ATTENTION: Directors, VPs and Senior Leaders
You're Qualified.
So Why Aren't You Getting the Offer?
What's getting senior leaders hired right now isn't more experience.
It's how they show up in the conversation.
Aligned & Hired: The Executive Interview Summit
FREE LIVE Virtual Summit
April 21st - 22nd, 2026
8:00am to 1:30pm PT
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For directors, VPs, and senior leaders ready to land a role that reflects
their value — and their vision.
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ATTENTION: Directors, VPs, and Senior Leaders
Aligned & Hired:
The Executive Interview Summit
For directors, VPs, and senior leaders ready to land a role that reflects their value — and their vision.
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2-Day LIVE Virtual Experience
Clarity Changes How You Show Up
In today’s executive hiring market, experience is assumed.
Credentials are expected.
Many leaders bring confidence into the conversation.
What often separates the leaders who move forward is clarity.
Clarity about who they are as leaders.
Clarity about how they think.
Clarity about the value they create.
Clarity about how to communicate that value in a way decision-makers immediately understand.
Over two focused days, we’ll concentrate on the parts of the interview process you can control:
The narrative you choose
The way you prepare
The clarity and presence you bring into the conversation
Because executive interviews are leadership conversations.
They give people a window into how you think, how you explain decisions and how you connect past experience to future value.
As leaders, there are always edges we can refine.
Not because something is wrong.
Because growth at this level requires sharper communication, stronger alignment and clearer thinking.
You’ve built the experience.
You’ve carried responsibility.
You’ve delivered results.
Now the question becomes:
How clearly does that come through when it matters most?
That’s why we created Aligned & Hired: The Executive Interview Summit.
Why Executive Interviews Feel Different Today
The executive hiring market has changed.
Hiring cycles are longer.
Organizations are moving more selectively.
And when senior roles open, there are often multiple qualified leaders under consideration.
At that level, experience alone is rarely the differentiator.
Decision-makers are listening for how you think.
How you communicate.
How you lead in real time.
How clearly they can picture you in the role.
This summit is designed to help you prepare for that reality.
In Two Focused days, you will:
Clarify Your Leadership Identity
Gain clearer language for how you lead beyond title, scope or resume bullets.
When you can explain your leadership clearly, decision-makers understand your thinking faster and see where you can create value.
Strengthen Your Influence
At the executive level, influence is alignment.
Influence grows when others can see their future more clearly through your leadership.
Demonstrate Your Impact
Strong interviews do more than review your background.
They show how you think, how you make decisions and how you stay clear when the conversation shifts.
In this summit, you’ll learn how to communicate your thinking more clearly, connect your experience to future value and approach interviews with greater clarity and control.
Meet the Expert Speakers
May Busch
Executive Coach, Author, Entrepreneur
May Busch is a former COO of Morgan Stanley Europe who helps high-performing professionals advance their careers without compromising their values. After a 24-year career in investment banking, she discovered that strong performance alone isn’t enough — your potential must be visible to decision‑makers. As founder of Career Mastery™, May teaches frameworks to gain recognition, navigate leadership transitions, and get promoted. Harvard College & HBS graduate, Senior Advisor at ASU, and #1 bestselling author of VISIBLE and Accelerate.
Eva Medilek
Optimize You High Performance Coaching
Eva Medilek, CHPC, ICF, is a transformative leadership expert equipping high‑achievers to achieve success without sacrifice. Through keynotes, coaching, and corporate training, she helps leaders elevate performance, drive meaningful change, and avoid burnout. A trusted advisor for professionals navigating growth and stressors, Eva blends strategic insight with a deeply human approach. When she’s not guiding global leaders, she designs moments of joy and intention — living the balance she teaches.
Paul N Larsen
Find Your V.O.I.C.E. Coaching Academy
Wharton School Executive Coach, career coach for Emirates airline, and award‑winning author. Paul spent 30+ years in Fortune 500 leadership before dedicating his life to helping leaders remove the mask of imposter syndrome. He's the author of 'Find Your VOICE as a Leader' and founder of the Find Your Voice Coaching Academy, guiding leaders to lead with real authenticity — not artificiality — even in an AI‑powered world. His journey from flipping burgers on Main Street to leading HR on Wall Street inspires genuine transformation.
Deb Gabor
CEO Sol Marketing · Brand Strategist
Brand guru, evangelist, and bestselling author of Branding is Sex, Irrational Loyalty, and Person‑Ality. Deb is founder & CEO of Sol Marketing, a strategy-led firm serving global names like Microsoft, Dell, NBC Universal, NPR, and hint water. She's a frequent contributor to Forbes, NY Times, WSJ, and NPR, inspiring executives to embrace branding that creates Irrational Loyalty. Her energy and expertise turn brand strategy into a superpower for organizations everywhere.
