Doing great work doesn’t guarantee you’ll get promoted, recognized, or offered the opportunities you want. If you want to grow your career, you need more than strong performance. You need a career strategy.

In this episode of the Young Professional Survival Guide, Lisa Larson shares the career advice she wishes someone had given her earlier.

You’ll learn how to:

• Get clear on what you actually want from your career
• Talk to your manager about career growth and promotion
• Identify the skills you need for the next level
• Choose stretch assignments strategically without becoming a workaholic
• Build relationships and mentors beyond your immediate team
• Communicate your impact without feeling like you’re bragging
• Know when it may be time to reconsider your role, team, or company

One of the biggest career mistakes is assuming your manager knows what you want or that your work will simply speak for itself.

Work doesn’t speak. People do.

Your career deserves more intention than waiting for someone else to notice how hard you’re working.

Ask yourself: Is the path I’m on still taking me somewhere I actually want to go?

Do great work. Build your reputation. Develop your skills. Build relationships. Make your impact visible. Most importantly, be intentional about where you’re going next.

🎧 Clarity Under Pressure explores leadership, career growth, decision-making, burnout, and how to perform when the stakes are high.

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