, board advisor, NED, mentor, strategic coach.
03
Sector Crossover
Industries beyond your home sector that need exactly what you know — scale-ups, PE-backed businesses, family offices, non-profits, public sector reform.
04
Positioning Clarity
Move from "Former Director" to something buyers respond to — a one-line proposition that makes the right clients want to call you immediately.
05
Future Directions
A shortlist of practical routes based on your specific experience — so you leave with a starting point, not a blank page and a LinkedIn profile refresh.
The Executive Nomad Method
You've decoded your expertise. Now build with it.
You've /decoded — now /rewiredAi
decoded is the first stage of the Executive Nomad methodology — three pillars that take senior professionals from career history to independent business, built on control, sustainability, and health.
Rewire
Stop seeing yourself as an employee. Start seeing yourself as someone who holds decades of commercially valuable intellectual property. Your expertise is an asset you own, not a role you rent.
Repackage
Turn that expertise into clearly defined services. Name what you do so the right clients understand it immediately — and are willing to pay for it. Clarity in your offer creates clarity in your pricing.
Repurpose
Deploy your expertise far beyond the sector you built it in. The problems you solve exist in every industry. You're not starting over — you're expanding your addressable market.
Meet the founder
Jamie Sylvian
Three decades living the Executive Nomad life. Jamie has run a location-independent business at executive and board level for global brands including British Gas, London Electricity, BetVictor and Casey Research.
He co-founded the marketing business that became Uswitch.com, sold for £210m in 2006. Expertise decoded is built on everything the real Jamie learned doing it — across 13 countries, from his laptop.
Meet Jamie on LinkedIn →
Published Work
The Executive Nomad Operating SystemFounder, The Executive Nomad Ecosystem
Read the book →In their words
Feedback on working with Jamie.
Practical insights clearly based on real experience. A wise counsel.
Tapiwa Manjengwa
MD, Crescenval Enterprises
Jamie's strategies introduced our VC company to hundreds of millions in deal values.
Perry M. Anderson
Founder, Quadra Venture Capital
He cuts through the noise and delivers clarity. Exactly what I needed.
Barry Brown
Ex Oil & Gas
Jamie helped me solidify my thinking around branding and offered suggestions on how to launch and bring in initial clients.
M Gurney
Independent Consultant
His guiding hand and clear strategy gave me the confidence I was in safe hands.
Debra Mitchell PhD
Clinical Research Advisor & Consultant
Jamie has been there and done it on a grand scale. His guiding hand and clear no-nonsense strategy gives me the confidence I am in safe hands.
Steve Hunt
Ex Construction
Everything you need to know
Questions from senior executives about health, independence, and career transition.
Thirty years of conversations with executives leaving institutions. These are the questions that come up every time — especially around health, stress, and what independence actually looks like.
Career Transition
Can a senior executive genuinely build a consulting business from scratch?
Yes — and senior executives are particularly well placed to do it. The skills that made you valuable in your role — strategic thinking, problem-solving, team leadership, stakeholder management — are exactly what scale-ups, PE-backed businesses and family offices will pay for on a fractional or advisory basis. The transition is not about starting over. It is about repackaging what you already have into a form the market can buy.
I have been made redundant from a senior role. What are my realistic options?
Redundancy at senior level typically opens four paths: another full-time role inside an institution, fractional executive work across multiple clients, independent consulting in your area of specialism, or a portfolio of NED, advisory and coaching work. Many executives find the independent options more lucrative and more satisfying than returning to the institutional environment that just cut them. The decoded tool on this page will show you which path fits your specific experience within three minutes.
How long does it realistically take to replace my salary through independent work?
Most executives who commit fully to the transition have their first paying client within 60 to 90 days and reach income parity with their previous role within 12 months. Fractional executives with strong networks often move faster. The variable is not your expertise — it is how clearly you have packaged what you offer and how directly you are communicating it to the right buyers.
Is leaving corporate for health reasons a valid reason to transition to independence?
