A Recruiter Offered Me the $70M Chair. I Sent Back the Top Gun Anthem.
The most professional thing I did this week was decline a nine-figure leadership role with one line and a calendar link. A recruiter dangled the lead chair on a $70M enterprise migration; I replied with the flag and a guitar solo. Here's the unprofessional honesty underneath the professional answer — and why the best person to lead your turnaround is the one who doesn't need the job.