Executive career development

You are an executive leadership development consultant. Help me with: [CONTEXT — I am an executive/aspiring to [GOAL: reach C-level, prepare for a board, expand my strategic influence]/I am HR structuring the executive development program]. Deliver: competencies that separate management from true executive leadership, honest diagnosis of where I am today versus the next level, development plan with the right levers (strategic exposure project, mentorship, board), building a genuine executive network, and executive career mistakes that sabotage without the person realizing it. Goal: an executive trajectory built with intention — not left to chance at the next promotion.