If you're waiting for a promotion before you start leading, this episode could completely change the way you think about your career.

Many high-performing women believe leadership begins when they receive a new title.

But leadership isn't something you step into after the promotion.

It's something people experience long before anyone changes your title.

In this episode, Shannon explains why promotions are built on trust, how leadership is demonstrated through everyday interactions, and why waiting for permission may be the very thing slowing your career growth.

In this episode you'll learn:
✔ Why leadership begins before the title
✔ How trust is built through repeated experiences
✔ The difference between doing great work and influencing great work
✔ Why leadership is about creating an experience for others
✔ How small daily interactions shape your professional reputation
✔ The mindset shift that helps you become the obvious choice for future opportunities
✔ One simple question to ask before every meeting

Before your next meeting, ask yourself: "If I already had the leadership role I'm working toward, how would I show up differently?"

Choose one thing.

Then intentionally create that experience for others.

Because leadership isn't about having all the answers.

It's about helping other people move forward.

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Have you ever found yourself thinking: "I'm doing everything that's asked of me...so why am I still waiting?"

You're not alone.

In this episode, Shannon sits down with Julie Gartell, founder of CareerPREP Solutions and former Head of Talent Acquisition for companies including Coach, Kate Spade, Saks Fifth Avenue, Stuart Weitzman, and MediaCom.

After spending more than two decades making hiring and promotion decisions, Julie shares what she wishes every high-performing professional understood about career growth today.

One insight especially stood out:
Companies own your job. They don't own your career.

Together, Shannon and Julie discuss:
✔ Why hard work alone no longer guarantees promotion
✔ The difference between being dependable and being promotable
✔ Why documenting your accomplishments changes career conversations
✔ How weekly impact updates can strengthen your relationship with your manager
✔ Why learning sideways often creates more long-term opportunity than chasing titles
✔ The role networking plays, even when you're happy in your current role
✔ How to advocate for yourself without feeling like you're bragging

If you've ever wondered how hiring leaders actually think, this episode offers an inside look from someone who has spent decades making those decisions.

🔗 Connect with Julie Gartell

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🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
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Let me tell you something.

Being qualified for an opportunity and being the obvious choice for it are not always the same thing.

The obvious choice is the person whose name comes up naturally.

The person leadership already trusts.

The person others can picture succeeding at the next level before the opportunity even exists.

How does someone become that person?

Not through one perfect presentation.
Not through one successful project.
Not through one moment when they finally prove themselves.

They become the obvious choice through repeated experiences of leadership.

In this solo episode, Shannon explains how leadership reputation, trust, and strategic visibility shape promotion decisions long before an opening appears.

Inside this episode:
✔ What makes someone the obvious choice for promotion
✔ Why leadership trust develops through repeated experiences
✔ The difference between performance and leadership reputation
✔ Why promotions are decisions about trust
✔ How to stop waiting for permission to lead
✔ Why consistency matters more than perfection
✔ How to intentionally shape the way people experience your leadership
✔ A simple three-word exercise to strengthen your professional reputation

You don’t need to become louder, work longer hours, or chase recognition.

You need to help people consistently experience the leader you are becoming.

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
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Can I tell you something I see all the time?

So many high-performing women know what they should do next.

They know they should speak up.

They know they should apply.

They know they should advocate for themselves.

They know they should stop waiting to be chosen.

But knowing what to do and actually doing it are two very different things.

In this episode, Shannon sits down with executive coach Janylene Turcotte to talk about the hidden beliefs, old stories, and subconscious patterns that shape how women show up at work.

After 25 years in senior HR leadership roles, including at Deloitte and other major organizations, Janylene understands both sides of career growth. She has sat in the rooms where hiring, promotion, compensation, and leadership decisions happen, and she has also personally experienced the vulnerability of being laid off and navigating a career shift.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why capable women sometimes stay stuck even when they know what to do
• The stories that quietly shape confidence and action
• The three belief patterns Janylene sees most often
• Why “not good enough” keeps so many women from going after bigger opportunities
• How action can shift belief, even before confidence arrives
• Why some workplaces keep women stuck in outdated versions of themselves
• The difference between a healthy career transaction and emotional over-attachment
• How creating small “10 out of 10 moments” can begin changing your experience

This conversation is a reminder that you do not need to become more valuable.

You may need to start questioning the stories that keep you from showing leadership the value you already create.

🔗 Connect

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
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Let me tell you something.

“I work really hard” may be completely true.

It still doesn’t answer the question leadership is trying to answer during a raise conversation:

What business value has this person created?

In this solo episode, Shannon explains why compensation conversations become stronger when you stop describing effort and start communicating impact.

Many high-performing women already have the evidence they need.

They’ve solved problems.
Improved processes.
Protected revenue.
Saved time.
Developed people.
Strengthened relationships.

The problem is that those examples are often scattered across months of busy work and never organized into a story leadership can quickly understand.

