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Crest Foundation · Self-assessment

Is your executive brand doing its job?

The Crest Foundation programme takes your external profile from how it is showing up today to a clear and considered personal brand, narrative and positioning that show who you're becoming. It is designed to move you towards your objectives and ambitions professionally and personally.

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Spend five minutes on you

  1. Today · 5 minutesThe self-assessmentTen statements built from our CREST methodology, plus a little about you and where you're heading.
  2. As soon as you submitExecutive brand scoreWe note what's already working for you, and flag what needs most focus right now.
  3. NextFoundation, if it fitsIf the programme is the right next step for you, an invitation to join it.

Every statement maps to one of the five CREST moves, the same moves your Foundation work is built on.

  • CreateWhat's still to build?
  • ReframeWhat needs addressing?
  • ElevateWhat do I move to lead?
  • ShowcaseWhat do I keep?
  • TrimWhat do I stop saying?

Who it's for

Leaders whose reputation hasn't caught up

The C-Suite ExecutiveYour work speaks loudly inside your organisation. Outside it, your reputation hasn't caught up, and that's value you've earned but aren't yet using. Closing the gap strengthens your business today and opens the right doors tomorrow.
The MBA CandidateCommitting the time and money to an MBA says a lot about your ambition. Your profile should say the same. Make sure the people who matter can see the leader you're becoming.
The Transitioning LeaderYou're stepping up: a first board seat, a more public role, or something of your own. Your reputation should arrive before you do.
The Founder-Turned-ExecutiveYou built something people recognise. Now let them recognise the thinking behind it, and the person who'll build what comes next.

Know a colleague this fits? Share Crest with them, or with your HR or L&D team: theonly.uk/crest

The Foundation programme

You + our brand experts

We just ask for about six to eight hours of your time.

  1. Week 1Introduction
    A 60-minute conversation, then a short written questionnaire and your documents.
  2. Week 2Personal brand audit
    We look at how the world sees you today: search, AI assistants, your social channels and every page that describes you.
  3. Week 3Positioning strategy
    A two-hour workshop where we settle five decisions together. Then we write your positioning and your story.
  4. Week 4Living proof
    Your LinkedIn profile rewritten, a 30-day plan, then your Card and Report.
The cover of an Executive Brand ReportAn Executive Brand Profile Card: positioning, three pillars, a single story thread and five CREST moves on one page
Indicative Card and Report

What you take away

Executive Brand Profile Card

One page to keep to hand: who you are now, how you back it up, and what's changing. It's the page to read before a meeting, an interview or a first conversation.

Executive Brand Report

Everything behind the Card: the audit, the decisions we made together, your positioning, your story, your rewritten LinkedIn profile and a 30-day plan.

Take the next step

When you submit
Your self-assessment score.
Shortly after
What Foundation would focus on for you, and how to start.
When you're ready
Join Foundation for £4,950 + VAT. Studio and Signature are priced on request.

Spending time with executive teams and founders, I noticed that leaders often invest far less in their own profiles than in the job titles they hold or the companies they're building. I was no different. My external channels barely captured my updates or my point of view, and there was no clear strategy leading me towards my ambitions.

So I adapted the techniques I use with blue chip brands, scale-ups and SMEs, and reinterpreted them for the person rather than the organisation. That became Crest, the executive brand studio of TheOnly.

Leigh Ireland FCIM MBA · Founder, TheOnly.

For more of my point of view, read my LinkedIn article: Executive Brand: building a reputation that arrives before you do

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