Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Visibility, Promotion, Raises

Shannon Fox | Promotion & Compensation Coach

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📲 Join the Women Who Get Promoted Facebook Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. → https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted💌 Become an Insider to recieve weekly coaching, career strategy, behind-the-scenes insights, and practical tips to help you become impossible to overlook. → https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in

  1. 3d ago

    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 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. ...

    15 min
  2. 6d ago

    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 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. ...

    23 min
  3. Jul 3

    136 | Why Your Workplace Reputation Matters More Than You Think

    As 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 growth This 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. ...

    6 min
  4. Jun 30

    135 | Redefining Success: What Happens When Your Dream Career No Longer Fits featuring Kate Kayaian

    What 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 Kayaian 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. ...

    19 min
  5. 134 | Why High-Performing Women Still Don’t Feel Confident

    Jun 26

    134 | Why High-Performing Women Still Don’t Feel Confident

    Have 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 opportunities But 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” document She 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. ...

    14 min
  6. Jun 23

    133 | From Dyslexia to Confidence: Turning Self-Doubt into Strength Featuring Willie Blake

    What happens when something you once believed was a weakness becomes the foundation of your greatest strengths? In this episode, Shannon speaks with high-performance coach Willie Blake, whose journey began with a dyslexia diagnosis in first grade. For years, Willie believed that being dyslexic meant he had to work harder than everyone else just to keep up. Like many people who feel different early in life, he struggled with perfectionism, self-doubt, and the pressure to hide the ways he learned and communicated differently. Over time, however, Willie discovered something powerful. The same differences that once felt like limitations were also connected to strengths like creativity, pattern recognition, empathy, and problem solving. Today, Willie works with professionals and entrepreneurs to help them shift from self-doubt into clarity, confidence, and consistent action. In this episode, we discuss:  ✅ What growing up with dyslexia taught Willie about self-perception and confidence  ✅ Why perfectionism often develops from early experiences of feeling different  ✅ How neurodivergent thinkers often excel in creativity and problem solving  ✅ The role self-awareness plays in breaking patterns of self-doubt  ✅ Why taking imperfect action is often more powerful than waiting for perfection  ✅ The “2% Rule” and how small daily actions lead to meaningful progress Willie also shares a powerful reminder for anyone who feels behind in life or career: sometimes the problem isn’t the plan. It’s simply that we haven’t taken the first step yet. 🔗 Connect with Willie Blake 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. ...

    20 min
  7. Jun 19

    132 | Why High-Performing Women Often Minimize Their Own Success

    Have 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 perception She also shares a simple exercise to help listeners practice describing their contributions accurately and confidently. 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. ...

    14 min
  8. Jun 16

    131 | Why High-Achieving Women Must Redefine Success Before It Breaks Them featuring Valérie Demont

    What 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 fulfillment Valérie also shares a simple practice anyone can implement immediately to reconnect with their intuition before making important decisions. 🔗 Connect with Valérie Demont 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. ...

    20 min

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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📲 Join the Women Who Get Promoted Facebook Community if you want to connect with other ambitious women for career conversations, support, and practical promotion strategies. → https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwhogetpromoted💌 Become an Insider to recieve weekly coaching, career strategy, behind-the-scenes insights, and practical tips to help you become impossible to overlook. → https://theshannonfox.com/email-opt-in

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