Turn 20+ Years of Experience into Advisory Income

• Board Opportunities • Fractional Roles • Advisory Work • High-Ticket Consulting

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Christopher Maihofer Founder | Executive Advisory Launch

DISCLAIMER - This is NOT a Course

There are no modules, no community, and no generic playbooks.

You are buying clear, direct guidance on your specific background, your specific market position, and the exact next steps to move from corporate experience to a credible advisory offer.

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This is for directors, senior managers, GMs and VPs – including senior hotel and hospitality leaders – who want a practical path towards advisory, fractional, strategic, or board‑level work.

Advisory Income for Post‑Corporate Consultants

You left corporate.
But your consulting still feels too broad.

That’s the trap. You have real experience, real judgement, and real commercial value — but your market position still sounds vague. So instead of being seen as the obvious choice for one expensive problem, you get lumped in with generic consultants, random project work, and patchy income.

20+

Years of experience a prerequisite.

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Core programs designed to create clarity first, then traction.

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Sharp transformation: experience into advisory income.

Built On Your Expertise

Turn vague consulting into a clear, premium advisory offer.

Built for execs with 20+ years behind them who want to turn what they already know into advisory income, using credibility and a network they already have.

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Command premium fees.

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Clear advisory offers.

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Need for a giant audience.

Build

a repeatable client path.

Why Montpella

When the next move matters, you need clear advice — not more noise.

You know more than most consultants, but you haven’t packaged it into one clear advisory offer.

Use a simple, evidence‑based roadmap to move from “I’ve always had a job” to “I have a clear advisory offer and real conversations with potential buyers”.

Fast Traction

Time‑Bound Path to First Income

A tight, 7‑day and 5‑week path to a first premium advisory engagement. Not endless theory.

No Cold Outreach

Network-First, Not Funnel-First

Use existing trust, existing reputation, and existing relationships to create serious conversations faster.

Async DM’S

High‑Leverage Async Support

Share drafts, questions and scenarios as they arise and receive considered, practical feedback without constant meetings.

The Corporate Lifeboat Roadmap

5 steps to make your experience billable outside corporate

Corporate experience rarely translates directly into advisory income unless it’s packaged correctly. The roadmap used:

  • 1
    Recognise Expertise

    Find the problems you’ve solved that saved money, reduced risk, or improved execution.

  • 2
    Problem Identification

    Define a problem companies will actually pay to solve, not a vague capability statement.

  • 3
    Buyer Identification

    Focus on decision-makers who have urgency, budget, and context for the problem.

  • 4
    First Offer

    Keep it lean, specific, and outcome-based, so it is easy to understand and easy to buy.

  • 5
    Client Acquisition

    Reach out through people who already trust your judgement rather than hiding behind more preparation.

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Lifeboat Programs

Start with the Lifeboat Income Map. ↓

Lifeboat Programs are a two‑step path.

The Lifeboat Income Map gives you a concrete income plan, and the Lifeboat First Client Sprint helps you turn that plan into real conversations and your first serious client opportunity.

Lifeboat Income Map

USD 520

7‑day roadmap from “long career” to “income options”.

Overview:

  • In 7 days, we map exactly how your 20+ years of experience converts into board, fractional and strategic advisory roles companies already pay for — without building a personal brand or becoming just another consultant.

Apply if you

  • Are a former director, GM or senior manager (roughly 45–58) who’s already gone out on your own.

  • Want board, fractional or strategic advisory work — not another generic job search.

  • Still have reputation, energy and a strong network, but no clear “income vehicle” or story.

Deliverables
  • A 3–5 page Lifeboat Income Map giving you 1–2 problems you can credibly own at board / exec / sponsor level.
  • Ideal buyer and organisation profiles, with typical triggers that make them care (e.g. CEO, Board Risk Chair, CFO, CRO).
  • 2–3 concrete offer angles with rough price bands (board/advisory seat, fractional role, strategic diagnostic project).
  • A recommended first income offer: who it’s for, outcomes, suggested price range.
  • 10–20 warm contacts from your existing network, with intro angles and outreach hooks.
  • Your top monetisable problems translated into revenue / risk / cost / execution language.
How it works
  • Day 0–1: Short intake (questionnaire + optional call).
  • Day 2: Delivery of your 3–5 page Lifeboat Income Map.
  • Days 3–7: Follow‑up Q&A via LinkedIn DM or email to clarify, tweak and pressure‑test your offers.
Delivery guarantee
  • If, by the end of the 7 days, you feel you still don’t have a clear income direction and first offer, I’ll work with you for another week at no extra cost.
Next step
  • DM me INCOME MAP with your role and sector to confirm fit.
Lifeboat First Client Sprint

USD 2800

5‑week execution sprint to your first serious client conversation.

Overview:
  • Over 5 weeks, we use your Lifeboat Income Map to sharpen your offer suite, overhaul your positioning, and build a simple outreach system so you’re in real conversations with at least one potential buyer for paid work — using only your existing network.
Apply if you

  • Have your Income Map and now want to land your first paid advisory / fractional / board / strategic engagement.

  • Want a credible Plan B in motion while still employed.

  • Don’t want to become a content creator or run funnels, but are happy to talk with peers.

Deliverables
  • A clear advisory offer suite you can run with (board, fractional, strategic project).
  • 10–20 meaningful senior conversations about your advisory capacity.
  • At least one serious conversation for paid work (scoping call, proposal in play, or trial engagement).
How it works
  • Offer Refinement (Weeks 1–2)

    • Tighten your problem statement into language a CEO / CFO / board member recognises immediately.
    • Define scope, deliverables and a recommended price point or range.
    • Draft a concise offer one‑pager to send after conversations.
  • Positioning and Assets (Weeks 2–3)

    • Rewrite LinkedIn headline + About to reflect board / fractional / advisory value, not job hunting.
    • Create 2–3 short message / post templates (credibility story, “problem I solve”, soft invitation).
  • Conversation Pipeline (Weeks 3–5)

    • Identify 30–40 names from your network / LinkedIn (warm, lukewarm, aspirational).
    • Co‑create 2–3 DM / email templates you can personalise quickly.
    • Design a simple, natural sequence (connect → value note → “take a look?”) between senior peers.
    • Weekly checkpoints from you; I respond with tactical adjustments, rewrites and next steps.
Accountability and support
  • Unlimited async DM support for 5 weeks, with a 24‑hour response‑time SLA.
  • Weekly written review of actions and results, with specific recommendations.
  • Shared Notion workspace for assets, messages, pipeline and notes.
Delivery guarantee
  • If you complete the agreed actions and are not in at least one serious advisory conversation by week 5, I’ll extend my support by two additional weeks at no extra cost.
Next step
  • DM me CLIENT SPRINT if you already have your Income Map.
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My pledge to you

If you decide to work with me, I won’t treat you like a generic coaching client or a rèsumè I need to polish. You’ve spent decades operating at a senior level, and I’ll treat you as a peer who happens to be navigating a big strategic shift in your career.

That means I’ll be direct, I’ll be honest, and I won’t waste your time with theory, motivational fluff or frameworks that look good in slides but fall apart in real conversations with buyers. Where something isn’t strong enough — your offer, positioning, language or outreach — I’ll say so plainly and help you fix it.