The first move after redundancy. Made with people who get it.

Your Next Move

A structured peer group for senior professionals in the first weeks after redundancy. Three sessions of 60 minutes. Maximum eight participants. You leave with a written position summary from Lisa within five working days of the final session.

Director level and above. Made redundant recently. Online.

CHF 950

*Session are on Tuesday 1230 CET to 1330 CET with a minimum of four participants. Once payment is confirmed, you will hear from Lisa within 48 hours to agree your Tuesday start date If we cannot confirm dates within 30 days of payment, you receive a full refund.

LISA MAYER

The person who designed the process you are navigating.

I have been inside calibration rooms where promotion decisions were made before anyone called them final. I have sat in retention conversations for people who had already decided to leave. I have designed the redundancy processes, written 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 observed 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

Key Details

Format: Three 60-minutes sessions

Schedule: Every other Tuesday 1230 CET - 1330 CET

Delivery: Online. Cameras on.

Group Size: Max 8 participants

Level: Director and above

Eligibility: Recently made redundant or exit imminent

Prework: 5-10 mins before Session 2 and 3

Includes 90 day access to my AI Restructruing Companion

Written position summary delivered 5 days after the final session

WhatApp peer group: Active 90 days

Price: CHF 950

WHO THIS IS FOR

Made redundant recently or feel like its coming soon at Director level or above.

The acute shock has settled but the noise has not. You do not know what to start with. You are applying for everything or nothing. The people around you do not understand what this level of transition actually involves. This room does.

The options question

You are thinking about two paths. There are seven.

Fear and urgency narrow the field before the assessment begins. This programme expands what is possible before you commit to a direction.

The isolation

You cannot talk to colleagues. Your network does not understand.

A room of eight people at the same level, in the same window, navigating the same questions. That connection is part of what you leave with.

The first few weeks

You do not know what to focus on first.

Everything feels equally urgent. The guilt of not being productive is running constantly. You need someone to tell you what actually matters right now.

The loss of authority

The structure that defined you is gone overnight.

At this level the job and the identity are often the same thing. The authority, the team, the decisions. This room names that honestly

WHAT THIS IS NOT

Not outplacement. Not coaching.

Advisory. From someone who designed the process you just went through. Every piece of content in these sessions comes from inside the machine, not from observing it.

Not this: A CV workshop or LinkedIn profile review.

You do not need that yet. That is Session 2 territory at the earliest. Starting there now costs you.

Not this: Generic networking tips.

Every piece of strategy in these sessions is sequenced for your level, your situation, and this market.

Not this: Motivational content.

No one will tell you this is an opportunity. You will get an honest read on what is actually in front of you.

Not this: Role play exercises.

Real situations, worked through together. You leave with the actual words and the actual approach, not a rehearsed script.

THE PROGRAMME

Three sessions. One clear job each.

Sessions run two weeks apart. Pre-work arrives three to four days before Sessions 2 and 3 — five to ten minutes maximum. Each session builds directly on the previous one.

01: Orient

The acute phase. Naming what is actually happening, separating productive from visible, and leaving with a 30-day filter that redirects urgency toward what is actually time-sensitive.

02: Options

The bigger questions are surfacing. This session expands what you think is possible before assessing any of it. Most people arrive having considered two paths. You leave having considered seven.

03: Strategy

Direction has formed. This session converts it into movement. Full narrative built and sharpened by the room. Networking strategy sequenced correctly. The conversations you are dreading, worked through together.

YOUR WRITTEN POSITION SUMMARY

Personalised. Not a template.

Within five working days of the final session, Lisa sends each participant a written position summary. Your specific situation read. Your recommended path. Your 30-day action plan confirmed in writing.

This is the document you return to when the noise gets loud again. If you continue into 1:1 advisory, it is the starting point.

YOUR RESTRUCTURING COMPANION. INCLUDED FOR 90 DAYS

Built on the same framework as this programme.

An AI tool trained on the insider framework behind this programme. You describe your situation, it asks the questions that matter for your specific stage, and produces a plan: what to do, in what order, who to speak to, and scripts for the conversations that matter most.

