Sideminds - Executive Career Mentor-Coaching hosted a Nexters conversation with Baroness Dido Harding about career transition and executive career strategy.

Sideminds helps senior business leaders take control of what comes next in their career. We coach and mentor C-suite, Director-level and senior professionals who want to perform effectively in their current role, prepare for future opportunities, or navigate career transition with greater clarity, confidence and momentum. We believe careers cannot be left to chance. Too many leaders leave career development to their employer, their network, or circumstance. Sideminds helps leaders step back, define their purpose and ambition, and build a practical, data-driven career strategy that supports both short-term performance and long-term progress. Our work supports leaders who are: 🔹 In-role and looking to increase impact, visibility and progression 🔹 Preparing for promotion, transition or a new leadership challenge 🔹 Exploring portfolio, interim or NED opportunities 🔹 Actively job hunting or returning to market 🔹 Building a stronger personal brand and external profile 🔹 Developing their marketing, commercial or leadership capability We combine executive coaching with practical, hands-on mentoring. That means helping leaders clarify their goals, sharpen their positioning, build a compelling personal brand, develop a career or job-search strategy, and connect with the right recruiters, investors, boards and decision-makers. There are three ways to engage with Sideminds: 1. Free career tools and insight 2. AI-powered job hunting programmes (NED, Interim and Permanent) 3. Tailored 1:1 executive coaching Sideminds also supports marketing and commercial leaders through specialist mentoring, leadership development and access to our award-winning marketing leadership assessment and frameworks. These tools help leaders understand their strengths, identify development priorities and build the capability needed to succeed at senior levels. Careers are too important to be shaped by someone else’s agenda. Sideminds helps you own and build your own plan.