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The CHRO Career Desk

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A sitting CHRO in a boardroom overlooking the city

For sitting CHROs

CHRO Career Desk

Your growth, your documents and your next seat, handled in private.

Where to begin

Where would you like to begin?

Boards and chief executives hire CHROs through firms like ours. Until one of them calls, the preparation is in your hands: knowing where to move, how you read when someone looks you up, being found without looking, and presenting for that exact role.

Built for
CHROs and HR leaders planning a next move
Confidentiality
Nothing is published unless you approve it. No message to your employer.
How you use it
Each service stands alone. Take one, or several.

Know where to go

Confidential CHRO Career Strategy and Growth Planning

“I don’t know whether to move, or where.”

A private document that reads your record against the market and shows you which moves are worth making. It is written for you and sent to you, and we keep no copy.

You receiveA private strategy document, written for you alone.

Open the Career Strategy The full details and the price are on its own page.

Two senior leaders walking and talking through a career decision

Strictly confidential

Career, Compensation & Global Mobility Strategy

Prepared for you aloneGladwin International & Company

In six parts

  1. Executive summary
  2. Where you stand
  3. Your pathways
  4. Your compensation
  5. Global mobility
  6. Your roadmap

Illustrative layout

  1. If I read only one page, what should I do?Executive summary
  2. How does my record look from the outside?Where you stand
  3. Where can I realistically go from here?Your pathways
  4. Which move actually leaves me better off?Your compensation
  5. Is a move abroad worth it for my family?Global mobility
  6. What do I do next, and by when?Your roadmap

Be found in your own words

Personal Website for CHROs

“When someone looks me up, I want them to find the right story.”

When a chair, a nomination committee or a search firm looks you up, what they find should be clear, current and yours. You see a private preview first, and nothing goes live until you approve it.

You receiveA website you review and approve before anything is published.

See the Personal Website The full details and the price are on its own page.

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The Obsidian The Sovereign design from the Royale collection, shown with a fictional CHRO

The Flagship Collection, written for a CHRO

Open Obsidian as a live site

Demonstrations with fictional leaders. Your own portrait and approved words replace them.

  • Your biography, career history, case study and philosophy
  • A design chosen from 300, on a domain you can own
  • Your CV stays private and is not published automatically
  • Domain, hosting and a LinkedIn review, so that it all tells one story

Be found quietly

Custom Whisper Job Search Agent for CHROs

“I can’t be seen looking, but I want to hear what opens up.”

An agent set up around a brief you set. While you keep running the people function, Whisper works in silence and reads the market against that brief every week. When something aligns you hear first, and your identity stays protected until you choose to engage.

You receiveA steady read of the market, set against your brief.

Open the Job Search Agent The full details and the price are on its own page.

Whisper · This week Identity protected

  • Venture-backed fintech, Bengaluru

    FactA large round has been raised, and headcount is set to double.

    InferenceA first CHRO may be hired above the HR manager.

  • Global capability centre, Hyderabad

    FactThe centre plans to add 3,000 people over two years.

    InferenceThe India HR role is likely to be raised.

  • Family-owned manufacturing group, Chennai

    FactThe second generation has taken over as Managing Director.

    InferenceThe HR seat may be reviewed in the first year.

Illustrative, not live signals

What it reads

  • Regulatory filings
  • Board announcements
  • Leadership changes
  • Funding rounds
  • M&A activity
  • IPO activity
  • Business news
  • Tenders
  • Conferences
  • The roles, sectors and locations you want, your floor, and the companies to leave out
  • What is known, kept apart from what is inferred
  • No public CV and no broadcast search
  • It never contacts an employer in your name

Present for the role

Custom CHRO Resume, CHRO Board Profile Development

“I am applying for a role, or several this year.”

One career, read by very different people. Choose a reader below: what an IPO board looks for first is not what a global treasury looks for. Each document is made for the role in front of you.

You receiveA document made for the one role in front of you.

Open Resume & Board Profile The full details and the price are on its own page.