Yes. Executive burnout is a documented syndrome of chronic, unmanaged professional stress. If your current role is affecting your sleep, mental health, or physical wellbeing, that is not a weakness — it is data. The corporate environment that created that stress will not change. What changes is your relationship to it. Independence gives you control over workload, schedule, and client relationships in ways corporate roles do not allow. Many executives find that protecting their health is actually the catalyst that makes independence possible.
Our Methodology
What does decoded actually do and how is it different from a career quiz?
decoded is not a personality test or a career quiz. You give it one real career win — a transformation you led, a problem you solved — and it analyses the commercial intelligence inside that win. It hands you back three named consulting businesses you could launch, specific sector crossover opportunities, and a positioning statement that replaces "former director" with something buyers actually respond to. The output is commercial, not motivational.
What is the Rewire, Repackage, Repurpose framework?
It is the three-stage methodology Jamie Sylvian developed over three decades of building location-independent businesses at executive level. Rewire means changing how you see yourself — from employee to owner of intellectual property. Repackage means turning your expertise into clearly defined services that clients can understand, evaluate and commission. Repurpose means deploying that expertise beyond the sector you built it in, into the much larger market of businesses that need your leadership but cannot access it institutionally.
What is rewiredAi and how does it complement decoded?
decoded gives you the commercial blueprint from your specific career win. rewiredAi takes you deeper — a free AI model trained on Jamie's three decades of methodology, built to have an open-ended conversation about your results, your options and your next move. Where decoded is fast and structured, rewiredAi is conversational and personal. The two work together — decoded first to establish what you have, rewiredAi to help you work out what to do with it.
How is Executive Nomad different from a traditional outplacement or career coaching service?
Outplacement helps you find another job. Executive Nomad helps you stop needing one. The focus is not on your next employer — it is on building a business from your existing expertise that you own outright, that travels with you, and that pays at or above the level you were earning institutionally. The methodology is commercial, not therapeutic. It starts with what the market will pay for, then works backwards to what you need to build.
Lifestyle & Health
Can leaving corporate really improve my health and sleep?
Yes — executive burnout is well-documented as a chronic stress condition. Most executives report normalized fatigue and sleep deprivation as "part of the job." When you move to independent work with control over your schedule, you regain the ability to prioritize recovery. A fractional model (2-3 days per week per client) builds in natural recovery time that full-time corporate roles do not allow. The commute alone — often 1-2 hours daily — represents reclaimed time for exercise, sleep, or family.
Can I genuinely run a senior consulting business from anywhere in the world?
Yes. The consulting market has shifted permanently toward remote and fractional engagement. CFO advisory, board work, strategic consulting and transformation support are all delivered virtually by senior professionals operating from wherever they choose to be. Your clients care about your judgement, your network and your track record — not which city your laptop is open in.
What does a typical week look like for health and recovery as an independent executive?
A fractional executive with two retained clients might work Monday-Tuesday with Client A, Wednesday-Thursday with Client B, and Friday for business development or personal time. This structure naturally creates recovery windows. You are not in back-to-back meetings, you are not on call for emergencies, and you are not managing office politics. The result: better sleep, time for exercise, and mental space that corporate roles do not provide.
How do I manage the psychological shift from corporate stress to independence?
The identity shift is real, but it is not the source of stress — it is the solution to it. You are moving from a role that demands constant availability and emotional labour to one where you control your engagement. The Rewire stage of the Executive Nomad methodology specifically addresses this psychological transition. It is not motivational coaching. It is a structured reframe of where your value sits and what it means to own it. Most executives report that the psychological relief of independence — control over your time, your clients, your workload — is as significant as the financial benefit.
Can I genuinely recover from executive burnout through independent work?
Burnout recovery requires three things: removal from the chronic stressor (the corporate role), restoration of control (which independence provides), and time for recovery (which a fractional model enables). You are not just leaving a job; you are restructuring your entire relationship with work. Instead of one employer controlling your time and stress, you are choosing 2-3 clients and controlling the engagement. That shift — from passive employee to active business owner — is where recovery begins.
How do I handle the stress of building a consulting business while protecting my health?
