We're back for DAY 2 of the L&D Career Clarity mini-series! In Day 1 we took a look at your past roles, what gave you energy and what took it away, and today we're looking at where you are right now, what you want to be doing more of, and what you want to be doing less of! 👏 Today I'm also asking you to think really hard about this question: Are you running FROM something, or running TOWARDS something? 🏃🏽♀️ This is a CRUCIAL question to ask yourself to gain clarity on what will be the best p...
Dec 29, 2021•19 min•Ep. 49
💡READY TO GAIN CLARITY ON YOUR 2022 L&D CAREER PATH? 💡 I'm doing something fun, different, and FREE on The Overnight Trainer Podcast this week! Starting today, I'll be publishing a 3-day series on the show around finding career clarity to find, land and LOVE your new L&D role in 2022! This series is perfect for you if: ❌ You're tired of piecemealing your strategy together and seeing little traction in your career search/transition 😓 This process is feeling like it's too hard to continue some ...
Dec 28, 2021•29 min•Ep. 48
Do you find yourself constantly over-preparing for interviews? Not knowing what to prep for, and spending hours working yourself up about all the "what ifs"? If so, today's episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast is MADE 👏 FOR 👏 YOU! In today's episode I dive deep into: ☠️How over-preparing for interviews is causing you to not be selected for roles 🧾The sales method I teach my clients to cut their interview prep time down by 90% 🗣Why it's so important to learn to "speak the language" of cor...
Dec 21, 2021•30 min•Ep. 47
The Overnight Trainer Group Career Coaching Program is BACK, and bigger and better than ever! If you are: 👀 Looking to transition into or within L&D and don't know where to start… 🍝 Tired of throwing spaghetti at the wall hoping something sticks on your job search… 🤯 Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of roles to sift through and feeling a sense of self doubt… 👻 Beaten down by rejection after rejection (or worse, ghosting) and want to learn how to sell yourself in a way that actually gets you i...
Dec 17, 2021•23 min•Ep. 46
Have you ever stopped and wondered to yourself...what exactly *is* L&D? I recently did a poll on LinkedIn, and came to find out that of the 146 L&D jobseekers who participated, about 40% weren't super confident in their knowledge on what L&D really was...so I set out to fix that in today's The Overnight Trainer Podcast! In today's episode I cover: 🤷🏽 What the heck is L&D, anyways? ⏭What fields are adjacent to L&D that you may not have known about 💰 What types of roles you can expect to find i...
Dec 15, 2021•48 min•Ep. 45
What can L&D learn from the world of voice over acting? A LOT! 🤯 In this week's episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast, I sat down with Dan Hankiewicz and we discussed all things related to voice over acting, specifically in the L&D space. We covered: 🗺 Dan's journey into becoming a voice actor, and what draws him to the space of video production and eLearning voice acting 💡The value in using a professional voice over artist vs. self recording 🤝 How using voice over actors contributes to d...
Dec 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 44
Are you tired of applying to L&D jobs and only getting rejections (or even worse, hearing NOTHING at all)? Chances are you're unintentionally putting yourself into what I like to call the "viscous application cycle." You apply for dozens of L&D roles (probably ones your unsure of or even overqualified for), only to receive rejection after rejection. You start to think..."If I'm not getting interviews for THESE roles, what AM I qualified to do?" and you continue down the path of throwing spaghett...
Nov 30, 2021•30 min•Ep. 43
Over the last few days I've received dozens of questions about the workshop series, so in this episode I break down everything you need to know about the series including: ✅ How to know if the series is right for you ✅ What you can expect during the two weeks ✅ What you'll walk away with after the series ✅ Success stories from clients who have used this method ✅ If I'll be offering this again in the future I'm still offering 50% this live workshop series, making the total investment $250! Use co...
Nov 23, 2021•23 min
In this episode I dive deep into 6 ways to know if you are sabotaging your job search or career growth efforts, and if so, steps to take to turn the ship around and start working in your own favor! Note: These are behaviors we ALL fall into, including myself, so know if you are experiencing any of what is discussed, you are not alone and there is a way out! ❤️ Register for the Nailing Your L&D Niche Live Workshop Series: https://theovernighttra.samcart.com/products/nailing-your-niche-live-worksh...
Nov 23, 2021•38 min•Ep. 42
"How do I know which L&D certification to get?" "Do I need to go back to school to become an Instructional Designer?" "Where do I start with finding the right L&D certification?" These are all questions I get asked over and over again, so to answer them...I put them in a podcast episode! On today's episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast, I answer those questions and dive deep into: 📊 The poll results from two of my most recent polls, and reveal the HUGE disconnect between job seekers and hiri...
