7 Questions Every Executive Should Be Able to Answer About Themselves

If someone asks you what you do, can you explain it clearly without falling back on your job title, your company name, or how many years you have been working? Most executives cannot. And that is because we are trained from day one to add things to our CV — more certificates, more experience, more bullet points. That CV mindset makes it incredibly hard to narrow down and articulate what actually makes you valuable. In this episode, Sabine and Samantha walk through seven questions that every executive should be able to answer about themselves, whether you are in corporate, going independent, or already running your own practice. 📌 CHAPTERS 1:02 Why it’s so hard top explain what you do after decades of corporate experience 3:08 Question 1: What do I do? 5:46 Question 2: What am I really good at? 8:53 Question 3: What problems do I solve? 10:48 Question 4: How do I solve them? 13:40 Question 5: What evidence do I have? 15:20 Question 6: What do I want to be known for? 17:24 Introducing Executive Strategy — a new six-week service 18:19 Question 7: Where am I going next? 20:08 Wrap-up and Q&A ——— ABOUT THIS SERIES This is a weekly LinkedIn Live hosted by Sabine Kühn and Samantha Wilkins, co-founders of Talent & Truth. Every week, Sabine and Samantha tackle the questions they hear most from senior executives navigating positioning, visibility, and life beyond the corporate world. These are unscripted conversations drawn from seven years of helping executives leverage their expertise. ABOUT SABINE KÜHN Sabine Kuhn is the CEO and Co-founder of Talent & Truth, a strategy firm helping senior executives build the reputation, positioning and visibility to create greater influence, opportunity and commercial value. An executive strategist, Sabine works at the intersection of positioning, communications and capital. She advises experienced leaders on how to articulate what they stand for, strengthen their authority and translate decades of expertise into opportunities beyond their current role — from advisory and board positions to speaking, investment and independent ventures. Her work is ultimately about helping executives become known for something that matters, and building the credibility, relationships and strategic leverage to turn that reputation into optionality. ABOUT SAMANTHA WILKINS Samantha Wilkins is the CXO and Co-founder of Talent & Truth, where she leads the firm's work across executive thought leadership, personal branding and strategic visibility. A communications strategist with a background in global PR and more than a decade in the beauty industry, Samantha works with senior executives to turn their expertise, experiences and opinions into compelling thought leadership — helping them build authority, shape conversations in their industry and become more visible to the people and opportunities that matter. Samantha also designs and delivers bespoke LinkedIn and personal branding workshops for leadership teams, helping organisations turn their senior leaders into credible, confident and distinctive voices online. WHAT WE DO AT TALENT & TRUTH Talent & Truth helps corporate executives build the foundations of executive independence. Through positioning, strategic communications, intellectual capital and commercial assets, we help experienced leaders create more leverage, visibility and optionality beyond traditional employment. → Executive Positioning — define your positioning and overhaul your profile → Executive Communications — managed LinkedIn strategy, thought leadership, and messaging → Executive Capital — turn your expertise and credibility into a commercially strong business → LinkedIn Workshops — equip leadership teams with strategic frameworks FOLLOW US LinkedIn: Sabine Kuhn LinkedIn: Samantha Wilkins Instagram: sabinek___ on Instagram WORK WITH US 📧 info@talentandtruth.com