Marlene Cole - The Career Storyteller

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  • Resilience Speaker in Adelaide, SA

  • Travels Nationwide
  • From $2,500 to $14,500

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Most of us will spend a total of 44 years working, that's 91,250 hours! We are all in the business of marketing brands, but what about BRAND YOU?

As an international award-winning personal branding expert, Marlene Cole works with leaders and teams to accelerate career confidence, build credibility and ultimately, clarity to articulate their 'uniqueness'. Career development is all about personal branding to take our next step at all career stages.

Our individual stories can align with the corporate brand, focus on job satisfaction, better communication, and to create internal brand ambassadors. Personal and professional stories help us connect with authenticity. What's your story?

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Marlene draws on storytelling from her diverse career from her 29 jobs in 14 different industries across retail, human resources, recruitment, and the resources sector through to international travel and living in remote aboriginal communities to tailor a unique, professional and personal approach for your event. Whether you are a school, corporate, industry association, networking or community event, Marlene adapts her presentations to meet your needs, having stepped onto the stage in front of international crowds of 800 through to the Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne Convention Centres with audiences of 200-plus and intimate groups of 10-20 leaders.

Bringing joy, laughter and a-ha moments to large audiences as well as to small engaging workshops, she 'breaks the ice' quickly and encourages participation with hands-on activities to provide an educational experience that is relevant and inspirational. Career development is so important for everyone, and it's not just about how good your resume looks for an internal promotion or for your next career chapter - It's about communicating your credibility and confidence to build trust and influence in this new era of brands.

"Once we understanding how important our career stories are throughout our working life, we can find and articulate our personal brand to improve not just job satisfaction but teamwork, and employee engagement for our organisation."

Marlene believes every individual brings a uniqueness to the team and company by amplifying the uniqueness each of us brings into our work environment, one of her favourite quotes is "train your employees so well, they can leave - treat them so well they don't want to - Richard Branson".


Very flexible, hands-free, headset microphone works best.


Key talks/presentations ideas:

* Fast Track Your Career – Brand YOU! * Create a Winning Resume * Who Am I – What is My Career Story? * Strategic Networking – LinkedIn * Career Communication * Personal Branding for Career Success * Resume to YES-ume * Careers with Purpose


Marlene travels from Adelaide Airport. Airfare, accommodation and car pickup is required. Size of audience, length of presentation (workshops, keynote, panel, team building) are factors in the price point.


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