Lori Granito
Legendary Life Coaching · TEDx Speaker Coach
Serial entrepreneur, 2x Entrepreneur of the Year, and official TEDx Speaker Coach for 3 TEDx events. Lori has helped over 70 people pitch, land, and deliver TEDx talks. She built 4 multi‑million dollar businesses, raised $10M+ in capital, and lectured at HKU and London Business School. Her ventures have been featured in Travel + Leisure, Forbes, Essence, and she appeared on CNBC, CNN, and The Biggest Loser Asia. Lori's mission: turn passion into profits and build a life you love.
Mel Fox Dhar
Career Strategist · ex‑Amazon / Microsoft
Mel Fox Dhar is a career strategist for senior leaders navigating high‑stakes transitions. A former Amazon and Microsoft leader (Prime, Fire TV, field sales), she brings insider expertise from complex, high‑performance environments. Her practice focuses on directors, VPs, and C‑suite executives — helping them sharpen positioning and interview strategy. Based in London, she runs 1:1 engagements and her cohort programme 'Ready to Land', empowering leaders to make consequential moves with clarity.
Tiffany Toombs Clevinger
Mindset & Unconscious Potential Expert
Globally recognized expert in rewiring the unconscious mind for success. With over 20 years of transformative experience, Tiffany helps individuals unlock personal potential and create lasting change. A sought‑after international speaker, she combines neuroscience and mindset mastery to break through limiting beliefs, empowering leaders and entrepreneurs to achieve breakthrough results.
Brandon M. Smith
The Workplace Therapist · Executive Coach
Brandon Smith is a leading expert in leadership communication and curing workplace dysfunction. Known as “The Workplace Therapist,” TEDx speaker, and host of The Workplace Therapist podcast. President of The Worksmiths, LLC, he has coached 1,000+ leaders across Fortune 500 companies. Co‑founder of The Leadership Foundry, Brandon holds degrees from Vanderbilt, Georgia State (MS counseling), and Emory’s Goizueta Business School (MBA). His practical tools fix dysfunction and build resilient teams.
Kim Groshek
Executive Decision Strategist · Human OS™
Kim Groshek is an Executive Decision Strategist and creator of Human OS™. She helps 7‑figure leaders close the decisions they’ve already made — so authority stops leaking and momentum becomes quiet again. Her work supports founders and executives navigating scaling, leadership transition, and second‑act reinvention by turning expertise into durable assets: clear messaging, a book, and an operating system that scales without the founder carrying everything.
Vandana Puranik
Idea Architect · Active Ingredients Inc.
#THINKFLUENCER. Vandana is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, TEDx & international speaker, and brand builder with a 100% success rate over 25+ years. She helps ambitious leaders solve the impossible and rewire how they think, make decisions, and catapult growth. Founder of Active Ingredients Inc. & What She Said, her mission: upgrade the human mind to be limitless. When nothing seems to work, Vandana builds the blueprint for breakthrough.
You’ll experience expert-led sessions, live Q&A, and focused discussions designed to strengthen the way you approach executive interviews.
This summit goes beyond tactics…
It focuses on how leaders think, communicate and show up in the interview conversation.
Meet the Expert Speakers
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Bonus Day Line Up
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About Your Host
Brian Schultz is the Founder of The Interview Prep Company and a trusted partner to executives and senior professionals preparing for career-defining opportunities. With leadership experience at global brands including Disney, Four Seasons and MGM Grand, and partnerships with innovators like Red Bull and Coinbase, Brian brings a unique perspective from both sides of the hiring table.
Known for his insight, empathy and strategic communication coaching, Brian helps leaders articulate their value with clarity, confidence and authenticity. His proven approach transforms interviews into opportunities for meaningful connection and lasting impact.a
Based in San Diego, California, Brian works with clients worldwide who are ready to step into their next role and their next level of leadership.
About Your Host
Brian Schultz is the Founder of The Interview Prep Company and a trusted partner to executives and senior professionals preparing for career-defining opportunities. With leadership experience at global brands including Disney, Four Seasons and MGM Grand, and partnerships with innovators like Red Bull and Coinbase, Brian brings a unique perspective from both sides of the hiring table.
Known for his insight, empathy and strategic communication coaching, Brian helps leaders articulate their value with clarity, confidence and authenticity. His proven approach transforms interviews into opportunities for meaningful connection and lasting impact.
Based in San Diego, California, Brian works with clients worldwide who are ready to step into their next role and their next level of leadership.
Who's This Perfect For:
VP, SVP, C-Level, and Founder-level leaders in transition
Executives preparing for new opportunities
Accomplished professionals who want their experience to translate clearly
Leaders navigating a competitive, selective hiring market
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Yes, each speaker session will include live Q&A, where you can receive direct feedback and insights tailored to your leadership context.