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Carly Vivian
Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Is This For You? A Self-Check for the Second Act
This work targets high-achieving women at a career inflection point between their First Act and Second Act, including VPs, Directors, and C-Suite leaders seeking strategic clarity. It addresses the need for a compelling narrative and precise positioning for the next phase of their careers, emphasizing strategy over traditional coaching.
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Summary
This work targets high-achieving women at a career inflection point between their First Act and Second Act, including VPs, Directors, and C-Suite leaders seeking strategic clarity. It addresses the need for a compelling narrative and precise positioning for the next phase of their careers, emphasizing strategy over traditional coaching.
Tags
career-transition · executive-coaching · second-act · high-achievers · leadership · strategic-positioning · inflection-point
Key entities
First Act (concept, 0.95) · Second Act (concept, 0.95) · C-Suite (concept, 0.9) · inflection point (concept, 0.85) · VP levels (concept, 0.8) · strategic positioning (concept, 0.85)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 3 Aug 2026