It isn't your talent, your effort, or your résumé. The jump from manager to executive runs on a different set of rules, and no one handed you the manual. The Executive Career Accelerator is the 6-month program that closes that gap. We cover mindset, executive presence, personal brand, and 1:1 coaching that move you into Director, VP, and C-suite roles, using the Whole Executive Framework™.
The gap between manager and executive is deceptively large. You are a star professional with the experience and the desire, so why does it feel like this?
You watch lesser-qualified people get promoted faster, and you cannot get interviews even though you are more than qualified.
We build your executive presenceYou are told "you're doing great, don't change a thing," and then nothing happens in your career.
We activate your executive brandYou are tired of layoff threats used to avoid raises, and of randomly applying to LinkedIn posts and getting ghosted.
We unlock the hidden job marketIf any of these sound familiar, you're not alone.
Tom Cox spent 15 years as an executive leader. In 2022 he was diagnosed with leukemia and given weeks to live. Beating cancer helped crystallize what really matters: doing something he loves, is good at, can be paid for, and the world needs.
Three years later, he and his team have helped hundreds of mid-career professionals become the leaders they knew they could be, using the exact framework Tom used to land five executive roles in his own career.
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This is the framework we teach all of our clients, and the framework I used to land five executive roles in my career.
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Ongoing 1:1 coaching with a Vertical Motion Certified Coach for 6 months, so you get personalized support tailored to your situation.
Every step to define your executive self, build your brand and presence, tap the hidden job market, and land the role.
Hundreds of successful executives and aspiring leaders who started right where you are. Jump-start your network.
Small-group coaching on your roadmap, brand, skills, networking, interviewing, and negotiation.
A weekly lecture-style call with guest speakers, plus a growing vault of deep-dive trainings.
Your psychometric profile and self-analysis, reviewed 1:1 with a coach to plan your journey.
Outreach scripts, resume and LinkedIn templates, job-tracking tools, and much more.
Coaching, community, and course, working together to move you from where you are to the executive seat.

You get your own Vertical Motion Certified Coach who gives you concrete, specific action steps each week, not generic advice. Together you'll:

You won't do this alone. You'll be part of a powerful, curated VM community. This is where the hidden job market talks to one another. You are not competing against resumes for executive positions, you are competing against relationships:

You get on-demand frameworks and tools you can revisit anytime:
The Accelerator works best when these are true. If they are, you are exactly who we built it for.
"Every month you wait, you're spending $3-5K a month on lost compensation."
Every month you wait is compensation left on the table. Let's build your plan.
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"I went from being laid off to landing a VP role in just 60 days."

"This was a leadership evolution. I got promoted 3 levels above my previous title and doubled my income."

"After deploying lessons from the program and ongoing support, I received a promotion to Sr. Director this week. Very grateful."

"I finally gained the confidence to get noticed and got promoted, twice."

"I went from Director to Chief Operating Officer in just 2 years."

"I finally got promoted within my company from Director of Engineering to VP of Engineering. Couldn't have done it without VM."

"I went from a 5-year plateau to VP in 6 months."

"I didn't know I needed an Executive Coach until I had an Executive Coach."

"I've been promoted to Director. I could not have done this without the mentors and community that gave me the confidence to keep pushing."

"I was offered a position after a few interviews. The interviewing modules were a tremendous help. Great things are on the horizon."

"I landed a new role that increased my overall annual income by 30% after six months working with the team."

"I accepted and signed an offer for a VP position. The guidance and coaching from VM were some of the best I have ever received."

Even in this job market, our members are getting and negotiating offers.
Your strategy call is free, and you can't buy anything on it. It's about clarity first.
Book a Strategy Call →Plan for a few focused hours a week. The course is self-paced, and the acceleration calls run several times a week so you can attend live or watch the replays. Most members make real progress alongside a demanding job.
No honest program can guarantee a specific offer, because hiring depends on factors outside anyone's control. What we guarantee is the framework, the coaching, and the support. If you do the work, the results follow, and our members regularly land Director, VP, and C-suite roles.
Yes, for leaders on the executive track. If your goal is to build your own consulting, coaching, or fractional business instead, the Corporate Freedom Accelerator is likely the better fit. Your discovery coach will help you choose.
Yes. We help clients get reimbursed for this coaching all the time. Most companies have a Leadership and Development (L&D) budget they can apply to a program like this.
We encourage you to invest in yourself first and then seek reimbursement. Our delivery team can help you with any materials you might need for your HR or Finance teams.
This coaching may also be tax deductible, especially if you have a consulting business. Inside the program we can help you form a business, and we can connect you with tax accountants familiar with both W-2 and consulting income. (Check with your tax advisor to confirm your specific situation.)
Being laid off is a difficult situation, and investing with no income can be a daunting lift. Most people won't make that kind of investment in themselves in that situation.
The ones who do, however, have had tremendous success in this program. Instead of 3-5 hours a week, you can make this your full-time job and see results much faster.
We have dozens of case studies of laid-off director-level professionals landing Director or VP-level roles in less than 6 months. In one case, Louis went from a laid-off Director to three VP-level offers in 60 days.
The cost is $10,000, and we offer financing that can break the investment into manageable chunks.
The ROI depends on a lot of factors (industry, role, location, and so on), but we typically see 30-50% pay bumps when people move from Director or Sr. Director to VP, and about 20-30% increases for Director to Sr. Director.
We have outlier cases on both sides. A few clients more than doubled their income, while others took a pay decrease because the new role was better aligned with the life and direction they wanted for their career. If you are here for the financial ROI, it will be there if you stick to the program. If you are here to build a better career, that can be your ROI too.
This questionnaire helps us determine the next actions you should take to advance your career, and whether we are a fit to work together in a larger coaching capacity.
We work with serious, mid-career leaders who are ready to take decisive action toward Director, VP, and C-level roles. We take on a limited number of new clients so we can go deep with each one, which is why cultural fit matters so much to us.
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