Dora Vanourek — Executive Advisor for Senior Leaders Navigating a New Role | ex-IBM | ex-PwC | CPCC
Executive Advisor for Senior Leaders Navigating a New Role | ex-IBM | ex-PwC | CPCC
Dora Vanourek ranks #17 of 14,983 LinkedIn creators in Management Consulting, and is a standout voice in Canada. They have 457.7K followers and published 31 posts in the last 30 days at a 0.4% average engagement rate.
- 457.7K followers
- 31 posts / 30d
- 0.4% avg engagement
- — follower growth / 30d
The roast
Dora charges executives to navigate their first year, which is perfect, because she clearly spent hers mastering the art of getting 450,000 people to follow a woman who offers all the corporate insight of a LinkedIn autofill prompt. She’s selling a roadmap to success to people who already have the jobs she’s just lecturing them about.
About Dora
You’ve built a career most people would envy.Promotions earned. Results delivered. Credibility built over years.And now you’re in a role that’s bigger, more complex, and more political than anything you’ve navigated before.You know this first year will define what comes next.The challenge isn’t your capability - it’s the terrain. You've inherited a team that doesn't fully trust you yet. You're navigating company politics, shifting priorities, and sky-high expectations. Everyone's watching, but no one's guiding. You're smart, experienced, and capable. But the pressure to prove yourself is relentless.Across multiple studies, 30–50% of senior leadership transitions are assessed as failures within 18 months.The career damage takes years to recover from.Not because those leaders weren’t talented.But because no one helped them decode the system they were walking into.I work 1:1 with Directors, VPs, and senior executives in their first year of a new role.I help you protect the trajectory you've been building your entire career.My coaching & advisory are confidential, personalized, and focused on helping you:✔ Earn trust quickly and secure early credibility✔ Navigate politics and hidden organizational dynamics✔ Make high-impact decisions without costly missteps✔ Lay the foundation for long-term success and legacy✔ Lead an inherited team through the political complexity Why Trust Me?• 25+ years in Fortune 500 consulting, partnering with senior executives • Led $30M+ transformation portfolios and 250+ person practices at IBM • Led risk strategy for $100M+ proposals and complex transformations • Built and delivered IBM's top global executive coaching programs• Worked across many industries including tech, pharma and banking• Certified executive coach with 300+ leaders coachedIf this first year matters - and it does - let's talk.📩 DM me “First Year” and I'll be in touch.
Highlights
- Big Audience — 457,745 followers · top 1%
- Top 1% in Management Consulting — Ranked #1 of 411 creators
- Top 1% in Canada — Ranked #2 of 425 creators
- High Impact — 1,846 avg engagements per post · top 1%
Recent posts
75% of people fear public speaking more than death. Yet it's the No. 1 skill that accelerates careers. Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, held me back for years. I avoided roles where I'd need to speak a lot. Declined podcast invitations. Fear was costing me too much. Then I found Ultraspeaking. That’s where I learned 8 techniques that transformed how I speak: 📌 Save this infographic for later. 1. The Accordion Method 2. The Bow & Arrow 3. The Power Pause 4. The 2-3 Word Bookmark 5. Never Break Character 6. The Pushback Pivot 7. Use Clarity Prompts when Stuck 8. The Op
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Too often, we stay silent and wish we'd spoken up. Or we react emotionally and regret it later. There's a better way to respond with calm, clarity, and strength. 7 ways to handle insults at work: 1. Seek clarification → Make them reflect on what they said → I’m not sure I heard that right. Can you repeat it? 2. Set boundaries → Clearly state what behaviour isn't acceptable → I’m open to feedback, but it needs to be respectful. 3. Use the pause technique → Silence followed by a calm response → [Pause] Let's take a step back and approach this differently. 4. Mirror with professionalism →
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Within weeks of joining an executive team, your peers have quietly placed you in one of 3 categories: Someone worth helping. Someone worth watching. Someone worth working around. You’ll only discover which category you're in when you need their support. Your peers are managing their own priorities: Their own political capital. Their own relationships with the CEO. And, in some cases, their own candidacy for the same future role. So they calibrate. How much context do they share with you? How openly do they support your initiatives? How quickly do they respond when backing you carri
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