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Most executives overestimate their network strength because they confuse connections with relationships. This network audit framework examines the three dimensions that actually determine whether your professional network can support career transformation: depth (can you ask for real help?), relevance (are contacts in domains that matter for your future?), and reciprocity (have you deposited before you need to withdraw?). Plus the AI-era dimension most executives miss entirely - domain trajectory analysis that reveals whether your network is growing or contracting along with the industries it represents.

Financial runway and transferable skills only reveal part of your transition readiness. The factor most executives skip - psychological readiness - explains why some perfectly positioned leaders stay frozen while others with fewer advantages move decisively. This assessment helps you honestly evaluate your identity investment, uncertainty tolerance, and capacity to acknowledge what you're releasing. Because the executives who navigate career transitions successfully aren't the ones without fear - they're the ones who've stopped confusing fear with unreadiness.

Generic "save six months' expenses" advice fails executives with complex compensation including equity, deferred comp, and bonus timing. Your real runway calculation requires three dimensions - financial, psychological, and network - and determines which TRANSITION BRIDGE™ career paths are actually available to you. A VP doesn't have the same transition timeline as an individual contributor, and your runway shapes your options more than your preferences do. This framework helps you calculate your actual number so you can plan strategically instead of hoping for the best.

Most executives can't answer a simple question: If AI handled everything on your calendar that AI could handle, what would you still be for? The PURPOSE AUDIT™ framework provides a methodology for distinguishing between the tasks that fill your days and the irreplaceable human purpose that defines your actual value. Through a four-step process - Catalog, Categorize, Calculate, Examine - you'll discover your task-to-purpose ratio and understand whether automation of your tasks would expand or diminish demand for your judgment. The uncomfortable data is better than the vague anxiety you're currently avoiding.

Most executives can't answer a simple question: If AI handled everything on your calendar that AI could handle, what would you still be for? The PURPOSE AUDIT™ framework provides a methodology for distinguishing between the tasks that fill your days and the irreplaceable human purpose that defines your actual value. Through a four-step process - Catalog, Categorize, Calculate, Examine - you'll discover your task-to-purpose ratio and understand whether automation of your tasks would expand or diminish demand for your judgment. The uncomfortable data is better than the vague anxiety you're currently avoiding.

Most executives can't answer a simple question: What percentage of your role is task execution versus strategic judgment? That gap between what you do and what you're for is where AI career vulnerability lives. This comprehensive framework - the first designed specifically for executives - integrates PURPOSE AUDIT™ task analysis, financial runway calculation, psychological readiness assessment, and network quality evaluation into a multi-dimensional vulnerability profile. No industry statistic tells you about your specific situation. Only honest self-assessment does.