Welcome—or welcome back—to The Thoughtful Executive!
Recently we wrapped up the first phase of our newsletter with a health check for your executive thought leadership programs.
Next, I want to look at our work as thought leadership operators, managers, and execs from another angle.
So I went job hunting.
Not for me. For you.
I pulled recent job postings with “thought leadership” in the title. Across levels. Heads of. Directors. Managers. Specialists. Freelance LinkedIn thought leadership writers. All of it.
I wanted to see how employers are describing this work in 2026. What they expect. What skills they care about. How they talk about the role inside their own orgs.
Not so you can compare yourself to a Fortune 500 job description. So you can see your own work more clearly. Get the language that makes it easier to talk about what you do. And maybe reconsider how you do your job.