Most senior exits leave money, leverage, and reputation on the table.

Deferred compensation treated as fixed when it wasn't. A reference left to chance. A next role accepted under pressure instead of on your terms. None of that is inevitable, it's what happens when the next few weeks are handled reactively instead of correctly.

This is the read from someone who built these processes from the inside, so you know exactly what's actually negotiable before you agree to anything.

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Inside the Exit

The complete framework for navigating a restructuring, redundancy or exit at Director, VP, or MD level. From the first signal to your next move, sequenced correctly.

Founding Price CHF 395 CHF 495

Key Details

Format: Ten Self-Paced Modules + Bonus Module

The Exit Companion - personalised strategy and scripts

Reactive Stay or Go and Am I at Risk diagnostics built in with immediate results

Bonus Negotiation Guide (75 CHF) and Positioning Profile (47 CHF) included for FREE

Founding Price: CHF 395

LISA MAYER

The person who designed the process you are navigating.

I have sat inside calibration rooms where decisions were made before anyone called them final. I have run retention conversations for people who had already decided to leave. I designed the redundancy processes, wrote the communication templates, and structured the settlement terms that senior professionals are now on the receiving end of.

I left UBS on my own terms, eighteen months after the merger. Not during the chaos. After it, when the situation was clear and the timing was right. That experience, combined with everything I saw from the inside, is what this programme is built from.

Background

• Head of Technology Reward, UBS

• Head of Technology HR, Credit Suisse through time of CS/UBS merger

• Ran executive calibration and compensation committees

• Designed redundancy programmes and retention strategy at scale

• Founder, Next Position Advisory

WHO THIS IS FOR

If your organisation is restructuring or you are planning your exit this is built for you.

A poorly navigated restructuring or exit does not just cost you a job. It costs you deferred compensation, bonus cycles, reference terms, and the negotiating position you carry into your next role. This is the read from inside the process, not advice from someone who has only observed it.

Exit confirmed, terms to negotiate

The standard offer is on the table.

You need to know what is actually negotiable and how to approach it before you sign anything.

Retained but repositioning

You survived. The relief is real.

The new structure is forming and the decisions that matter are happening now.

Out the other side

The process is behind you.

You need to move deliberately, not under the pressure the process has created.

Watching and waiting

Something has shifted. No announcement yet.

You want to know what they mean and what to do before the formal process begins.

Announcement just made

You are in the first 72 hours.

The most consequential decisions happen now, before most people realise the window is open.

Inside the formal consultation

The process is running.

You need to understand what is actually happening, not what the official communication is designed to make you think is happening.

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THE PROGRAMME

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AI MESSY TO NEXT COMPANION

Your personal exit companion

An AI tool built on the same framework as the course. You describe your situation, it asks the questions that matter for your specific stage, and produces a personal plan: what to do, in what order, who to speak to, and the scripts for the conversations that are most important right now. Run it as many times as you need as your situation develops.

WHAT THIS ADDRESSES

The mistakes that cost the most at this level.

Mistake 01

Treating the first offer as the only offer

The standard redundancy package is a starting position. At senior level there is almost always room above it. Most people never find out because they did not know to ask.

Mistake 02

Confusing a manager who values you with one who can protect you

Goodwill is not leverage. The people who got protected were the ones whose value was visible to the decision-makers directly.

Mistake 03

Waiting for certainty before preparing

Restructuring processes are designed to maintain ambiguity for as long as possible. Waiting for a clear answer is itself a decision.

Mistake 04

Accepting the wrong next role under pressure

The pressure a restructuring creates pushes people toward the first available option rather than the right one. Evaluating an offer under these conditions requires stricter criteria, not looser ones.

Mistake 05

Not knowing what is actually negotiable

Deferred comp treatment, bonus timing, garden leave terms, reference framing. Each of these has a range. Most people do not know to ask.

Mistake 06

Misreading survival as security

Being retained is an administrative outcome. The new structure forms around you and the decisions that determine your place in it are happening before most people register the observation period has started.

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Where this can take you next

Inside the Exit gets you through the exit itself, negotiated cleanly, on your terms. Most people then face a second question: what comes next.

Want to talk through your specific situation?

Decision Call - CHF 450

60 minutes. One issue. Lisa reads the room, names what is actually happening, and tells you what to do next.

You leave with a precise read and written observations within 24 hours.

Exit over and you are now ready for whats next?

Continue the course with Your Next Move - CHF 595

Covers Stage 2 - Stage 5 of the Messy to Next Method

Skills extraction, positioning, CV and LinkedIn, 30-day plan.

Includes the AI Messy to Next Companion.

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Monthly Advisory

When you need ongoing accountability and support to get you through your exit, position you for the next role, lock-in your job search strategy or negotiate your offer.

Choose between one 45-minute call a month with async support (up to 3 check-ins), or two calls a month with unlimited async support. Both with 24-hour response. 3 months minimum then cancel anytime.

Two call/month - 800 CHF

One call/month - 500 CHF

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Want support all the way through from your exit through to getting your next role?

Inside the Exit + Your Next Move Bundle - CHF 895

Inside the Exit + Your Next Move covering the full Stage 1 - Stage 5 of the Messy to Next Method taking you through your exit strategically all the way through to getting you your next role.

Book Decision Call - CHF 450

QUESTIONS

What you might want to know.

I am not in a restructuring right now. Is this still useful?

Yes, Reading the Signals is specifically for people who are watching for signals before anything is announced. If something has shifted in how you are being managed, who is in meetings, or how your function is being discussed, that is the right moment to read it. Most people who navigate restructuring well started preparing before the formal process began.

I am already in the middle of a process. Is it too late?

No. Start at the module that matches where you are. If you are in formal consultation, start at Positioning Inside the Process. If exit has been confirmed, start at When the Outcome Becomes Clear. The content is designed to be useful at any stage.

How is this different from speaking to an employment lawyer?

A lawyer reviews what you have been offered and advises on your legal rights. This programme covers the strategic layer: how decisions are made before anything is formally documented, what is actually negotiable, and how to approach each conversation.

My situation is moving quickly. Should I do the programme or book a call?

If you are in the first 72 hours or a key decision is imminent, start with The First 72 Hours. If the situation requires more sustained support, the Decision Call is the right starting point.

Is this relevant outside Switzerland and the UK?

The strategic framework applies wherever large organisations run formal restructuring processes. The specific legal references are drawn from Swiss and UK practice. The negotiation principles and process dynamics are the same in other jurisdictions. The module notes where professional legal advice is relevant.