10 september 2025
From snipers to strategists: How does a C-level personal brand differ from a specialist's expertise?
In today's business, a C-level executive's personal brand is becoming as important as the company's brand. The way a CEO speaks about strategy, makes decisions, and interacts with the market determines the trust of clients, employees, and investors. Mike Wiseman, Head of Brand at NGM Game, is convinced that any logo always has an idea, a team, and a personality behind it. In our conversation, we discussed the difference between a top manager and a specialist, what qualities form leadership, and what approaches help a brand grow on a global level. What qualities, in your opinion, distinguish a C-level manager from a strong specialist? A specialist completes a task perfectly, like a sniper in CS. And C-level plays a clutch game: the team is already "merged", there is no purchase, the information is muddy, but you are one against four...