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Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Overwhelm, Clarity, Visibility, Burnout Recovery
Hosted by Shannon Fox | Promotion & Compensation Coach · EN
Do you feel stuck in a role you have outgrown, but unsure how to make your next move without risking your reputation or burning out?
Are you doing high-level work, carrying invisible responsibility, and still wondering why your impact is not reflected in your title or pay?
Do you know you are capable of more, but feel unclear on how to position yourself for a promotion or raise without working even harder?
Are you tired of waiting to be noticed and ready to be compensated for the value you already bring?
You are in the right place.
Career Growth for Working Women is the podcast for ambitious corporate women who want to advance their careers, increase their income, and gain recognition without overworking, people-pleasing, or shrinking to fit outdated expectations.
I am Shannon, a Promotion and Compensation Coach, and I help women fast-track their next promotion by teaching them how to show their value so clearly that leadership cannot overlook them.
Through my 5% Method, we focus on positioning you for meaningful raises, promotions, and career growth because when you consistently perform above and beyond, your pay should too.
Each week, you will get honest conversations, practical strategy, and mindset shifts around career advancement, visibility, burnout recovery, confidence, and compensation so you can grow your career sustainably and strategically.
Grab your coffee, or reheat it for the third time, and let’s talk about how to grow your career in a way that actually pays off.
READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next. → https://theshannonfox.com/fast-track-your-income-quiz
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork. → https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-call
📲 Join the Women Who Get Promoted Facebook Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it → https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast. → https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in
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132 | Why High-Performing Women Often Minimize Their Own Success
4d ago00:13:37Tap to summarizeHave you ever caught yourself saying things like: ➡️ “I just helped.” ➡️ “It was nothing.” ➡️ “It really wasn’t a big deal.”…even after doing something genuinely impressive at work?In this episode, Shannon explores a pattern many high-performing women experience without realizing it:The habit of minimizing their own success.Through stories from real coaching conversations, Shannon explains how women often carry leadership-level responsibility while describing their contributions as small supportive tasks.Over time, this pattern affects:leadership visibilityconfidenceself-perceptionadvancement opportunitiesMany women spend years trying to balance:competence and likabilityambition and humilityvisibility and emotional safetyThe result is often a professional identity built around shrinking accomplishments instead of clearly owning impact.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✔️ Why women instinctively minimize their accomplishments ✔️ The emotional labor of constantly managing perception at work ✔️ How downplaying success shapes leadership visibility ✔️ Why redirecting praise becomes automatic for many women ✔️ The connection between self-minimization and career stagnation ✔️ Why visibility and humility can exist together ✔️ Small language shifts that change leadership perceptionShe also shares a simple exercise to help listeners practice describing their contributions accurately and confidently.READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →131 | Why High-Achieving Women Must Redefine Success Before It Breaks Them featuring Valérie Demont
1w ago00:19:45Tap to summarizeWhat happens when the path to success starts to feel deeply misaligned?In this episode, Shannon speaks with author, mentor, and leadership voice Valérie Demont about burnout, intuition, and redefining success in a way that is sustainable.Before the age of 30, Valérie experienced two major burnouts. From the outside, she appeared to be doing everything right, performing at a high level, checking every professional box, and proving her value.But internally, the pressure and constant striving were becoming unsustainable.Through personal experiences including IVF, grief, and career pressure, Valérie began questioning the belief that success must come from constant effort and overperformance.Today, she teaches a different approach to leadership and life. One built on presence, clarity, and a deeper connection to intuition rather than relentless pressure.In this episode, we discuss: ✅ The early warning signs of burnout many professionals ignore ✅ Why high-achieving women are often rewarded for unsustainable effort ✅ The difference between pressure-driven work and presence-driven leadership ✅ How slowing down actually improves clarity and decision making ✅ The role intuition plays in career and life decisions ✅ Why redefining success beyond money can lead to deeper fulfillmentValérie also shares a simple practice anyone can implement immediately to reconnect with their intuition before making important decisions.🔗 Connect with Valérie DemontREADY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →130 | The Quiet Disappointment Many High-Performing Women Carry
2w ago00:13:42Tap to summarizeHave you ever felt like you’ve spent years proving yourself at work… only to wonder why your career still feels stuck?In this solo episode, Shannon explores one of the most emotionally complex experiences many high-performing women face:The quiet disappointment of feeling unseen.Many professionals believe that if they work hard, stay loyal, support everyone, and consistently deliver results, leadership will eventually recognize their value.But modern workplaces do not always reward invisible effort.Over time, many women begin carrying what Shannon calls an “invisible contract” at work - the belief that overdelivering, staying dependable, and never complaining will eventually lead to advancement.When that advancement does not happen, the disappointment often becomes internalized.Instead of questioning the system, women begin questioning themselves.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✔️ Why hard work alone does not always lead to promotion ✔️ The emotional impact of feeling overlooked at work ✔️ The difference between appreciation and advancement ✔️ Why many women confuse loyalty with visibility ✔️ How invisibility creates emotional exhaustion over time ✔️ Why women often minimize their own leadership contributions ✔️ The hidden cost of waiting to be “discovered” at work ✔️ How learning to communicate impact changes career growthShe also shares a simple exercise to help listeners begin practicing visibility without guilt or self-minimization.READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →129 | Stuck in Your Career? Why Reinvention Is the New Career Skill Featuring Ana Denis
