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  • 🚀 The Power of Storytelling - Emily Schneider, Presentation Design Consultant (Issue 603)

    🚀 The Power of Storytelling - Emily Schneider, Presentation Design Consultant (Issue 603)
    2024/11/13

    My guest for this episode is Emily Schneider, a visual storyteller specializing in presentation design. She helps businesses and corporate leaders confidently transform their messages into beautiful, effective presentations that genuinely resonate with their intended audiences.

    If you give talks and presentations, her advice is invaluable. Becoming comfortable with public speaking is one of the best investments I have made in my career. I was also lucky enough to receive advanced media training and present a lot during my last few years as a corporate executive. Learning how to tell a compelling story through your words and slides is essential if you want to persuade and inspire others.

    About Emily

    “​My passion for simplifying complex content has become a bit of a magical knack — blending storytelling with a keen design eye. I'm not just a designer; I'm a strategic collaborator, dedicated to helping businesses confidently transform their messages into beautiful, effective presentations that truly resonate with their intended audiences.

    ​What started with pink pixelated swirls and a questionable font choice as the invitation for my sweet sixteen luncheon has morphed into a creative business venture. My nearly two decades spent in the marketing and branding space, combined with my passion to help simplify information for clients in a vibrant and compelling way, make me a perfect partner for your presentation needs.”

    We talk about

    * Her background as an art director, creative director, and director of brand strategy and marketing.

    * Why she decided to start her consulting practice.

    * How she helps companies with presentation design and storytelling consulting.

    * What people struggle with the most with presentations.

    * Where she focuses her business.

    * How she finds new clients.

    Scroll up and hit play to listen to our full conversation.

    Where to find Emily

    * Her consulting website

    * Emily’s LinkedIn

    During our conversation, I mentioned the book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) (my Amazon affiliate link). Check it out!

    30 for $20! ☎️

    Schedule a call and get 30 minutes of coaching for just $20 on any career topic you want to cover. Save $177 off the regular price! Note: This offer is only available for new clients who haven’t worked with me before.

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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  • 🚀 Shining a Light on Ageism - Maureen Wiley Clough, Host of It Gets Late Early (Issue 598)

    🚀 Shining a Light on Ageism - Maureen Wiley Clough, Host of It Gets Late Early (Issue 598)
    2024/10/10

    My guest for this episode is Maureen Wiley Clough. Maureen is the host of It Gets Late Early, a podcast and community of tech employees bringing awareness to the issues facing experienced workers and striving to create a better working world for all.

    I’ve talked about the issue of ageism in the tech industry before. I faced it myself a few times, and I witnessed discriminatory behavior during my decades-long career (e.g., during job interviews). I wrote a post on LinkedIn about embracing aging, which is how I met Maureen and got invited to her podcast. So, now she has returned the favor and joined me for this episode to talk about her mission to shine a light on ageism and find a better way to move forward in the working world as we all grow older.

    About Maureen

    Maureen built a successful career in tech. But as she looked around the Zoom room at her last early-stage startup, she was struck by the fact that the number of people over 40 were slim to none.

    When she realized she had observed a similar demographic makeup in her past roles at more mature organizations, she began to wonder about her ability to chart her own course in this sector for as long as she wanted - or needed - to be employed. She also recognized that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs had not focused on the issue of age, the one “ism” coming for all of us (and that’s if we’re lucky).

    So, she set out to start conversations with her peers and conduct research to understand reality and build towards a better, more inclusive future for all - no matter what your age.

    We talk about

    * When Maureen first encountered ageism in her career

    * Why she started her podcast “It Gets Late Early”

    * How ageism will affect all of us (if you’re lucky to live long enough)

    * How age discrimination negatively impacts corporations

    * The unexpected ways ageism creeps into recruiting, hiring, and promotion practices

    * Why return-to-office hurts parents and older workers

    * What you can do to be better prepared as you advance in your career

    * How Maureen can help companies improve their recruiting practices, hiring policies, organizational policies, and more to help find and nurture great talent, regardless of age

    Scroll up and hit play to listen to our full conversation.

    Where to find Maureen

    * It Gets Late Early (website, podcast episodes, and newsletter)

    * LinkedIn

    * Instagram

    * Threads

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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  • 🚀 The Surprising Benefit of Haters (Issue 592)

    🚀 The Surprising Benefit of Haters (Issue 592)
    2024/09/11

    Do you have an enemy at work?

    Okay, maybe that’s too strong of a word. 😂

    How about people who make your life harder than it needs to be, react to everything you do with some negativity, and generally make you wish they weren’t in your life?

    I often talk about using a pull to draw you toward better opportunities in your career.

    * Growth opportunities

    * Professional challenges

    * New jobs that offer a promotion or significant raise

    * A chance to work on something exciting

    * An opportunity to work with talented people

    * A role that will teach you something new

    However, sometimes a push is helpful or even necessary. For example, when you:

    * Are too comfortable with a job and no longer growing or learning

    * Get stuck in a rut but don’t know how to get out of it

    * Are fearful of taking a risk and embracing change that will take you to the next level

    * Have lost confidence in yourself and are settling for less

    * Need someone to speak an uncomfortable truth you’ve been avoiding

    In this podcast episode, I explore the concept of having a yin-yang of positive and negative people in your personal and professional life. I’ll share a few times when I needed a hard push to get back on track, which made me accept and appreciate the role haters have played in my life.

