Who this is for
- 10+ years of experience in senior leadership or leading a function.
- Experienced managers, directors, C-suite executives, and equivalent senior leaders across business, government, academia, and the social sector.
For executives
Secure the Right Executive Role
I partner with executives to identify the right role, position themselves to win it, negotiate the full offer, and enter ready to lead.
I only advise on what I have personally mastered
- PhD in Psychology and Behavioral Science from Penn/Wharton.
- Leadership projects in 18 countries across four continents.
- 30+ professionals advised into new roles.
- Advised 12 presidents and prime ministers - and their governments.
What I take ownership of
- Nexus of purpose, strongest compensation, and quality of life.
- Executive narrative and complete application materials.
- Rigorous preparation for every interview stage.
- Contract and compensation negotiation through execution.
- Exit, relocation, and transition through the first 100 days.
Executive perspectives
What clients say
Experience 1 / 6
For executives
“His holistic counsel helped me pursue the right role, the strongest compensation, and the life I wanted to preserve.”Read the full account
“Alejandro prepared me for an interview with a Senior Vice President for a new global role at Amazon. He elevated my leadership narrative, sharpened my strategic answers, and rigorously prepared both the questions I would face and those I should ask. As negotiations approached, he compared compensation, purchasing power, housing, relocation, and quality of life between Mexico City and Seattle. His holistic counsel helped me pursue the right role, the strongest compensation, and the life I wanted to preserve.”Purpose and responsibility
“On paper, the role looked like the obvious next step. Talking it through with Alejandro made me look harder at the job itself and what it would mean for my family. I was much clearer about what I could accept, and what I couldn’t.”Read the full account
“On paper, the role looked like the obvious next step. Talking it through with Alejandro made me look harder at the job itself and what it would mean for my family. I was much clearer about what I could accept, and what I couldn’t. We talked about the responsibilities and the people I’d be working with. He questioned things I’d been taking for granted. That helped me go back to the organization knowing what I needed to ask and negotiate, including where I was prepared to walk away. I wanted to do more in my work, but I also had to think about home.”From regional to global
“I knew what I’d delivered in the region. Explaining why I was ready for a global role was harder. We worked on that, then on the interviews and the negotiation.”Independent judgment
“It was useful to talk to someone outside work. Alejandro asked things my colleagues couldn’t. I could separate what I wanted from what other people expected of me, and think more clearly about my next move.”Leadership and life
“I could speak openly with him. He was discreet, and he challenged me. We talked about the business, but also about how I wanted to lead and the life I wanted outside work.”The first hundred days
“We didn’t stop at the offer. Alejandro helped me negotiate what the role would actually cover. Then we worked through the first hundred days: the people I needed to build relationships with and where to put my attention.”Explore all 6 experiences
Inside a selected engagement
- The decision
- Preparing for a senior global role and weighing a move from Mexico City to Seattle.
- The work
- Leadership narrative, interview preparation, and comparison of compensation, relocation, and quality of life.
- The client’s account
- The executive describes stronger preparation and counsel that kept her career and personal priorities together.
Three ways to work together
The right level of partnership.
I agree on the scope, responsibilities, and level of access with you before work begins.
01
Role Blueprint
Duration3 weeks
- Best suited for
- Clarifying your next move before an active search.
- Principal deliverable
- A role strategy and prioritized opportunity roadmap.
I define the strategy and priorities; you lead the execution.
Includes
- Career and role audit
- Market and role mapping
- Positioning strategy
- Prioritized opportunity list
02
We Do the Core Together
Duration2–3 months
- Best suited for
- Preparing for a specific role or live interview process.
- Principal deliverable
- Interview preparation, offer negotiation, and a transition plan.
I work with you through preparation, negotiation, and transition planning.
Includes
- Everything in Role Blueprint
- Interview and positioning preparation
- Stakeholder mapping
- Offer negotiation
- Transition and first 100 days plan
03
We Do Everything Together
Duration12 months
- Best suited for
- Sustained support through a search and a new role.
- Principal deliverable
- Continuing counsel through the transition and first year.
I provide continuing counsel through the search, transition, and first year.
Includes
- Everything in We Do the Core Together
- Unlimited strategic counsel
- Opportunity and role review
- Negotiation support
- First 100 days and beyond
The Alejandro Adler Apex Advisory approach
The decision in full.
A career move changes more than your title. Your ambitions, values, wellbeing, and life beyond work inform the strategy throughout. Together, we weigh responsibility, compensation, purpose, and the culture in which you can thrive, then turn those priorities into a clear role strategy, interview preparation, negotiation, and transition support.
- 01
Define the right role
- 02
Build the leadership narrative
- 03
Prepare for decision-makers
- 04
Negotiate the full offer
- 05
Enter ready to lead
Questions about Alejandro Adler Apex Advisory (4A)
Before the first conversation.
Is 4A an executive-search firm?
No. I provide strategic career counsel, positioning, preparation, negotiation, and transition support. I do not place candidates or make hiring decisions.
Can the work begin before a specific opportunity exists?
Yes. Role definition, market mapping, positioning, and a prioritized opportunity strategy can begin before an active interview process—and often make the eventual campaign substantially stronger.
Does the engagement continue after an offer is accepted?
It can. The longer engagements include transition planning, the first 100 days, and counsel as the executive settles into the new role.
The wider practice
Other ways I can help.
Founder-led. Strictly confidential.
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