Career series · 2027 · Nominations open
The Pivot Series
They changed lanes and brought everything with them.
Leaders who moved industries, functions or careers and carried their judgment across.
The class
The class is forming.
The first names appear here as leaders accept and approve their own card. Put a name forward and it starts here.
Nominations
Open now, free, from anyone.
Review
Our desk reads every name against the three criteria below.
The class
Recognized leaders appear here, in their own words.
Featured in this series
The long form.
Features and lists published in this series. Every piece is the leader's own, approved word by word.
In Conversation · Jul 2026
Style as Advisory: Samantha Hershman and the Case for Taking the Way You Show Up Seriously
Samantha Hershman, founder of SJ Styles, on treating personal style as advisory work: filtering the noise so high-achieving women show up as themselves.
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In Conversation · Jul 2026
Building from Zero: Inside Eastern Dental’s New Legal Function
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Cover Stories · Jul 2026
What GCs Actually Need (And Why Law Firms Should Listen)
Read→Why this series
A pivot is not a restart. This class records the leaders who changed lanes at the top and proved the judgment traveled.
A real turn
A new industry, function or career, taken at senior level.
Proof it traveled
Results in the new lane that the old one would recognize.
Named by peers
Nominated by the people on both sides of the turn, then reviewed by our desk.
The path
Nominated to featured.
Four steps. Free at every one. Nobody buys a place, and the leader signs off on every word.
Nominated
By a peer, a partner or our desk. Free.
Recognized
A card in the class, from your own answers, approved by you.
In your own words
A longer record from your portal, when you want one.
Featured
A full feature, chosen editorially, never sold.
How the class is chosen
- NowNominations open. Names arrive from peers, partners and our desk.
- As names arriveEach nominee gets a private portal. They accept, answer in their own words and approve their card.
- 2027Features drop through the year, newest first, here.
- December 2027The class is revealed together, as one record.
Trusted partners
The firms this class names.
Leaders name the firms and vendors they trust from inside their portal. Listing is free and comes from the leader, never from a form.
The first names appear here as leaders accept.
Partners of the series
Firms that stand beside the class.
Partners pay to stand beside the class: their name on the series, their ad beside the stories they bring in, and their brand beside the cards of the leaders they bring. The recognition is earned either way. They never choose who is recognized and never touch a word. See the 2027 partner levels→
Bring someone with you.
Know a leader who belongs in this class? A nomination takes five minutes and costs nothing. They hear from us, not from a form, and they approve every word before anything publishes.
