The R.I.S.E. Career Bundle

Every quarter, ten to fifteen executives sit around a table in a meeting you'll never see. It's called a calibration meeting. They stack-rank every name with your job title against three questions: Can AI do this? Do we really need three of these? Who's an asset, and who's a cost?

I know how that meeting works because I've been in the room. Over a 30-year tech career, I climbed from junior developer to executive leadership — coming up through companies like Booz Allen, USAA, and Cargill, then spending more than 20 years leading at companies such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Hilton, Wayfair, and CircleCI. I've sat on both sides of that table — the side being evaluated, and the side making the call.

Here's what most professionals never learn: there's a second list. While the calibration meeting decides who's exposed, executives are quietly building a Retention List — the short list of people they'll fight to protect when budgets tighten. Most professionals don't know it exists. They find out when the layoffs come, and their name wasn't on it.

The R.I.S.E. Career Bundle is the system that gets your name on that list.

What You Get

• Why High Performers Get Cut, Pro Edition. The 9-Box Grid executives use to categorize talent, plus the Personal 9-Box Placement Worksheet that tells you where you sit right now. ($37)

• The R.I.S.E. Career Audit Workbook. Thirteen targeted exercises across Reflect, Influence, Speak, and Execute. Includes the Shadow Org Chart Audit, the BLUF Method rewrite, and the full 90-Day Battle Plan. This is where the change actually happens. ($49)

• Panic Is a Poor Career Strategy. The full book. The complete framework, the executive perspective on each of the Five Risks, and the philosophy underneath every exercise. ($29)

Included: How to Use This Bundle, the navigation guide that tells you exactly where to start.

Already took the free Retention List Self-Assessment? The Pro Edition's 9-Box Placement Worksheet turns your score into your exact position on the grid.

Total standalone value: $115. Today: $67.

WHO THIS IS FOR

The Christian tech professional who's technically excellent, quietly invested in their growth, and tired of being the best-kept secret in the building. If you've watched colleagues with weaker credentials advance past you, this bundle was written for you.

YOUR 14-DAY PROMISE

Take the assessment, complete the Reflect section, and read the first three chapters of the book. If you don't see a clearer path forward, email me within 14 days for a full refund. I'd rather refund the bundle than have it sit unused.

Panic is a poor career strategy. Faith with a framework is the answer.

One quarter on the wrong list costs more than a pay cut. It costs the promotion you were next in line for, the severance math you never wanted to learn, and the six months it takes to rebuild. $67 is less than the cost of one uncomfortable lunch with a recruiter.