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Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Visibility, Promotion, Raises
Hosted by Shannon Fox | Promotion & Compensation Coach · EN
Do you ever feel like you're doing everything "right" at work, yet you're still being overlooked?
Maybe you're leading projects, solving problems, mentoring teammates, and delivering results, but your title and paycheck haven't caught up with the value you create.
Maybe you're wondering why someone else was promoted when you know you've been making a bigger impact.
Or maybe you're simply tired of waiting for someone to finally notice everything you bring to the table.
If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
Welcome to Career Growth for Working Women, the podcast that helps high-performing women become impossible to overlook and the obvious choice for raises, promotions, and leadership opportunities.
I'm Shannon Fox, Promotion & Compensation Coach, and I believe one simple truth:
You're not being overlooked because you lack talent. You're being overlooked because your impact isn't positioned clearly.
Every week, I'll help you learn how to strategically communicate your value, increase your visibility, navigate workplace dynamics, and position yourself for career opportunities that align with your strengths, your values, and the life you want to build.
Because getting promoted isn't about working harder.
It's about making it easier for leadership to recognize the value you're already creating.
Whether you're preparing for a raise, pursuing a promotion, navigating office politics, building executive presence, or simply trying to figure out your next career move, you'll find practical strategies, honest conversations, and coaching that you can immediately apply.
We'll talk about career positioning, visibility, leadership, confidence, burnout, boundaries, compensation, AI, networking, and what it really takes to grow your career without sacrificing yourself in the process.
So grab your coffee, or reheat it for the third time, and let's build a career that supports the life you want, pays you what you're worth, and makes you impossible to overlook.
READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEPS?
🚀 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. → https://theshannonfox.com/90-day-raise-strategy
📞 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. → https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-review
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143 | Why High-Performing Women Become the Default Problem Solver featuring Eric Dingler
1w ago00:26:30Tap to summarizeHave you ever looked around at work and wondered why you're the one constantly fixing problems that shouldn't belong to you?In this episode of Career Growth for Working Women, Shannon sits down with leadership consultant and business strategist Eric Dingler to explore why so many capable women become the default problem-solvers inside organizations.Drawing on nearly three decades of leadership experience, Eric explains how unclear expectations, poor delegation, and leadership blind spots often create gaps that high-performing women instinctively step in to fill.The challenge?Over time, those extra responsibilities can lead to burnout, resentment, stalled career growth, and an unhealthy pattern of carrying work that was never formally assigned.In this episode we talk about: ➡️ Why high-performing women become the default problem solver ➡️ The hidden cost of carrying invisible responsibility ➡️ How unclear expectations create workplace overwhelm ➡️ Why resentment grows when communication doesn't happen ➡️ Healthy ownership versus unhealthy over-functioning ➡️ How setting boundaries strengthens leadership credibility ➡️ Why women often carry responsibility for outcomes they don't control ➡️ The importance of identifying work that energizes you ➡️ How the Six Working Geniuses framework can improve career alignmentEric also shares practical strategies for having difficult conversations, setting boundaries with confidence, and creating more sustainable success at work.🔗 Connect with Eric: https://ericdingler.comREADY 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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →142 | Why Meetings Matter More Than You Think
2w ago00:16:00Tap to summarizeCan I ask you a question?Think about the last meeting you attended.Not the agenda.Not the action items.You.How did you show up?Did you contribute your perspective?Or did you leave thinking about everything you wish you had said?In this episode, Shannon explores one of the most overlooked opportunities for career growth: the everyday meetings already on your calendar.Because meetings aren't just where work gets discussed.They're where leadership gets observed.In this episode, you'll learn:✔️ Why meetings shape your leadership reputation✔️ The small habits that quietly make women less visible✔️ Why overthinking keeps great ideas from being heard✔️ The difference between being helpful and being influential✔️ How apologizing before speaking weakens your message✔️ Why you don't need perfect ideas before contributing✔️ How to reclaim your place after being interrupted✔️ Why leadership is built through repeated experiences, not one big presentation✔️ A simple strategy to help you show up more intentionally in every meetingIf you've ever walked out of a meeting replaying everything you said, this episode is for you.Because becoming impossible to overlook doesn't happen through one extraordinary moment.It happens through dozens of ordinary ones.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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →141 | Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Doing Non-Promotable Work featuring Nicole Johnston
