Stance & Differentiation
attitude
For us, Executive Career Advisory means taking responsibility for the quality of decisions.
In professional transition situations at the leadership level, it's rarely about a lack of skills or options. It's about positioning, timing, consequences, and sustainability.
Our stance is deliberate:
- Clarity before activism
- Classification before optimization
- Judgment before speed
Not every situation requires a next step. Some require a conscious outside perspective first.
Role
We work as sparring partners on equal terms. Not as a coach, not as a motivator, and not as a consultant with a toolbox of methods.
Our role is to
- To realistically assess options
- Making risks visible
- To formulate a dissenting opinion when necessary.
- Prepare decisions in a sustainable way
This is not about agreement, but about substance.
Differentiation from classic career coaching
Career coaching is an established and useful format – for certain issues.
My approach is deliberately different.
I do not work with:
- Personality models
- Development plans
- Target images or coaching methods
Executive Career Advisory is not development support, but decision support.
Not every career question is a question of development. Many are questions of decision.
Differentiation from executive search and placement
Viktor Felber Management Consulting does not offer placement services.
There are:
- no preferential treatment in search mandates
- however, access to client projects
Executive Career Advisory and Executive Search are strictly separated both organizationally and in terms of content. This separation is a conscious choice and a prerequisite for independence, confidentiality, and credibility.
Limitation as a quality principle
We deliberately work with a limited number of clients at the same time.
Not out of exclusivity, but out of conviction: Quality requires attention, time and personal commitment.
Executive Career Advisory is not a scalable model – and that is precisely where our strength lies.