2w ago00:24:00Tap to summarizeWhat do you do when the career you built no longer reflects who you are becoming?In this episode, Shannon sits down with communication expert and author Ana Denis to talk about something many professionals are experiencing but rarely discuss openly - career reinvention.A generation ago, career paths were relatively predictable. Many people stayed with one employer or one profession for decades. Today, rapid changes in technology, globalization, and workplace expectations mean most professionals will reinvent themselves multiple times during their careers.Anna shares insights from more than 20 years working in communications, marketing, and leadership development, along with lessons from interviews with women across more than 20 countries about how they navigate professional reinvention.She also opens up about her own experience rebuilding her professional identity after moving to a new country and losing half of her income during a major global crisis.In this episode, we discuss: ✅ Why career reinvention has become a necessary skill in modern careers ✅ The emotional challenges that come with professional identity shifts ✅ Why titles and job roles often become tied to personal identity ✅ How rejection and career disruption can lead to deeper clarity ✅ The role human connection plays in navigating career transitions ✅ How listening to your internal reactions can help guide career decisionsAnna also shares a simple but powerful action step: reach out to someone who may have insight into the challenge you're facing and start a conversation.🔗 Connect with Ana DenisREADY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →128 | Why Being “Easy to Work With” Can Quietly Stall Your Career
3w ago00:11:58Tap to summarizeHave you ever described yourself as someone who is “easy to work with”?At first glance, that sounds like a positive quality.Collaborative. Flexible. Supportive. Low-maintenance.In this episode, Shannon explores why many high-performing women unintentionally build careers around being accommodating rather than strategically visible.Over time, many professionals become known as the dependable “go-to” person on the team. They solve problems, support others, stay calm under pressure, and absorb extra work without complaint.Leadership appreciates them deeply.But appreciation and advancement are not always the same thing.This episode explores how women are often conditioned to soften their expertise, avoid appearing “too much,” and prioritize likability over influence, and how those patterns quietly shape leadership perception over time.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✅ Why being “easy to work with” can sometimes stall promotions ✅ The difference between being appreciated and being strategically positioned ✅ How women unintentionally soften their expertise at work ✅ Why leadership visibility requires more than likability ✅ The connection between confidence, communication, and career growth ✅ How small language shifts change how leadership experiences your voiceShe also shares a simple exercise to help listeners begin recognizing where they minimize or apologize for their expertise in workplace conversations.READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →127 | Resilience in Action: How to Rebuild After Setbacks featuring Dr. Michele Kehrer
3w ago00:16:03Tap to summarizeWhat does success actually look like when life forces you to slow down and reevaluate everything?In this episode, Shannon speaks with Dr. Michele Kehrer, a doctor of physical therapy, entrepreneur, and business coach with more than 30 years of experience launching, scaling, and selling businesses across multiple industries.But Michele’s career has also been shaped by something far more personal. She is a four-time cancer survivor, and each diagnosis forced her to rethink resilience, priorities, and what success truly means.Instead of defining resilience as simply pushing through hardship, Michele shares a more sustainable approach, one that focuses on mindset updates, taking action instead of overthinking, and choosing joy even during difficult seasons.Together, they explore how ambitious women can navigate setbacks, redefine success beyond money, and stop waiting for the perfect moment to live the life they actually want.In this episode, we discuss: ✅ How facing cancer four times reshaped Michele’s perspective on work and life ✅ Why overthinking often keeps high performers stuck in place ✅ The mindset shift that helps you move forward instead of waiting for certainty ✅ Why success is about more than money or career achievements ✅ A powerful visual for understanding how setbacks shrink over time ✅ Practical ways to reclaim control when life feels overwhelmingThis conversation is a reminder that resilience is not just about surviving challenges, it is about learning how to move forward with clarity and intention.🔗 Connect with Michele KehrerREADY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →126 | How to Start Positioning Yourself for Your Next Promotion Today
