Career strategy for senior go-to-market & presales professionals

If you trust your work to speak for itself, you're trusting other people to find words you never gave them.

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Laurie J Wetzel, executive career strategist
25 years on the deciding side of the table | Adobe· Slack· Salesforce
01The real reason you're stuck

It's not that you stopped performing.

StillYou've been called a high performer for years, and your scope hasn't moved.
StillYou keep taking on more, and advancement stays just out of reach.
StillYou watch peers with similar or less experience move into rooms you're not considered for.

None of that is a performance problem. It's a read problem — and here's what changes the moment your value is clear.

Your work gets discussed differently when you're not in the room. Conversations shift from "potential" to "ready now." The people who decide understand your impact without you over-explaining. You stop spinning and start moving with direction.
Not sure where your value is getting misread?
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02How the work moves careers

Most career advice stops at the resume.
Stand Out Advantage changes how you're read.

Four shifts, each one changing how the people who decide read your value.

Shift one
From what you do to what you want to be known for.
Define your edge
Shift two
From telling your story to letting it travel.
Build your presence
Shift three
From preparing for the moment to converting it.
Master your moments
Shift four
From working a role to building a career.
Lead your growth
03Which move are you making?

The read that's holding you back looks different depending on where you're headed.

Find the one that sounds like you — the quiz shows you exactly where your value is getting lost.

Moving up in place

You're ready for the next level where you are, but you're read as operational when the work is strategic.

Moving somewhere new

You're crossing companies or industries, and worried your experience won't read as relevant on the other side.

Tired of being overlooked

You keep delivering and taking on more, yet the recognition and advancement land on someone else.

Laurie J Wetzel leading a workshop on stage
04From someone who's been in the room

25 years on the deciding side of the table.

I've watched this from the other side. I get it.

I led go-to-market and presales teams at Adobe, Slack, and Salesforce, and I sat in the rooms where hiring and promotion decisions get made. I watched talented people get passed over, not because their work wasn't strong, but because the people deciding couldn't read their value clearly enough to advocate for them.

Stand Out Advantage is what I wish I could have handed every overlooked high performer I saw from the other side of that table.

05Proof

The work was never the issue. The reading of it was.

Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie, moving up in place

Her leadership was being read as operational, not strategic, and that one misinterpretation was blocking everything. When her company was acquired and decisions about her future were being made quickly, she got clear on how to articulate her impact in executive language and showed up in the rooms where those decisions were actually made.

"It was a masterclass in self-advocacy and executive influence, at a moment when timing mattered."

Melissa
Melissa, moving somewhere new

A high performer in financial services, under-leveled and looking toward tech, bracing to start over with a lower title and credibility rebuilt from scratch. The risk was never her capability. It was how her experience would be read once she crossed industries. She learned to translate it into impact that carried across sectors, and moved into tech without stepping back.

"I stopped trying to fit my background into someone else's version of tech experience and started owning the value I actually bring."

"There's real evidence that I'm good at this, so I don't feel as worried claiming it."
Sierra, an engineer, moved up to manager
"Night and day from our first conversation several months ago."
The hiring manager who first passed on Brandon, a sales engineer
"The portfolio we built made it a no-brainer."
An SE manager, promoted to Senior Manager
"I went from about 2% to nearly 100% response rate once we rebuilt my narrative."
Ben, a senior solutions engineer
"She helped me negotiate a senior role, an outcome I once thought was beyond my reach."
Catherine, a legal professional
"I couldn't believe this story was about me."
Katie, a solutions engineer, rebuilding her narrative
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