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The Corporate Exit Playbook

A free 21-page guide to the six phases of building income outside your salary, while that salary still pays the bills.

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Many senior executives spend three decades building someone else's balance sheet. This playbook shows you which of six phases you are in and what to build next, with a short exercise at the end of each phase you can do this week. It is written for executives in their forties or fifties who want a plan, not motivational guesswork.

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Free 21-page PDF
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Download link by email
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No payment, no card
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Six phases, two frameworks

A Look Inside

These are real pages from the PDF you get, so you can see what you are signing up for before you hand over your email.

Cover of The Corporate Exit Playbook by Darren Argyle, subtitled Quit the salary. Keep the expertise. Build the assets.
The cover. One PDF, 21 pages, yours to keep.
Playbook page titled Where Are You Now, listing six phases: Foundation, Personal Brand, Offer Validation, Consulting Cash Flow, Authority Assets, and Leverage and Portfolio, then the case study
The map. Find the phase you are in, because not everyone starts at Phase 1.
Playbook page titled From Experience to Authority to Assets, showing the Executive Exit Framework diagram with the 5S Main Character Method on the left and the AMPLIFY Model on the right
The frameworks. The 5S Main Character Method and the AMPLIFY Model on one page.

Pages shown at reduced size.

What's in the 21 Pages

The thinking behind how I built my way out of corporate, in the order you would use it.

The Playbook, freeThe thinking. Read it to see the whole path from first move to independence.
The Assessment, freeYour score. Exit Readiness Assessment rates where you stand today.
The System, US$49.50The tools. Ten kits of templates, planners and calculators to do the work.

What Executives Say

From people I have coached, mentored and taught. None of them is a review of this Playbook, so each one says what it is about.

"I've now started two of my own businesses alongside my successful career. Darren inspired me to take the leap and now with his ongoing mentorship everything is possible."
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Francesco Chiarini Founder, Cyber Resilience Academy On mentoring with Darren
"Darren provided me with actionable tools and strategies to lead with unshakable confidence and strike out on my own to build my own business."
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Elcin Biren Founder, Swiss Cyber Smart On coaching with Darren
Darren Argyle, author and former group senior cybersecurity executive at Standard Chartered Bank, S&P Global, Qantas Airways, and IBM

About the Author

Darren Argyle spent three decades as a group senior cybersecurity executive across Standard Chartered Bank, S&P Global, Qantas Airways and IBM. He knows what it means to be the load-bearing wall that keeps an organisation standing.

While still employed, he built the Cyber Leadership Institute, a bootstrapped seven-figure platform serving leaders across 80 countries. In 2024, he exited corporate on his own terms, not because he had to, but because what he had built while employed was ready to stand on its own.

The Corporate Exit Playbook sets out the six phases and two frameworks behind that exit, and ends with the six years it took. It is written for executives who want a clear-eyed look at where they stand, not a motivational pep talk about what is possible.

What You Get

A map you can use this week, wherever you are in your career and however far away leaving feels.

You Receive

  • The Corporate Exit Playbook, a 21-page PDF, by email download link
  • The six-phase map to find where you start
  • The 5S Main Character Method and the AMPLIFY Model, set out in full
  • A quick exercise at the end of each phase, including working out your monthly dependency figure
  • My emails most weeks with frameworks and tools, and one click unsubscribes

Who This Is For

  • Senior executives in their forties or fifties with deep domain expertise
  • Leaders who want a plan, not a startup gamble
  • Executives still employed who want to build before they decide
  • Anyone who suspects their expertise is worth more outside corporate than it is inside

Free. No payment and no card. The download link is emailed as soon as you send your name and email.

Start With Clarity, Not a Leap of Faith

Find the phase you are in and what to build next while the salary still pays the bills, so that leaving becomes a choice rather than a gamble. The PDF is free and comes by email.

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