First page of After the Stay Payment, a CV design for a CHROAfter the Stay PaymentCHROFirst page of Before the Names Were Read, a CV design for a Group Head of HRBefore the Names Were ReadGroup Head of HRFirst page of Four Doors on One Floor, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerFour Doors on One FloorChief People OfficerFirst page of One Person, Two Chairs, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerOne Person, Two ChairsChief People OfficerFirst page of The Award the Chair Signed, a CV design for a CHROThe Award the Chair SignedCHROFirst page of The Bench, a CV design for a Chief Human Resources OfficerThe BenchChief Human Resources OfficerFirst page of The Borrowed Curator, a CV design for a Group Head of HRThe Borrowed CuratorGroup Head of HRFirst page of The Hours We Could Give, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerThe Hours We Could GiveChief People OfficerFirst page of The Line We Took Out, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerThe Line We Took OutChief People OfficerFirst page of The Managers My Managers Made, a CV design for a CHROThe Managers My Managers MadeCHROFirst page of The Payroll at Midnight, a CV design for a CHROThe Payroll at MidnightCHROFirst page of The People Behind the Mean, a CV design for a Group Head of HRThe People Behind the MeanGroup Head of HRFirst page of The Protected Rate, a CV design for a Group Head of HRThe Protected RateGroup Head of HRFirst page of The Role Waiting at Homecoming, a CV design for a Group Head of HRThe Role Waiting at HomecomingGroup Head of HRFirst page of The Shared Wednesday, a CV design for a CHROThe Shared WednesdayCHROFirst page of The Specialist Who Kept Her Tools, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerThe Specialist Who Kept Her ToolsChief People OfficerFirst page of The Wage Envelope, a CV design for a CHROThe Wage EnvelopeCHROFirst page of The Withdrawal Window, a CV design for a CHROThe Withdrawal WindowCHROFirst page of Twelve Names on the Faculty List, a CV design for a Chief People OfficerTwelve Names on the Faculty ListChief People OfficerFirst page of Two Ballot Boxes, a CV design for a CHROTwo Ballot BoxesCHROFirst page of Forty Weeks of One Job, a CV design for a SVP Human ResourcesForty Weeks of One JobSVP Human ResourcesFirst page of The Bus After Closing, a CV design for a EVP HRThe Bus After ClosingEVP HRFirst page of The Deduction on the Stub, a CV design for a EVP HRThe Deduction on the StubEVP HRFirst page of The Release Clause, a CV design for a EVP HRThe Release ClauseEVP HRFirst page of The Second Blank, a CV design for a SVP Human ResourcesThe Second BlankSVP Human ResourcesFirst page of The Unopened Copy, a CV design for a SVP Human ResourcesThe Unopened CopySVP Human ResourcesFirst page of The Vacancy That Moved, a CV design for a EVP HRThe Vacancy That MovedEVP HRFirst page of The Witnessed Lift, a CV design for a SVP Human ResourcesThe Witnessed LiftSVP Human ResourcesFirst page of The Workshop That Had to Wait, a CV design for a SVP Human ResourcesThe Workshop That Had to WaitSVP Human ResourcesFirst page of The Year Outside the Book, a CV design for a EVP HRThe Year Outside the BookEVP HRFirst page of Four Employers, Sixty Salaries, a CV design for a VP Total RewardsFour Employers, Sixty SalariesVP Total RewardsFirst page of One Commission Between Them, a CV design for a VP Total RewardsOne Commission Between ThemVP Total RewardsFirst page of The Address on the Allowance, a CV design for a VP Total RewardsThe Address on the AllowanceVP Total RewardsFirst page of The Chair Who Stepped Outside, a CV design for a VP TalentThe Chair Who Stepped OutsideVP TalentFirst page of The Empty Rating Box, a CV design for a VP HRThe Empty Rating BoxVP HRFirst page of The Last Customer Call, a CV design for a VP HRThe Last Customer CallVP HRFirst page of The Post That Was Already Filled, a CV design for a VP TalentThe Post That Was Already FilledVP TalentFirst page of The Second Reading, a CV design for a VP TalentThe Second ReadingVP TalentFirst page of The Unused Entitlement, a CV design for a VP Total RewardsThe Unused EntitlementVP Total RewardsFirst page of The Vacancies Still Open, a CV design for a VP HRThe Vacancies Still OpenVP HRFirst page of One Story on Three Calls, a CV design for a Head of Talent AcquisitionOne Story on Three CallsHead of Talent AcquisitionFirst page of The Arrivals Board, a CV design for a Head of Talent AcquisitionThe Arrivals BoardHead of Talent AcquisitionFirst page of The Days We Owned, a CV design for a HR Business Partner HeadThe Days We OwnedHR Business Partner HeadFirst page of The Fourth Working Day, a CV design for a Director HRThe Fourth Working DayDirector HRFirst page of The Interview Beyond the Stairs, a CV design for a Director HRThe Interview Beyond the StairsDirector HRFirst page of The Interview We Gave Back, a CV design for a Head of Talent AcquisitionThe Interview We Gave BackHead of Talent AcquisitionFirst page of The Roster in Ink, a CV design for a Head of HRThe Roster in InkHead of HRFirst page of The Verb in the Translation, a CV design for a Head of HRThe Verb in the TranslationHead of HRFirst page of Three People Changed Days, a CV design for a Head of HRThree People Changed DaysHead of HRFirst page of Twelve People Did Not Reply, a CV design for a HR Business Partner HeadTwelve People Did Not ReplyHR Business Partner Head

