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How to grow your impact at work
(without putting in more hours)


If your current role and scope do not provide

It's counterintuitive, but the main reason most people can’t cross the chasm to executive roles is not skill or experience.

It’s

You won’t like it, but corporate politics matter.

Unfortunately 90% of professionals get it wrong.

They make 4 BIG mistakes:

How to stop giving a F*ck what other people think:

At this point in my career I rarely worry what other people

Don't network like an amateur.
Instead, try this:

Strategic stakeholder management.

It sounds fancy, I know.

But it's a simple

The common promotion strategy? It often falls flat.

But you can change it in 90 seconds:


The reason only 9%

The reason only 9% of people get promoted, is that very few realize they need a Push strategy, not a Pull Strategy.

Uncomfortable advocating for yourself?
This strategy will change everything

(What Taylor Swift taught me about self promotion)


I'll be

You don’t need to leave the rat race.

8 career changing lessons from entrepreneurs:

I've looked back at my career and

"You're doing great" is not a compliment.

It's lazy feedback that might keep you stuck.

Growth is a major component in

Luck didn't make me a VP.
This is the strategy that got me the job:

Choosing companies at hyper growth (even

17 rejections trying to become a Director taught me a lesson:


It's impossible to fit the requirements, when you don't know

I brainwashed myself to be confident

(and you can too)

Imagine speaking at a meeting when suddenly everything stops.

The

I was NOT seen as VP until I stopped doing these 3 things:

I had just stepped into the role with zero

I had to reject this belief to become an executive:

The best person gets the job.

(it was so hard!)

I negotiated an extra $25,000 on an offer while on vacation in Greece.

(Took the call from the pool)

I wasn't

I was rejected 17 times before becoming a Director.

There was only one thing different between the first and last

You don't need to be the BEST to be a VP.

Yet I hear this all the time:

→ I should

What would happen if you went all in?
I watch my clients do this every day and beat the odds.

It's how

It takes just as much time to do work that gets your promoted, as it does to do work that keeps you stuck.