Out of a job but not ready for the golf course: how about joining a board?

The article focuses more on corporate executives, but I am frequently approached by executives from the start-up/scale-up world who are looking at Portfolio careers. Firstly for the sector, keeping the huge volume of knowledge and skills, as well as the stories and experiences of success and failure is hugely beneficial. If you don't have a Board as a start-up or scale-up I strongly recommend putting one together. It's something I discussed with our Client About:energy recently which you can watch here 

The value, as long as it is the right people and blend, is enormous. 

From an executive point of view the questions I most regularly get asked are ‘When should I start to look at a plural/portfolio career?’ and ‘How do I make the transition?’  Both good questions, which as you would expect have no black and white answers. it depends on background, motivations and context. We can certainly help with both sides of the equation at Hyperion Executive Search.  The critical point is there is both a demand for the knowledge, and a demand for portfolio careers in the SME start-up/scale-up world, and for the same reasons and motivations. I mean, who wants to play golf every day when you can make a real impact on leaders and businesses that are changing the world?