About Our Faculty
Stand Out, Be Heard, and Influence REAL change in their industry
Annemarie Cross
Annemarie Cross is the Founder and CEO of Industry Thought Leader Academy and a key member of the Faculty. She is a Personal Brand & Podcast Strategist and Business Coach.
Dubbed ‘The Podcasting Queen,’ Annemarie Cross is an award-winning podcast host and is recognized as a pioneer in the podcasting space having started her first co-hosted podcast in 2008. Her podcasts have been syndicated on both National and International Radio and listed among the top podcasts for Entrepreneurs and small business worldwide.
Recognised as one of the Top 20 Business Coaches in Melbourne – Australia, Annemarie works with consultants and coaches around the world helping them create distinguishable, uncopyable and irresistible brands so they’re seen as not just A choice – but THE choice with their ideal clients.
Prior to her work in the podcasting space, Annemarie’s background has been in the area of personal branding, marketing, and communications.
In fact, it is the principles, practices, and processes that Annemarie teaches, which has enabled her to become known as a Thought Leader across both those industries.
She has won multiple National and International awards, is a sought-after speaker and educator, Author of: Ace That Interview – Cutting-Edge Interview Techniques EXPOSED! and a contributing author to numerous Career titles. She sat on an International Board of Resume Writing Certification Experts and a Judging Panel for the world’s highest echelon in Resume Writing Awards – the TORI awards (of which she has won several herself over the years) and held that position for many years.
While Annemarie loves to educate and empower her clients – she is not just an educator, but is a practitioner through and through. She practices what she preaches – even today in her business and wouldn’t expect her clients to do anything she hasn’t learned and/or implemented herself. Because she knows what she teaches – works!
Career Highlights & Accolades:
-Career Management and Reach Certified Personal Branding Strategist
-Winner of: Best Executive Résumé and Master Résumé Lifetime Achievement Award from Career Directors International
-Only Australian Career Specialist to have worked directly with Career Builder as one of their Career Transition Coaches.
At one time Annemarie was Australia’s only triple certified professional résumé writer/career coach to be published in 15 internationally-leading career books, held eight internationally recognised certifications in personal branding, résumé writing, interviewing and career coaching, while receiving multiple TORI (Toast of the Resume Industry) Award Nominations and résumé writing awards, since 2002.
Sought after by one of Australia’s leading educational institutions – Chisholm Institute and asked to develop their Introduction to Digital Marketing Certificate – Social Media and the content for their Vocational Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing – Australia’s first-ever Industry-endorsed course
Invited to become a Microsoft Surface Brand Ambassador | Key Influencer (2016-2017)
Best Podcast in the Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurial Category in the CastAway Podcast Awards.
Certifications & Qualifications:
Grad.Dip.Careers & Education and Development
Business Management Diploma (Human Resources)
Diploma of Professional Counselling (Career & Workplace Issues)
Cert IV. in Business Management (Human Resources)
Money, Marketing & Soul Certified Coach
Money Breakthrough Method Certified Coach
Sacred Money Archetypes Certified Coach
Certified Professional Résumé Writer
Certified Advanced Résumé Writer
Certified Expert Résumé Writer
Certified Employment Interview Coach [first in Australia]
Career Web Portfolio Practitioner [first in Australia]
Certified 360Reach Analyst
Certified Reach Personal Branding Strategist
Certified EQ Career Strategist [first in Australia]
Authorised DISC Administrator | Behavioural Consultant
Credentialed Career Master
Certified Electronic Career Coach [first in Australia]
Career & Workplace Counsellor
Master Neuro-Linguistics Programming (NLP) Practitioner
NLP TrainerMaster Sequential Mind Therapy (SMT) Practitioner
Accredited MBTI® Practitioner
Accredited Strong® Interest Inventory Practitioner
Booking Annemarie as a Speaker/Presenter at your next event and/or podcast interview:
To find out more about Annemarie’s speaking topics and what previous event coordinators have said about bringing Annemarie to their audience, click here to go to Annemarie’s Speaking page on her personal website.