The transition itself is less stressful than staying in a role that is harming your health. Your first 60-90 days focus on positioning and outreach — not on delivering client work. Once you land your first client, you are working 2-3 days per week on that engagement, leaving 2-3 days for business development or personal priorities. This is fundamentally different from the 50-60 hour corporate weeks most executives normalize. The key is structuring your independence deliberately from day one.
Is it realistic to exercise, sleep properly, and maintain health as an independent consultant?
It is more realistic than in corporate. Independent consultants report working fewer total hours than they did as full-time executives while earning comparable or higher income. With control over your schedule, you can block time for exercise, protect your sleep, and eliminate the constant availability that corporate roles demand. Many report this as one of the most immediate benefits of independence — not just better health, but the freedom to prioritize it.
Consulting, Coaching, Mentoring & Portfolio Work
What is a fractional executive and is it the right model for my background?
A fractional executive provides senior leadership to a business on a part-time or project basis — typically one to three days per week — across multiple clients simultaneously. It is the right model if you have operated at director or C-suite level and want to maintain that level of strategic engagement without the full-time commitment. The market for fractional executives has grown sharply as scale-ups and PE-backed businesses seek institutional-grade leadership they could not previously afford.
How do I become a non-executive director with a corporate background?
Boards value independent directors with proven track records because they bring credibility and governance discipline. The path typically starts with your existing network — companies where you have existing relationships, sector peers, or advisory introductions. Your first NED role is almost never found through a job board. It comes through demonstrating your perspective publicly and through direct relationship development.
What does executive coaching actually involve and who pays for it?
Executive coaching is typically paid by corporates investing in their senior leaders, by PE firms supporting portfolio company management, or directly by individuals preparing for a transition. As a senior professional, you coach from experience rather than theory. Day rates for experienced coaches with credible track records run from £800 to £2,500 depending on the client and engagement.
What is a portfolio career and how does it work in practice?
A portfolio career combines multiple income streams from your expertise simultaneously — typically a mix of fractional executive work, NED positions, advisory roles and selective consulting or coaching. For a senior professional it might look like: one fractional engagement two days per week, one NED position on a quarterly board cycle, and one or two advisory relationships generating retainer income. The total income often exceeds a single salary, with significantly more autonomy.
Can my expertise translate into sectors I have never worked in?
This is one of the most underestimated aspects of a corporate career. The problems you have solved — operational transformation, strategic alignment, team leadership, change management — exist in every sector. An operations director who built their career in manufacturing brings exactly the operational rigour that a healthcare group, a tech scale-up or a property developer is looking for. Sector crossover is not a compromise. For many executives, it is where the most interesting and best-paid work is found.
Can I build a sustainable consulting practice that does not recreate the stress of corporate?
Yes — if you structure it deliberately. The fractional model (2-3 days per week per client, 2-3 clients maximum) is designed for sustainability. You are not trying to grow a 50-person firm; you are building a portfolio of engagements that generates income and intellectual stimulation without the 60-hour weeks. Many independent consultants report that their consulting practice is less stressful than their corporate roles because they control the engagement, the clients, and the workload.
Working With Jamie
What is the Untethered 1:1 session and who is it for?
Untethered is a private 60-minute strategy session with Jamie Sylvian, designed for senior professionals who want to understand exactly how the Executive Nomad methodology applies to their specific career, background and goals. The session covers market fit, product fit, tax strategy for independent operators, and a clear next-steps plan. Every Untethered session includes a printed copy of The Executive Nomad Operating System, posted to you anywhere in the world before the call. Book your session here.
What is the Unlocked programme and how is it different from the 1:1?
Unlocked is the flagship Executive Nomad weekend workshop — a two-day online intensive in small cohorts, once per month. Day 1 covers your commercial positioning, core offer, target sectors, pricing architecture and founder story. Day 2 you build your one-page website live, create your outreach sequence, draft your first proposal template and leave with a launch-ready business. From Day 3 through to Day 33, your dedicated Pathfinder strategist works with you directly until you land your first client — or they continue for free until you do. See Unlocked dates and book your seat.
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