141 | Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Doing Non-Promotable Work featuring Nicole Johnston

141 | Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Doing Non-Promotable Work featuring Nicole Johnston

Many 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 visibility Nicole also shares one simple action every listener can take this week that can immediately improve future promotion conversations. 🔗 Connect with Nicole Johnston [https://www.innate-power.com/] READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy  [https://theshannonfox.com/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 [https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-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 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted] if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. 💌 Become an Insider [https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in] 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. ...

140 | Why Talking About Your Value Isn't Bragging

If 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 activity If 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  [https://theshannonfox.com/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 [https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-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 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted] if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. 💌 Become an Insider [https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in] 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. ...

139 | Why So Many High-Performing Women Burn Out in “Successful” Careers featuring Miriam Groom

Why 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 burnout Miriam 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 Groom [https://mindfulcareer.com] READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy  [https://theshannonfox.com/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 [https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-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 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted] if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. 💌 Become an Insider [https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in] 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. ...

138 | Why Being Indispensable Doesn't Lead to Promotion

If 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 visible Most 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  [https://theshannonfox.com/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 [https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-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 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted] if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. 💌 Become an Insider [https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in] 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. ...

137 | How Overthinking and Self-Doubt Quietly Block Success featuring Steve Barton

What 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 success Steve also shares a powerful visualization exercise to help listeners let go of limiting thoughts and begin seeing themselves differently. 🔗 Connect with Steve Barton [https://www.stevebartoncoaching.com] READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🚀 Start Here: Download the FREE 90-Day Raise Strategy  [https://theshannonfox.com/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 [https://theshannonfox.com/promotion-stratgey-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 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted] if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. 💌 Become an Insider [https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in] 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. ...