2w ago00:20:17Tap to summarizeMany women become the person everyone depends on at work.They solve problems.Smooth conflict.Support teammates.Take on extra responsibilities.Keep everything running.But despite being incredibly valuable, many of those same women find themselves asking:"Why am I not getting promoted?"In this episode, Shannon sits down with leadership strategist, executive coach, and author Nicole Johnston to discuss the hidden career trap many women fall into: becoming indispensable without becoming promotable.Drawing on more than three decades of leadership experience with organizations including Procter & Gamble, Hershey, and Kimberly-Clark, Nicole explains why so much of the work women perform is necessary, but not always recognized as leadership.In this episode:✔️ What "non-promotable work" actually is✔️ Why women disproportionately carry emotional and mental load at work✔️ The hidden career cost of always being the helper✔️ Why promotions are based on leadership potential, not task completion✔️ How to set boundaries without damaging relationships✔️ Why every professional needs an "At-A-Girl Folder"✔️ How documenting accomplishments protects your career✔️ Practical ways to increase leadership visibilityNicole also shares one simple action every listener can take this week that can immediately improve future promotion conversations.🔗 Connect with Nicole JohnstonREADY 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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →140 | Why Talking About Your Value Isn't Bragging
3w ago00:14:35Tap to summarizeIf your manager asked you to describe your biggest accomplishments this year...Could you do it without feeling uncomfortable?For many high-performing women, that's harder than it should be.Not because they haven't accomplished incredible things.Because somewhere along the way they learned that talking about their accomplishments might sound like bragging.In this episode, Shannon explores one of the biggest career myths holding women back and offers a new way to think about communicating your value.Because here's what she wants every woman to understand:Talking about your value isn't bragging.It's leadership communication.In this episode, you'll learn:✅ Why so many women minimize their accomplishments✅ The difference between humility and invisibility✅ Why leaders can't advocate for value they don't clearly understand✅ How to communicate your impact without making it all about you✅ Why promotion conversations often happen when you're not in the room✅ How feedback can become evidence of your leadership✅ Why confidence grows through practice, not before it✅ A simple weekly exercise to help you start thinking in terms of value instead of activityIf you've ever worried that speaking about your accomplishments would make you sound arrogant, this episode offers a perspective that could completely change how you think about career growth.Because your goal isn't to convince people you're valuable.It's to help leadership recognize the value you already create.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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →139 | Why So Many High-Performing Women Burn Out in “Successful” Careers featuring Miriam Groom
3w ago00:19:23Tap to summarizeWhy do so many capable, successful professionals end up feeling exhausted, disconnected, and emotionally drained by careers that look great on paper?In this episode, Shannon speaks with career strategist and psychology expert Miriam Groom about burnout, over-functioning, identity, and the hidden patterns that keep many high-performing women stuck in careers that no longer align with who they truly are.After experiencing burnout herself while working across family business leadership, Fortune 500 environments, and one of the Big Four consulting firms, Miriam began questioning why traditional career advice often fails highly capable professionals.Her search for answers led her into psychology, psychometrics, behavioral profiling, and career strategy, where she discovered something powerful:Burnout is often not just about doing too much.It’s about spending too much time disconnected from your natural strengths, interests, and authentic wiring.In this episode, we discuss: ✅ Why high-performing women often overwork psychologically, not just physically ✅ How people become disconnected from their authentic selves ✅ Why saying “yes” to everything creates long-term burnout ✅ The connection between natural strengths, flow state, and fulfillment ✅ Why many professionals are operating from developed skills instead of natural gifts ✅ How childhood experiences often reveal authentic strengths and interests ✅ Why burnout is frequently tied to misalignment, not laziness ✅ Small ways to reconnect with yourself after burnoutMiriam also shares practical tools for self-discovery, including journaling practices, psychometric assessments, and reflection exercises designed to help professionals reconnect with who they truly are.🔗 Connect with Miriam GroomREADY 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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →138 | Why Being Indispensable Doesn't Lead to Promotion
4w ago00:14:33Tap to summarizeIf you stopped doing everything you quietly do behind the scenes tomorrow...Who would notice?Now here's the harder question.Would the people making promotion decisions know that was the value you were creating?That's the conversation we're having today.In this episode, Shannon explores why so many high-performing women become indispensable to their teams while still feeling invisible when promotion opportunities arise.If you've ever found yourself thinking:"What else do I have to do?"This episode is for you.You'll discover:✔ Why being indispensable isn't the same as being promotable✔ The difference between performance and positioning✔ Why many women become known for being helpful instead of strategic✔ The hidden gap between creating value and being recognized for it✔ Why workplace reputation matters more than most professionals realize✔ How your natural leadership strengths can become your biggest blind spot✔ Why promotions happen when decision-makers clearly understand your impact✔ A simple exercise to help you identify whether your value is visibleMost importantly, Shannon shares why becoming impossible to overlook has nothing to do with becoming louder.It starts by helping leadership recognize the value you already create.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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →137 | How Overthinking and Self-Doubt Quietly Block Success featuring Steve Barton