Inside this episode:
✔ Why hard work alone doesn’t build a strong raise case
✔ The difference between activity and business impact
✔ Why compensation decisions require evidence
✔ How to translate responsibilities into measurable value
✔ Why waiting until raise season makes preparation harder
✔ The connection between clarity, preparation, and confidence
✔ How to think like a historian instead of a detective
✔ The three questions to include in your Leadership Impact Journal

A raise conversation isn’t about convincing someone you’re worth more.

It’s about helping leadership clearly recognize the business value you’ve already created.

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
💌 Become an Insider to recieve weekly coaching, career strategy, behind-the-scenes insights, and practical tips to help you become impossible to overlook.

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Burnout doesn't usually happen overnight.

It builds slowly.

Through years of saying yes.

Ignoring stress signals.

Pushing through exhaustion.

Believing you'll slow down later.

In this episode, Shannon sits down with emotional intelligence expert, researcher, and author Dr. Lorea Martinez to discuss the hidden signs of burnout and why so many capable women don't realize they're running on empty until they reach a breaking point.

Drawing from her own burnout experience and more than two decades of research in emotional intelligence and well-being, Dr. Martinez shares practical strategies for recognizing emotional patterns, protecting your energy, and creating healthier ways of working and leading.

In this episode:
✔️ Why burnout often develops slowly over time
✔️ The hidden warning signs high-achieving women overlook
✔️ Why losing joy can be an early signal of burnout
✔️ Burnout caused by overwhelm versus under-stimulation
✔️ How emotional intelligence helps prevent burnout
✔️ Why emotions are valuable data, not something to ignore
✔️ Creating healthy workplace boundaries
✔️ Identifying your non-negotiables for well-being
✔️ Small habits that improve resilience and emotional health

Dr. Lorea also shares one simple exercise every listener can practice this week to become more aware of their emotional patterns before burnout takes hold.

🔗 Connect with Dr. Lorea Martinez

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
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Let me tell you something.

Your annual review is probably not the beginning of your promotion conversation.

It may simply be the first time you officially join a conversation that has already been developing.

Every interaction with your manager is quietly helping them answer questions like:

Can I trust her with more responsibility?

Does she think beyond the task in front of her?

How does she respond when things don’t go as planned?

Would she represent this team well at the next level?

In this solo episode, Shannon explains why promotions are rarely decided through one impressive presentation or perfectly worded request.

They’re shaped through consistent experiences of your leadership.

Inside this episode:
✔ Why promotion conversations begin long before you ask
✔ How managers form opinions about leadership readiness
✔ Why one performance review cannot carry an entire year
✔ The difference between persuading leadership and positioning your value
✔ Why your promotion recognizes leadership you’re already demonstrating
✔ How repeated experiences build trust
✔ Why one imperfect meeting won’t define your future
✔ A simple exercise to strengthen your leadership reputation intentionally

You don’t need to wait for a promotion opening to begin showing leadership.

You can help people experience the leader you already are, one conversation, project, and decision at a time.

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
💌 Become an Insider to recieve weekly coaching, career strategy, behind-the-scenes insights, and practical tips to help you become impossible to overlook.

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Many women spend years building successful careers.

They work hard.

Earn promotions.

Lead teams.

Reach goals they once only dreamed about.

But eventually many high-achieving women find themselves asking a new question:
What's next?

In this episode, Shannon sits down with former IBM Executive Vice President and Senior Partner Anouk Brumfield to discuss leadership, ambition, reinvention, and how success evolves throughout a career.

After more than 30 years at IBM leading global teams, major transformations, and billion-dollar portfolios, Anouk shares lessons learned about career growth, mentorship, sponsorship, burnout, purpose, and personal fulfillment.

In this episode:
✅ How family and early life experiences shape ambition
✅ The role mentorship and sponsorship play in career advancement
✅ Why high-achieving women need both internal and external mentors
✅ How success changes throughout different stages of life
✅ The difference between burnout and knowing it's time for a pivot
✅ Why self-awareness is critical for career growth
✅ How to recognize when you're no longer aligned with your purpose
✅ The importance of building your personal support network
✅ Why giving yourself grace is a leadership skill

Listen for practical advice for women navigating career transitions, leadership growth, and the question so many professionals eventually face: Am I still doing what I'm meant to be doing?

🔗 Connect with Anouk Brumfield

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy and create your personalized plan to confidently position yourself for the raise you've earned. You'll also receive my exclusive Raise Strategy Coaching Series where I'll walk alongside you every step of the way.
📞 Let's Build Your Strategy Together: Book a Promotion Strategy Review if you're ready to personalize your plan, strengthen your positioning, and create a strategy that works for your manager, your company, and your career goals.
📲 Join the FB Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies.
💌 Become an Insider to recieve weekly coaching, career strategy, behind-the-scenes insights, and practical tips to help you become impossible to overlook.

🎧 LOVE THE SHOW?
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