Nov 16, 2021•33 min•Ep. 41
Are you an L&D order taker or an L&D 'CEO'? 😬 In this week's The Overnight Trainer Podcast, I'm talking about the traits you need to develop to be the 'CEO' of your L&D Department! This episode is perfect for you if: 🕺🏼 You're an L&D leader who wants to finally get that "seat at the table" 🤷🏽♀️ You recently transitioned into an L&D management role and don't know where to start 😎 You want your next role to be in L&D leadership and want a head start on developing skills I mention this on th...
Nov 09, 2021•31 min•Ep. 40
Do you feel guilty over the fact that you've lost motivation towards your current role while you are looking for a new one? 😔 If so, you are NOT alone! Today's The Overnight Trainer Podcast episode is brought to you by the current cohort of my 8-Week Group Coaching Program. This topic recently came up in a live coaching session, and we collectively agreed that everyone should be privy to this knowledge. In today's episode I cover: ❓How to identify what you are even guilty about in the first pla...
Nov 02, 2021•22 min•Ep. 39
Want to know the secret to hitting the ground running in your new L&D role? 🏃♀️ Taking an active role in OWNING your own onboarding. Most people *participate* in their onboarding, but VERY few take *ownership* of it. In today's @The Overnight Trainer Podcast episode, I explain the 3-steps you can take to jump start your success in your new L&D role including: 🗣 Why you should have a "pre-boarding" call with your soon-to-be manager and what to identify during that meeting ⭐️What type of goals ...
Oct 26, 2021•21 min•Ep. 38
Just landed a new L&D role and don't know where to start? 🤷🏽♀️ In today's episode I break down the 3 Pillars I teach inside of The Overnight Trainer L&D Career Accelerator! I dive into: 💯The reality that no one enters their new role 100% prepared, and what to do to get up to speed quickly 🤚🏼Why we have to take responsibility for our own onboarding 💎The fact that there is no one-size-fits all approach to learning strategy 📈 Why you should always be focusing on your growth inside your role...
Oct 19, 2021•27 min•Ep. 37
Are you struggling with how to market yourself on your job search? 😵💫 Chances are, you don't have a marketing problem - you have a niche problem. 🎤 As someone who has been training people in sales and marketing for the past 10 years, I used this week's The Overnight Trainer Podcast to outline why your marketing efforts may be failing you and how you can use your niche to create a more focused and streamlined marketing plan for yourself. P.S. I help with ALL of this in my 1:1 L&D Career Coach...
Oct 12, 2021•22 min•Ep. 36
Interested in what it takes to transition into L&D leadership for the first time? In today's episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast L&D Leader Heidi Kirby shares her experience transitioning from higher education, to corporate L&D and then most recently to an L&D leadership position. If anyone knows Heidi, you know this episode is FULL of goodies like: 🔀 What prepared Heidi for her transition from an L&D individual contributor role to a leadership and people manager role 😑 Common misconcepti...
Oct 05, 2021•50 min•Ep. 35
Who better to answer questions about the hiring process than the ones tasked with doing the hiring! Today's The Overnight Trainer features one of the best recruiters I have ever worked with, Ashlyn McIntosh! Ashlyn, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Altruist, has 10+ years experience creating relationships with candidates, leaders and stakeholders in order to make the best decisions for both the company and the individual. We go DEEP in this episode and Ashlyn gives us REAL answers to questio...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 34
Feeling lost on your self-development journey? Feel like there are too many things to learn to prepare you for a role in L&D? Feeling completely overwhelmed by what you think you need to learn? Today's The Overnight Trainer podcast episode is for YOU! Here's the good news - I use my simple Nailing Your L&D Niche formula and show you how to turn it into a development plan that is in alignment with what you REALLY want to do in L&D. Long gone will be the days of throwing spaghetti 🍝 at the wall h...
Sep 21, 2021•26 min•Ep. 33
If you have experienced unemployment, are experiencing it now, or have someone close to you who is, today's episode of The Overnight Trainer podcast is for YOU! Sabina Sulat, Author, Founder and Unemployment Advisor at Re: Working joins me today to discuss how we to re: think unemployment so you can return to work stronger, smarter, and more resilient. In this juicy episode we discuss: 📥 Sabina's personal experience with unemployment, and what led her to share the knowledge she learned during t...
Sep 14, 2021•58 min•Ep. 32
In this week's solo episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast I talk about the 3️⃣ Learning and Development principles that shape how I approach designing and delivering learning. 💻 After listening to the episode, I'd love to hear from you which principle resonated the most with you, and/or which one you are going to try and incorporate! Let me know ⬇️. P.S. - I have a special new launch that podcast listeners get early access to, so make sure to tune into this episode to find out more!...