4w ago00:07:08Tap to summarizeHave you ever solved a problem at work that significantly improved how things operate… but brushed it off as “just helping”?In this solo episode, Shannon shares a powerful moment that happens frequently in coaching conversations.A client casually mentions something she improved — a workflow redesign, a process improvement, a new system that helps the team move faster. To her, it doesn’t feel extraordinary. She was simply solving a problem.But when the impact is examined more closely, something becomes clear.She didn’t just help.She created meaningful change inside the organization.Many high-performing women are already doing leadership-level work, but they describe their contributions in ways that sound small.This episode explores how recognizing the real impact of your work can change how you position yourself for advancement.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✅ Why high-performing professionals often underestimate their impact ✅ How leadership identifies potential promotion candidates ✅ The difference between solving problems and recognizing leadership contributions ✅ Why awareness is the first step toward career positioning ✅ How seeing your work differently changes how others perceive itThis episode also connects the key ideas discussed throughout the month, including Value Visibility, the Reliability Trap, Leadership Language, and Impact Documentation.READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →125 | The Quiet Burnout Successful Women Don’t Talk About featuring Lin Yuan-Su
4w ago00:18:37Tap to summarizeWhat happens when your career looks successful on paper… but internally something feels deeply misaligned?Many high-achieving women reach a moment where the life they worked so hard to build no longer feels right. The title is impressive. The salary is strong. The stability is everything they once worked toward.And yet something inside quietly says: this isn’t it.In this episode, Shannon sits down with Lin Yuan-Su, a mindset and life transition coach who experienced that moment firsthand.Years ago, Lin found herself sitting alone in her car in a parking lot, unexpectedly crying despite having a respected healthcare career, a six-figure salary, and the kind of stability many professionals spend decades trying to achieve.That moment became a turning point.Not because she had a clear plan… but because she finally acknowledged the misalignment she had been ignoring for years.Today, Lin helps high-achieving professionals reconnect with purpose, challenge long-held definitions of success, and create careers that align with who they are becoming.This conversation explores burnout, identity, gratitude, and how to reconnect with what truly matters.What We Cover in This Episode ✅ Why successful women can still feel deeply unfulfilled ✅ The quiet burnout many high-achievers experience ✅ The turning point that forced Lin to reevaluate her career ✅ Why external success doesn’t always equal internal alignment ✅ How gratitude can shift your mindset in powerful ways ✅ The danger of tying your identity solely to your career ✅ A simple exercise to rediscover what truly matters to you ✅ How to begin reconnecting with your purposeYou don’t have to immediately quit your job or change everything.Sometimes the most important step is simply slowing down, reconnecting with yourself, and creating space for clarity.When you begin with inner alignment, the path forward becomes much easier to see.🔗 Connect with Lin Yuan-Su READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →124 | Why Raise Conversations Feel So Difficult at Work
May 2200:06:56Tap to summarizeHave you ever asked for a raise and felt like the conversation slowly faded into something vague?You explained everything you’ve been doing.You described the extra responsibilities you’ve taken on.Your manager even agreed you’ve been doing great work.And yet the conversation ended with something like:“Let’s revisit this during the next review cycle.”In this solo episode, Shannon explains why this happens so often and what most professionals were never taught about compensation conversations.The truth is that raise discussions are not personal conversations.They are business conversations.Organizations increase compensation when they clearly understand the value someone creates for the business. That means connecting your work to outcomes leadership cares about, not simply describing effort or workload.This episode explores how small changes in how you describe your work can shift the entire tone of a compensation conversation.In this episode, Shannon discusses: ✅ Why raise conversations often feel uncomfortable ✅ The difference between effort and business impact ✅ How leadership evaluates compensation decisions ✅ Why documenting outcomes builds confidence ✅ How keeping an impact list strengthens promotion and raise discussionsShe also shares a simple practice you can begin this week that will make future compensation conversations much easier.READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
Transcribe →123 | Why You Feel Busy but Still Stuck at Work featuring Dominic Carruba
May 1900:28:41Tap to summarizeIf you feel busy all day but still like you are not actually moving forward… what is really going on?In this episode, we unpack a frustrating experience so many high-performing women face. You are working hard, staying productive, checking things off your list… but somehow, it still feels like progress is missing.That feeling is not random. It is a signal.I am joined by Dominic Carruba, a sales and leadership expert with decades of experience working inside Fortune 500 environments. After years of leading teams and building businesses, Dominic began to study what actually causes people to feel stuck even when they are doing everything right.His answer is something he calls invisible friction.The habits, patterns, and misalignments that quietly slow your momentum without you realizing it.In this conversation, we break down why busyness can create the illusion of progress, how overwhelm keeps you from moving forward, and what to do instead.In this episode, we cover: ✅ Why being busy does not mean you are making progress✅ The hidden patterns that create the feeling of being stuck✅ The difference between motion and meaningful momentum✅ How overwhelm disguises itself as productivity✅ Why clarity does not come before action✅ The power of asking for help and why it accelerates growth ✅ How to identify your next smallest step when you feel stuckIf you feel stuck, it is not because you are not working hard enough.It is because something is misaligned.And the solution is not more effort.It is awareness, clarity, and a shift in how you move forward.🔗 Connect with Dominic CarrubaREADY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...
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