The L&D Career Club Podcast

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 yo...

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 kno...

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-boardin...

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 al...

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...

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 f...

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 th...

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...

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...

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 podc...

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...

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...

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 A...

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 h...

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 shape...

🚨 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...

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.

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...

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 📚 H...

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...

Want to know what it's like to go from self-appointed drive-thru queen to VP on Learning Experience? Jess Almlie is on the show today to share her journey from starting as a cashier and trainer at McDonalds to her current position as VP of Learning Experience at Wex. In this episode, Jess dives deep into: 📚 Her journey from corporate, to higher-education, and then back to corporate again 📈 What...

This week we the tables are turned as Jonah Goldstein, Head of Learning from 360 Learning joins me on The Overnight Trainer Podcast! I was lucky enough to be interviewed by Jonah a few months back and am so excited he is a guest on today's show. In this episode, Jonah and I dive into the structure of L&D teams, and what makes an L&D team successful and he gives insight into: 🏋️‍♀️ The challenges L...

This week on The Overnight Trainer Podcast I am breaking down my method on how to land your dream L&D role! I spill my secrets on: 🔍 Why finding your niche is a game changer (that will save you a lot of heartache) ↔️ How showcasing your transferable skills translates into story telling 👯‍♀️ What your LinkedIn network and feed should look like 🏆 How to stand out amongst competition in an intervi...

Today we have a brand new solo episode of The Overnight Trainer Podcast where I ask the question... Is there such thing as TOO much self development? 🙀 Listen to today's episode for my answer and how to know if the content you are consuming is aligned with your "North Star." ⭐️ P.S. My 8-week Overnight Trainer Career Coaching group container is opening THIS WEEK for registration! It will be 8 we...

We are back this week with a new episode of The Overnight Trainer with the one, the only... Kate Udalova of 7taps. 🎉 Kate is a marketer turned L&D expert, business owner and micro-learning addict! Her product, 7taps is a web-based authoring tool that allows for the creation of bite-sized courses faster than ever, making microlearning development simple to use, available to everyone and dare we sa...