Aug 31, 2021•23 min•Ep. 31
This week's podcast episode is 🔥 because Claudine Charles brought the L&D heat! Claudine, owner of Blended Learning Studios, dropped by the show to share her wisdom from almost 2️⃣ decades in the L&D space. She spills the secrets on: 🚗 How why she got into L&D in the first place and how it changed the course of her life and career 👩💻 The pros and cons of the consultant/freelance life, and why not everyone needs to be self-employed 🌏What it means to design and deliver learning in this new e...
Aug 24, 2021•53 min•Ep. 30
Today's podcast episode is inspired by last night's amazing Nailing Your Niche Masterclass! A great question came up that I dedicated an entire episode to: How can you use the idea of a niche to help you grow into your *next* L&D role? In this episode I walk through: ✅ Each of the 5 steps to nailing your niche, and how to direct it towards career growth, rather than career transition ✅ Specific questions to ask yourself when looking to take that next step in your L&D career ✅ Why finding your ni...
Aug 17, 2021•18 min•Ep. 29
I took YOUR most frequently asked questions about the The Overnight Trainer 8-Week Group Coaching program and put them into a short and sweet pod episode! In this episode I go into detail about: 👩💻Why I created The Overnight Trainer group coaching program 🖥 What's inside the asynchronous modules ⭐️What you get out of the members only group and live coaching calls 💰Wins from this past cohort And also...a very special offer for the August cohort that is exclusive to podcast listeners! Change ...
Aug 10, 2021•28 min•Ep. 28
What happens when two bubbly personalities combine to talk about all things L&D? Well, you'll just have to tune into today's The Overnight Trainer episode with Steffaney Zohrabyan to find out! 💃💃💃 Steffany, an industry leader in Digital Adoption, stopped by the show to share about all things #digitaladoption. We talked about: 📈 Her incredible career that spans from curriculum development, to higher ed to sales enablement and everything in between 💿 What digital adoption really is and what a...
Aug 03, 2021•43 min•Ep. 27
This week I'm SO lucky to have ATD award-winner, Loc Nguyen on The Overnight Trainer Podcast! 🎉 Loc is a U.S. Air Force Veteran and the Head of Customer Education at BlueScape. We chat about his experience serving our country and his customers, as well as: 📚 The similarities and differences between Customer Education and "traditional" L&D 🛫 How his time as an Officer in the U.S. Air Force shaped how he thinks about designing modern learning and how he shows up as an L&D leader ⭐️ His advice f...
Jul 27, 2021•51 min•Ep. 26
🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT - Dr. Lynn Johnson is on today's show talking all about the intersectionality between DEI and L&D - you DO NOT want to sleep on this episode! 🔥 Lynn, talent strategist and DEI consultant specializing in diversity and inclusion, strategic planning, business coaching, and training and development answers some HARD questions and lays the truth about what it means to support DEI efforts from an L&D lens. We cover: 🧑🏽🏫 L&D's role in company DEI initiatives (and what to do if...
Jul 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 25
Want to know how to step up your L&D leadership game WITHOUT courses 💻, certifications 🏆 and programs 📚? This week's The Overnight Trainer Podcast is for you! In this episode I share three non-traditional ways to grow as an L&D leader that you can literally start doing TODAY.
Jul 06, 2021•33 min•Ep. 24
You know him. You love him. THE Jeff Lowndes is joining me on today's podcast! We talk about Jeff's journey into L&D and sales enablement, and he shares: ✳️ How his experience OUTSIDE of L&D prepared him for stepping into his role 📝 Why he thinks the L&D world gets fixated on the "rules" and which rules never to break 📍 What are some baseline "rules" people looking to transition into L&D should know 💰 His advice to L&D leaders who struggle with pushing past antiquated processes in order to cr...
Jun 29, 2021•33 min•Ep. 23
Bursting at the seems to share today's episode with you! I have none other than Head of Talent at Jam Pan, and founder of the GLDC, @John Hinchliffe on the show today. John and I go way off "script" (in the best way possible) and chat about: 🧭 His incredible journey from an English Language Teacher to Head of Talent at Jam Pan 🧲 What drew him to Instructional Design as his area of expertise 📚 How L&D parallels our educational systems, and why we need to reform it 🤝 The role community has pla...
Jun 22, 2021•58 min•Ep. 22
This week on The Overnight Trainer Podcast, I answered YOUR burning L&D questions! Find out my thoughts on: 🪜 The key steps to keep in mind when designing a development program ⭐️ Essential skills for progressing in an L&D career 🔎 Finding studies that prove the value of just-in-time learning 📈 The latest L&D market trends 🎓 L&D certifications to upskill yourself In this episode, I talk a lot about the Learning Cluster Design model, and the CEO of the Learning Cluster Design Group, Crystal K...
Jun 16, 2021•33 min•Ep. 21
