The Cohort · Six Weeks · Twice a Year
Still in the Room.
You kept your seat. Now it is time to take the room.
Six weeks, two live sessions a week: one on career strategy, one hands-on with AI. The truth about where you stand, what you are worth, and exactly how to take the room.
Who this is for
You survived the cut.
Your name was not on the list. You still have your badge, your title, your calendar full of meetings.
And you feel nothing like you thought you would.
Because the colleagues who got cut have severance and LinkedIn posts about new beginnings. You have their work. And their empty chairs. And a nervous system that knows something shifted but cannot name what.
Surviving a layoff is not the same as being safe. The people who figure that out early are the ones who take the room.
Built for women, and open to everyone doing this work.
What you walk away with
Two programs. One cohort. One price.
Two live sessions every week: one on career strategy, and one hands-on with Claude. Woven together for six weeks.
Clarity
A clear-eyed read on where you actually stand
Not where you hope you stand. Your visibility, your value alignment, your budget exposure, and what leadership is not saying to you.
Positioning
Your value in the language leadership uses now
A written positioning statement, practiced. The words to say what you are worth in AI-era terms, in any room.
Direction
A runway assessment and your next committed move
Stay, pivot, or leave. A framework for making the call without panic. One decision, one action before the cohort ends.
AI Fluency
Real Claude skills you use from day one
Prompting, tone control, Projects and Artifacts, woven into every session. The exact tools I use to run my own business.
The six-week arc
She walks in keeping her head down. She walks out taking the room.
Week 1The Truth About the Room You're In
How layoff and reorg decisions are actually built. What "safe" actually means right now versus what you have been told. Why the head-down strategy worked before, and why it is now the fastest path to the next cut.
Claude Foundation: your first Claude session. The mindset shift, the anatomy of a great prompt, and your first hands-on practice.
You leave with: a clear-eyed read on where you actually stand, and the foundation to use Claude as your always-available strategic assistant.
Week 2Your Edge in the Age of AI
What AI actually does versus what companies say it does. Why your experience is now a competitive moat, and how to say that without flinching. Your personal inventory of what cannot be automated.
Claude Skill: formatting and tone control. Make Claude sound like you, not like a robot, using your own writing as the model.
You leave with: a written inventory of your irreplaceable value and a Claude output that sounds like it came from you.
Week 3How to Be Seen Without Begging
How leadership actually decides who gets the next opportunity. The difference between being visible and being present. How to be known to the people who matter without signaling anxiety.
Claude Skill: Projects and context. A Claude Project loaded with your background, your voice and your audience, so every output is grounded in who you actually are.
You leave with: a specific visibility plan (three moves, named people, a 30-day window) and a Claude Project that knows you.
Week 4Name Your Value in the Language of Now
How to translate your experience into the language leadership is using right now. What to say when asked about AI fluency. How to advocate for yourself without triggering the "she's difficult" read.
Claude Skill: the content machine. Speak your ideas, hand the transcript to Claude, and get a polished deliverable in minutes. The workflow I use to run my own business.
You leave with: your positioning statement, practiced not perfect, and a workflow you will use for the rest of your career.
Week 5Read the Runway and Know Where You're Going
The week nobody else teaches. The signals that tell you the runway is actually ending versus you are just scared. The AI-era role categories where experienced professionals have a real edge: AI oversight and governance, AI-human workflow design, people operations, customer success, and change management.
Claude Skill: research and positioning assets. Use Claude to research your target roles, build a positioning framework, and write the language that puts you in front of the right people.
You leave with: a written runway assessment, two or three target role categories, a 60-day positioning plan, and Claude-generated language ready to use.
Week 6Take the Room
Stop surviving and start building. Stay, pivot, or leave. How to build optionality without burning what you have. The first move. Not the whole plan, the first move.
Claude Skill: Artifacts and the iteration loop. Build standalone deliverables inside Claude and refine them until they are exactly right.
You leave with: a written decision, one committed action before the cohort ends, and the Claude skills to keep building after it does.
The details
How the cohort works.
Session one · Strategy
How to read the room, and take it
Where you actually stand, what leadership is not saying, and how to position your value in the language decisions are made in.
Session two · AI
Hands-on with Claude
Real AI skills, practiced live on your own work, so you leave each week able to do something you could not do before.
Included · The Room
The community and the full Prompt Builder, for all six weeks.
Between live sessions, bring your questions to The Room: Ask Carrie, the full Prompt Builder with every situation unlocked, and the conversation with the rest of your cohort. Want to stay after the six weeks? You can, at $47 a month.
From Cohort 1
In their words.
I was one of the initial cohort attendees in Still in the Room. I never knew what my career level was, so I loved how Carrie walked us all through the process. Learning AI in parallel was amazing. I was fearful of it, but now I am comfortable navigating different platforms. Carrie is always answering questions, and that is rare.
Halley · San Jose, CAStill in the Room, Cohort 1I am in college and so glad I took this cohort. I feel more prepared to enter the corporate world. Carrie helped me identify how my degree correlates to AI and even helped me map my coursework. I can talk with recruiters about compensation and career leveling, and I learned AI on top of that.
Veronica · Boston, MAStill in the Room
Your coach
I know how the decisions get made.
I designed and implemented job architecture and compensation structures worldwide for Fortune 500 companies. I was in the room when levels were set, when pay was decided, and when the hard lists were built. I know what leadership sees, and what they are not saying to you.
I built Still in the Room to give you what no one in your organization will: the truth about where you actually stand, and what to do with it.
I am in coach certification with the Hudson Institute of Coaching, completing in March 2027.
In the room with you,Carrie
Questions
Before you join the waitlist.
Who is this program for?
Mid-to-senior professionals: directors, senior managers, and experienced individual contributors who came through a layoff or reorg and are working out what comes next. Built for women, and open to everyone doing this work. If you are still in your seat and quietly wondering if it is safe, this is for you.
How does the program work?
Two live sessions every week for six weeks: one on career strategy, and one hands-on AI session with Claude. Each week builds on the last. You do real work (written inventories, positioning statements, runway assessments), not just content consumption. Between sessions, The Room community is included, so your questions always have a place to go. The cohort is intentionally small so everyone gets direct access.
When are the 2027 cohorts?
There are two cohorts a year, in April and October 2027. The waitlist hears first, before enrollment opens to anyone else.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes. There is a pay-in-full option and a payment plan. Full investment details are shared when you are invited to enroll from the waitlist.
Do I need to know anything about AI?
No. Week 1 starts from the beginning. You bring your experience. We put AI on top of it, one real situation at a time.
Is The Room included?
Yes, for all six weeks of your cohort, including Ask Carrie and the full Prompt Builder. After the cohort ends, you are welcome to stay in The Room at $47 a month. And if you want support built entirely around you, there is 1:1 coaching.
The waitlist
Be first in line for April 2027.
The waitlist hears first, before enrollment opens to anyone else. No spam, just the dates, the details, and your invitation.
Join the Waitlist
Your name and email. That is all.
No spam. Just the dates, the details, and your invitation.
Still in the Room is a program of Still In The Room LLC, a subsidiary of HM Capital LLC. Questions? [email protected]
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