Written for the founders and the investor board

Your name

CHRO

People leader who builds the function a fast-growing company never had.

Leads with

  1. HR system, pay framework and hiring built from scratch
  2. Offer-to-join and early attrition, with numbers
  3. Founder trust through rapid growth

Steps back

Long tenure in one settled company

Illustrative layout, not a real candidate

A senior leader presenting to a board around a table

Prepare for the bigger seat

CHRO to Group CHRO / CEO Readiness Audit and Strategy

“I want to know whether I am ready for the bigger seat, and what stands in the way.”

Group CHRO and CEO are two different tests, decided by people who rarely tell you why you were passed over. We read your record as they would, say plainly whether it holds, and set out what to do about each gap. The Ascent, further down this page, is a free three-minute rating of yourself. This reads your actual record.

You receiveA private audit with a verdict for the seat you chose, and the strategy to close each gap.

Open the Readiness Audit The full details and the price are on its own page.

Strictly confidential · Prepared for you alone

Readiness Audit

CHRO to Group CHRO

VerdictClose, with two gaps to fill

  • Group Leadership SuccessionEvidenced
  • Group Executive Pay & Long-Term IncentivesPartial
  • Multiple Boards & NRCsNot yet evidenced
  • Leading Other HR LeadersPartial
  • Labour Codes & Industrial RelationsEvidenced

First moveRun the succession review for every business head in the next cycle.

Illustrative layout

  • Your record read against ten dimensions for the seat you chose
  • Each one rated: evidenced, partial or not yet evidenced
  • What to start, stop and amplify, in a dated sequence
  • A plain answer, including "not yet" when that is the truth

How they work together

Each stands alone. Together, they cover the whole move.

  1. A private conversation about a next move
    Before you move

    Know where to go, and whether you are ready for the seat you want.

    Career Strategy & GrowthReadiness Audit & Strategy
  2. A personal website design, shown with a fictional leader
    Before anyone looks

    Make sure that what they find is clear, current and yours.

    Personal Website
  3. A private door opening onto a quiet room
    While you keep working

    Hear what is opening up, without being seen looking.

    Whisper Job Search Agent
  4. Senior leaders reviewing a document at a table
    When a role appears

    Present your record for the people who will read it first.

    Resume & Board Profile
Senior leaders on a panel in front of an audience

Why a search firm

We know how these records get read, because we read them.

Gladwin International is an executive search firm, with 90+ CHRO and CPO placements since 2010. The Career Desk puts that knowledge on your side of the table: what a chair, a Nomination & Remuneration Committee or a promoter looks for, before they ever call.

The line we hold

The Search Desk works for boards. The Career Desk works for you.

  • Buying here does not put you on a shortlist for our retained searches, and not buying does not keep you off one.
  • We do not contact your employer, and nothing about you is published unless you approve it.

Before you begin

Questions about the desk

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Where should I begin if I am not sure?

If you do not know whether to move, begin with the Career Strategy. If you already have a bigger seat in mind, begin with the Readiness Audit. If a role is in front of you now, begin with the document for it.

Do I have to buy more than one?

No. Each service stands alone, with its own page and its own order.

Will my employer find out?

We do not contact your employer. Nothing is published unless you approve it, and Whisper never contacts anyone in your name.

Do I need an account?

No. You can order from each service’s own page with secure Razorpay payment, and your GST invoice comes to your email. The Personal Website is ordered through its packages.

Can any of this get me a role?

No one can promise a role, and we do not. These services prepare you and keep you informed. The appointment is decided by the people who appoint.

The Ascent

CHRO → CEO Readiness Audit

CHROs possess rare expertise in talent, culture, and organisational design — capabilities every CEO needs. But the path requires building commercial credibility and board presence.

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Takes 3 minutes · 10 dimensions · Personalised gap analysis