    Want to get some advice from me, but you’re nervous about spending money on a full coaching package? Well, you’re in luck! Check out my Introductory Coaching Call → 30 minutes for just $20! Note: This service is only available for a onetime initial call. Check it out!

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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  • 🚀 Preparing for an Initial Job Interview (Issue 584)

    🚀 Preparing for an Initial Job Interview (Issue 584)
    2024/08/14

    Have you experienced one of those one-way video interviews during a job search? It can feel a little intimidating to talk into your laptop camera, knowing it’s recorded and you’re not speaking live with another human being.

    I recently helped my son prepare for one of these interviews. We focused on three main strategies to ensure his readiness.

    * Analyzing the job description

    * Talking with current and past employees

    * Preparing for this new type of interview

    In this podcast episode (scroll up and hit play), I discuss each of these strategies in more detail.

    By the way, I recently launched a new Introductory Coaching Call → 30 minutes of coaching for just $20! Note: this service is only available as a onetime initial call. Check it out!

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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    38 分
  • 🚀 Play Chess in Your Career, Not Checkers (Issue #574)

    🚀 Play Chess in Your Career, Not Checkers (Issue #574)
    2024/07/10
    “I’m putting in long hours and working harder than ever. Why am I not getting promoted?”Do you know how many times I’ve heard that complaint? Sure, working harder than your peers can get you promoted during the early years of your career. But you will soon find that what got you where you are today won’t get you where you want to be tomorrow. Most people play checkers with their careers. They hop around the board, marching ahead, step by step, and don’t think more than one step ahead. The game board looks similar. In the early days of your career, you and the other pieces are making the same moves—trying to get head, space by space. But you eventually find out that strategy won’t cut it. Your career growth is limited when you behave like a checker piece on the corporate chess game board. Unfortunately, many people experience that. They think more of the same will continue to move them ahead. * Working harder * Working longer hours * Taking on more workSadly, that is the path to stagnation and abuse. Yes, abuse. I’ve watched many people get used by their employers. Many managers love dumping work on the people who work hard, don’t complain, and never ask for raises or promotions. So, if you want to avoid being stuck in checker mode, there are five things you must do:* Become a valuable chess piece* Use strategic long-term planning* Leverage pattern recognition* Make sacrificial moves when necessary* Play leadership chess, too1. Become a valuable chess pieceIf you want to play chess, you must qualitatively change how you work and transform the value you deliver. Leaders don’t get promoted because they work harder than their peers. They get promoted because they think differently, add unique value, get results, and know how to make 1+1=3. World-class chess players don’t randomly flail away moving pieces on the board. They never think one step ahead and hope things work out. So, stop behaving like an interchangeable checker piece. In the game of checkers, every individual piece has the same capabilities (i.e., hopping one space forward). You can easily be replaced if you are a commodity with the same skills as everyone else. Heck, maybe they can even find a cheaper piece to replace you! And if they can do that, they will. I watched that happen many times over the decades of my career. A senior employee was often replaced with a more affordable junior employee who could do the same work. I remember an executive saying, “Why should we pay this much for a U.S. employee? I can hire three designers in country XYZ for that salary.” A basic U.S. checker piece was often replaced with more affordable international pieces. Basic pieces were also frequently put on the inevitable layoff lists about every six months. However, the employees who had leveled up to provide unique strategic value were never replaced. Their cost was never questioned. Instead, they were assigned the best and most challenging projects. They were the ones promoted when the review cycles rolled around every year. I often ran into the unfortunately common belief that tenure will eventually lead to a promotion. Some employees thought they would keep moving up the career ladder if they stayed with the company long enough. I’m sorry, but higher-level promotions simply don’t work that way. A pawn that has been with the company for 5 years—but still acts and performs like a pawn—won’t be promoted to knight simply because of tenure. Level up and transform yourself, or be stuck where you are forever. 2. Use strategic long-term planningProfessionals who end up succeeding in their careers are thinking many, many steps ahead. They aren’t simply focused on their next career move. They have a vision for where they want to be several years from now—sometimes even decades. Every move they make is intentional and sets them up for the next move and the next. They use strategic thinking instead of scattered and mindless hopping. One of my old colleagues and friends had a clear vision for where they wanted to end their career—as a C-level executive in a public company. Every move they made was deliberately planned to help them advance toward that goal. * New projects* New connection in their network* New skills and experiences* New domains* New jobs with the right employers* Seizing new opportunities when they appeared Over the years, I watched them make smart moves until they finally did land that C-level role. It was definitely a clever game of corporate chess, not checkers. 📞 Schedule a free strategy call with me if you’d like to work on your long-term career plan. 3. Leverage pattern recognitionMy grad school advisor was really into chess, and I mean really. He was an excellent player, but he was also a psychologist who researched expert players. Great chess players have a stronger conceptual knowledge of the game and are better at recognizing familiar patterns. Similarly, successful professionals master the ...
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  • 🚀 A Preview of My Upcoming Invincible Job Interview Course (Issue #567)

    🚀 A Preview of My Upcoming Invincible Job Interview Course (Issue #567)
    2024/06/12

    In this episode, I share an overview of my upcoming course. Play the audio to hear my description of each of the steps below.