For the moments between sessions when something moves and you need a read immediately. Run it as many times as you need as your situation develops. Included from your Session 1 date for 90 days.

WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

Six tangible things.

01 : A 30-day priority filter

What matters now, what can wait, what to stop entirely. Built in Session 1 and confirmed in Session 3.

02: A clear read on your options

Honest assessment of every realistic path at your level. Based on what each one actually requires, not what it looks like from outside.

03: A networking strategy

Online and offline. Specific actions in the right sequence. Not generic advice.

04: A full narrative

How you talk about what happened and what comes next. Sharpened by the group and by an insider read on how it lands externally at your level.

05: A written position summary

Delivered by Lisa within five working days of Session 3. Your situation read, recommended path, and 30-day action plan in writing.

06: A peer group

Eight people who were in the same room, at the same level, in the same window. The WhatsApp group stays active for 90 days.

WHAT THIS ADDRESSES

The mistakes that cost the most at this level.

Mistake 01: Applying before you are ready

The people who take two to three weeks to get clear before going to market consistently outperform those who start in week one. Volume is not strategy.

Mistake 02: Confusing productive with visible

Most of what feels productive in the first 30 days is visible activity, not useful activity. References, runway, and narrative come first.

Mistake 03: Considering only two options

Corporate re-entry or independent practice. Fear and urgency narrow the field before the assessment begins. There are seven realistic paths at this level.

Mistake 04: Taking the wrong next role under pressure

The pressure a redundancy 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: Getting the narrative wrong

How you talk about what happened shapes every conversation that follows. Getting it wrong in the first month is hard to undo.

Mistake 06: Navigating it alone

At this level the isolation is significant. The people around you do not understand the specific stakes. A room of equals changes that

QUESTIONS

I was made redundant a few months ago. Is this still relevant?

Yes. The eligibility criterion is the psychological moment, not the calendar. If you are still in the window of figuring out what comes next, unclear on your direction, or not yet moving with confidence, this programme is for you.

Is this confidential?

Yes. All participants are Director level or above. The group is capped at eight. What is shared in the room stays in the room. This is stated clearly in the registration process and agreed by all participants.

How is this different from outplacement?

Outplacement is typically CV workshops, interview coaching, and job board access. This programme covers the strategic layer that outplacement misses: what is actually happening in this process, what your real options are, and how to navigate the first 60 days without making the mistakes that are hardest to undo.

What is the written position summary and how does it work?

Within five working days of Session 3, Lisa sends each participant a personalised written document. Not a template. It contains your situation read, your recommended path, and your 30-day action plan confirmed in writing. It is informed by your pre-work, what emerged across the three sessions, and Lisa's direct advisory read on your specific situation.

My situation is moving quickly. Is this the right product?

If you are in the very early days after announcement and a decision is imminent, a Decision Call is the faster entry point. It is 45 minutes on one defined issue, with written observations within 24 hours, and credits in full toward this programme or any advisory engagement within seven days.

Is this relevant outside Switzerland and the UK?

Yes. The strategic framework applies wherever large organisations manage redundancy at senior level. The process dynamics, what is negotiable, and how decisions are made are consistent across jurisdictions. The programme notes where local legal advice is relevant.

Your Next Move

A structured peer group for senior professionals in the first weeks after redundancy. Three sessions of 60 minutes. Maximum eight participants. You leave with a written position summary from Lisa within five working days of the final session.

Director level and above. Made redundant recently. Online.

CHF 950

*Session are on Tuesday 1230 CET to 1330 CET with a minimum of four participants. Once payment is confirmed, you will hear from Lisa within 48 hours to agree your Tuesday start date If we cannot confirm dates within 30 days of payment, you receive a full refund.

Want to discuss your personalised situation?

If your prefer to discuss directly, go ahead and schedule a decision call directly.

Not sure where to start?

If your situation isn't listed, that doesn't mean I can't help. Senior career decisions rarely fit neatly into one box. Email lisa@nextpositionadvisory.com or schedule a clarity call. I'll tell you honestly whether anything I offer is relevant.

Hope is not a strategy. Positioning is.