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How John landed SVP at Verbatim with a 30% salary increase!


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John compared 7 career coaching companies before choosing us.

He was skeptical. He was a VP of Sales with high buyer defense mechanisms and he knew exactly what a pitch felt like. He told us that upfront.

What changed his mind was not our pitch. It was our energy. Our conviction. The feeling that this was a partnership, not a transaction.

What happened next is what we want you to sit with.

He stopped scrolling job boards entirely. He stopped applying. He shifted his attention completely to people. To building real relationships with C-suite leaders. To showing up curious, service-minded, and genuinely present in every conversation.

He drove 2 hours just to have breakfast with a hiring leader when he was only 4 interviews in. He prepared a binder. A 30-60-90. Market challenge solutions.

He went through 10 conversations for one role. The global CEO flew from Germany to meet him personally.

And the role was never posted.

It came through a relationship with a career promoter who introduced him to another career promoter. No one could have done that for him. He had to be the one in those rooms. He was. And he won.

SVP, GM. Path to President of the Americas in 6 months.

That is what doing the real work produces.

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โ‘ก OLIVIA'S LINKEDIN(CTA in first comment)

John told me something when we first spoke that I want to share here.

He said he was skeptical. Not of us specifically. Of himself. He wasn't sure he could do the outreach. Wasn't sure a C-suite leader would give him the time of day. Wasn't sure he had anything worth saying to someone at that level.

That is the conversation I want every executive in transition to hear. Because it is the most honest thing a high-performing sales leader can say. And it is the exact thing that, once released, opens everything.

John stopped scrolling job boards. He stopped applying. He made a complete mindset shift from passive searching to actively building relationships with senior leaders. From "I need a job" energy to genuine curiosity, alignment, and service.

He drove two hours for a breakfast meeting when he was four interviews in. He prepared obsessively. He showed up with a binder, a 30-60-90, market challenge analysis. He met with 10 people for one role. The global CEO flew from Germany to meet him face to face.

And the role was never posted. It came through a relationship that led to another relationship that created an opportunity that did not exist before John walked into the right room.

SVP, GM with a written path to President of the Americas within 6 months.

When I ask what made the difference, John said it clearly: he stopped worrying about age, stopped carrying self-limiting beliefs, and started showing up with the energy of someone who already knew their value.

Don't worry about your age. Show your value. That's it.

John said that. And he lived it.

Congratulations John. This one is going to be talked about for a long time. ๐Ÿ™

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Career Evolved PodcastBy Olivia Gamber