    10 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Job Interview

    * Research your target employer

    * Identify their biggest problems

    * Map your expertise

    * Tune your resume, LinkedIn, etc.

    * Find your inside champions and connections

    * Prepare and rehearse

    * Setting the stage

    * How to crush your interview

    * Follow up

    * Maintain relationships

    By the way, if you need some 1-on-1 coaching to help prepare for an interview, you can schedule time with me here.

    As I mentioned, this article's actual content is in the podcast audio. So, scroll up and hit play to hear it.

    Do you know someone who will soon interview for a new job? They might find this episode helpful! Hit the button below to share it with them.

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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    31 分
  • 🚀 How to Win the Job Search Race (Issue #557)

    🚀 How to Win the Job Search Race (Issue #557)
    2024/05/08
    No one ever said the job market was fair. That’s even more true in the current economy which has been plagued with layoff after layoff. Now, in this race for a new job, some candidates are clearly driving race cars, while others are struggling to make it around the job search track with an underpowered engine or even a flat tire. Why is that? Let me play with this metaphor for a bit, starting with the diagram below. Note: I go into a lot more detail in the podcast recording. So, scroll up, hit play, and listen. You can think of “Capability” as the engine of the race car. It includes:* Talent* Skills* Knowledge* Experience“Drive” is one of the tires. It includes:* Grit* Determination* Persistence* Confidence* Consistency“Reputation” is the second tire. It includes:* Your professional brand* What people say about you* What you’re known for* Your proof “Interview” is the third tire. It includes:* Your job interview process* Your interviewing skills* Communication skills* Presentation skills* Questions asked* Follow upFinally, “Champion” is the last tire. It includes:* Your inside champion* Inside connections * Inside influencersLighting it all up to get hiredThree of my clients and community members recently landed new jobs:* One leveraged networking, finding an inside champion, and my 1-on-1 coaching to create a new role that hadn’t existed before. They also negotiated a higher level and a lot more compensation! * Another used networking, my coaching, and my Career Accelerator to land a job with a former colleague that was in the “hidden job market.” * Finally, the last person used my Career Accelerator, some of my coaching, and an inside champion to land a great new job in Silicon Valley.Weak engine of CapabilitySometimes, your engine is underpowered for the role you’re seeking. I always encourage people to stretch themselves, but do so within reason. Flat tire of ReputationYou may have everything else going for you, but people know you’re a pain to manage and worth with. The industry is always smaller than you think, and people talk. However, you can repair your reputation and get back in the game. Flat tire of DriveGrit and determination will often carry the day. But, if you lack confidence, don’t consistently put in the work, and give up too soon, you’ll find it hard to land jobs that others do. Flat tire of the ChampionI frequently talk about the power of having an inside champion. Champions, influencers, and insiders can tip the balance of a job interview in your favor. Just ask my clients who leveraged them to land great jobs quickly! But, if your Champion tire is flat, be prepared for a long, slow crawl in the job search race. Flat tire of the InterviewYou could have everything else set up, but still bomb the interview. No champion can save you if you don’t prepare well enough. Your capabilities and reputation won’t matter if you can’t demonstrate your knowledge, experience, and wisdom while speaking with the interviewers. I don’t care how much drive you have. It won’t help if you can’t communicate well, present well, and generally interview strongly. Winning the job search race Light up your engine, and all four tires, and you’ll be well on your way to speeding around the track and landing your next great job! As I said earlier, most of the content of this article is in the podcast audio. So, scroll up and hit play if you want to hear it. I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you become a more "Invincible You" so you can live your life on your terms instead of being controlled by someone else's rules. I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsletter.invinciblecareer.com/subscribe
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  • 🚀 Using My Broadcasting Strategy for Your Job Search (Issue #549)

    🚀 Using My Broadcasting Strategy for Your Job Search (Issue #549)
    2024/04/10

    In this podcast episode, I share a sneak peek at my recent Invincible Career Job Search workshop I hosted on April 1st.

    In the previous podcast episode, when I shared a preview of the workshop, I talked quite a bit about the Connecting strategy.

    In this episode, I discuss positioning (e.g., LinkedIn, resume, cover letter) a little more and then dive into the Broadcasting strategy. If you want opportunities to come your way, the professional world has to know you exist.

    Enjoy!

    I’m Larry Cornett, a Freedom Coach who works with you to optimize your career, business, and life. My mission is to help you take complete control of your work and life so you can become a more “Invincible You.” I live in Northern California near Lake Tahoe with my wife and our Great Dane.



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    35 分