Jul 700:22:58Tap to summarizeWhat if the biggest thing affecting your confidence, career growth, and leadership potential isn’t external at all?In this episode, Shannon speaks with executive coach and author Steve Barton about the internal thought patterns that quietly influence how people show up in life and work.After helping grow his family’s retail floral business from $200,000 to over $2 million in annual revenue, Steve became deeply interested in the connection between awareness, confidence, mindset, and performance.Today, he coaches executives and high performers on overcoming overthinking, self-doubt, fear, perfectionism, and limiting beliefs that hold people back from fully stepping into their potential.At the center of Steve’s work is a framework he calls The Game of 10, which helps people shift from scarcity thinking into a mindset of self-worth, clarity, and possibility.In this episode, we discuss: ✅ Why overthinking keeps so many professionals stuck ✅ The hidden impact of negative thought patterns ✅ How self-doubt affects confidence and career growth ✅ Why many high achievers struggle with feeling “not enough” ✅ The difference between operating from fear versus awareness ✅ Steve’s “Game of 10” mindset framework ✅ How repeating empowering phrases can shift internal conditioning ✅ Why personal growth and self-awareness are foundational to successSteve also shares a powerful visualization exercise to help listeners let go of limiting thoughts and begin seeing themselves differently.🔗 Connect with Steve BartonREADY 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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →136 | Why Your Workplace Reputation Matters More Than You Think
Jul 300:05:58Tap to summarizeAs high-performing women, we're often focused on what's next.The next project.The next deadline.The next responsibility.But how often do we stop long enough to ask ourselves how leadership actually experiences our work?In this episode, Shannon shares a simple reflection designed to help you see your career through a different lens.Instead of asking how hard you're working, she asks a more important question:If leadership had to describe the value you create today, what would they say?That one question can reveal the gap between the value you're creating and the reputation you've built.In this episode:✔️ Why workplace reputation influences promotions✔️ The difference between effort and positioning✔️ How leadership forms perceptions over time✔️ Why many high-performing women are known for reliability instead of leadership✔️ The connection between reputation and career growth✔️ How to identify the gap between your current reputation and your desired leadership identity✔️ A simple reflection exercise to prepare for your next level of growthThis episode also sets the stage for next week's conversation about leadership visibility and how to help decision-makers recognize the value you already bring.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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
Transcribe →135 | Redefining Success: What Happens When Your Dream Career No Longer Fits featuring Kate Kayaian
Jun 3000:18:54Tap to summarizeWhat happens when you achieve the career you always wanted… but realize it may not be the life you want forever?In this episode, Shannon speaks with Kate Kayaian, former professional concert cellist, author, and coach who now helps professionals navigate major life and career transitions.Kate spent decades building a successful music career, performing on world-class stages and working with top orchestras. From the outside, it looked like she had reached the dream she had been working toward since childhood.But eventually, she began asking a deeper question: Do I want to keep doing this for the next 30 or 40 years?During the pandemic, when concerts were suddenly canceled, Kate used the unexpected pause to explore new possibilities. What began as coaching fellow musicians eventually evolved into a new career centered on helping people rethink success, challenge limiting beliefs, and move toward more meaningful work.In this episode, we discuss: ➡️ What it feels like when a successful career no longer feels aligned ➡️ Why stepping away from a dream career can feel socially “unacceptable” ➡️ The difference between burning the bridges and planning a thoughtful transition ➡️ How external expectations shape the way we see our own potential ➡️ Why many professionals underestimate what they’re capable of becoming ➡️ The simple mindset shift of asking “Yes, if…” instead of “No, because…”Kate also shares a framework from her book Beyond Potential that helps people reassess their current path, redefine their goals, and reignite momentum toward their next chapter.🔗 Connect with Kate KayaianREADY 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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
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134 | Why High-Performing Women Still Don’t Feel Confident
Jun 2600:14:13Tap to summarizeHave you ever looked around at other people in leadership and thought: “They just seem so much more confident than I am.”In this solo episode, Shannon explores why so many high-performing women privately struggle with confidence even while consistently producing leadership-level results.Through stories from coaching conversations, Shannon explains how women often:dismiss accomplishments emotionallynormalize growth quicklyfocus only on gaps and shortcomingsmove the goalpost every time they succeedThe result is a painful disconnect…Women creating measurable impact professionally while privately questioning whether they’re “ready” for bigger opportunities.This episode explores why confidence is often misunderstood entirely.Many women believe confidence is supposed to come first: ➡️ first you feel confident ➡️ then you speak up ➡️ then you advocate for yourself ➡️ then you pursue leadership opportunitiesBut in reality, confidence is often built through evidence.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✔️ Why many high-performing women still feel insecure ✔️ The emotional habit of dismissing accomplishments ✔️ Why achievers constantly move the goalpost on success ✔️ The difference between emotional thinking and evidence-based confidence ✔️ Why women struggle during promotion conversations ✔️ How self-doubt grows when accomplishments are never fully absorbed ✔️ Why confidence is built through clarity, not perfection ✔️ The power of creating an “evidence of impact” documentShe also shares a practical exercise listeners can begin using immediately to build grounded confidence through documented evidence instead of emotional self-criticism.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?👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you....
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