Winthrop Wulsin

Commander
DISC Type : D

Founder & CEO at Professional Exits

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States

Overview

Winthrop Wulsin is a talent acquisition expert with 20 years of experience who now leads Professional Exits. He uses data from third-party exit interviews to help companies improve leadership, culture, and retention. Colleagues describe him as creative, professional, and a great teammate. He holds a BA from Connecticut College.

Winthrop is deeply engaged in the professional HR community, actively participating in events like the HR Leadership Forum program at Bentley University. He has expressed pride in the launch of new HR chapters in the Boston area, showing a commitment to fostering local professional networks.

He specializes in uncovering the real reasons people leave companies, turning painful exits into a practical blueprint for retaining top talent.

Personality Overview

Decisive

Strong-Willed

Very Quick

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.  They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms. They are not focused on building rapport and relationships.

Topics They Care About

Employee Retention
His entire business, Professional Exits, is built around using data from exit interviews to help companies reduce turnover and retain their best employees.
Data-Driven HR
He focuses on moving beyond guesswork to use hard data from exit interviews, helping leaders make informed decisions about culture and leadership development.
Executive Recruiting
He has a 20-year background in talent acquisition, including roles as an executive recruiter for major corporations like Raytheon and CGI.

Media Appearances

Winthrop has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2024
Founder & CEO at Professional Exits
8-2024
Executive Talent Acquisition / HR Consultant at WHW Talent Consulting
4-2022 - 9-2024
Talent Acquisition Manager (New England, Knoxville, Onshore Delivery Centers) at CGI
8-2018 - 4-2022
Principal Executive Recruiter at Raytheon Technologies
5-2018 - 10-2018
Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant at Litmus

Education

Education details unavailable from Questrom School of Business, Boston University
BA from Connecticut College

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Exp : 7 Location : Norwood, Massachusetts, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder & CEO at Professional Exits
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Insights For Selling To Winthrop

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Winthrop is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Winthrop

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Winthrop move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Winthrop take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Winthrop

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