If you think networking is all it takes to land your next executive role, you’re missing the bigger picture. In this episode of ASK AN EXPERT, Barrett Group experts Dan Resendes and Waffles Natusch break down how social capital works, how it outshines traditional networking, and why you should learn...

Despite all the negative news and uproar you may be hearing on TV or the internet, there is also good news for would-be job-changers: executives who shake off their fear of change are finding new opportunities, shifting industries, discovering new roles, and earning more money.

The light bulb is a useful metaphor for the professional lives of many executives who come to The Barrett Group. They speak of being passed over for promotion. Of working long hours without recognition or reward. Of having been made unfairly redundant. Their light is dim, and they are not sure how...