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Episode 305: Who Gets More Work vs Who Gets Freed Up to Fly
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Episode 304: Insanely Busy. Another "Exceeds." But Have You Actually Grown?
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Episode 303: How Success Creates Limitations
Success can create its own kind of plateau.
When something works, we repeat it.
Same routines, people, conversations and environments.
Which makes sense; until we want a radically different outcome.
Over the last few months, I've been intentionally disrupting some of my own inputs: a new office in a different city, new social and business circles, new conversations, a new business coach.
None of those things guarantees an outcome.
But proximity creates possibility.
You can't control exactly what happens next.
But you can...
Episode 302: 10 Ways Your Fear of Looking Stupid Is Keeping You at Your Current Level
What if the fear of looking stupid is quietly keeping you from the career you actually want?
This episode explores what may be holding you back from your next career breakthrough!
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Episode 301: Are your best career wins behind you?
There is a career decision I see ambitious people make all the time.
Except most of them don't realize they're making it.
There is no announcement or clear conscious decision to change course.
In fact, if you asked them, they would probably tell you they are still pursuing exactly what they always wanted.
But watch what happens over 6, 9, 12 months and a very different story begins to emerge. I dive into this in this week's episode of The Career Catapult Podcast - Are your Best Career Wins Behind You?
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Episode 300: 7 Things Your Company Will Not Tell You the Full Truth About
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Episode 299: The Person Who Sets the Goal Isn't the Person Who Has to Keep It
We make our biggest commitments when life feels calm, clear, and manageable.
But what happens when real life hits?
This week, I'm sharing a simple shift that can help your goals survive the messy days.
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Episode 298: No One Is Chasing You: Why pursue a level of success you don't need?
Why would anyone voluntarily run 50 miles a week when absolutely nothing is chasing them? You could ask the same question about becoming a VP, SVP or C-suite executive. It's hard. It takes years. Most people won't do it. And you absolutely do not need to. So why would you? This week's podcast is about ambition, the pursuit of statistically uncommon things, and the question far too few people ask before deciding they want to reach the top.
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Episode 297:Landing an Internal or External Skip level promotion (Career Catapult Bootcamp Aug 2026)
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Episode 296: Why Great Directors Don't Become VPs
What if the very thing you've been emphasizing in executive interviews is the reason you're being passed over? In this episode, I challenge one of the biggest assumptions ambitious Directors and Senior Directors make as they pursue VP and executive roles. If you've ever felt like your experience isn't "big enough" or wondered what separates the leaders who make the leap from those who don't, this conversation may change the way you think about your career; and how you talk about it. You may be much closer than you think.
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Episode 295: Do you have a career development plan? - Replay
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Episode 294: The Day You Stopped Wanting the Promotion
You don't usually abandon a meaningful goal all at once. More often, your commitment slowly fades the moment you convince yourself you don't know how to get there.
In this week's podcast, we're unpacking the hidden relationship between commitment and knowhow and why closing that gap is often the difference between settling and achieving what you originally set out to do.
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Episode 293: When the Wind Gets Knocked Out of You
Throughout my career as a corporate executive and CEO, I've had moments that completely knocked the wind out of me; from product recalls to failed hires and multimillion-dollar decisions gone wrong. In this episode, I'm sharing the lessons that helped me recover faster, think more clearly, and lead through uncertainty without letting one setback define my story.
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Episode 292: 5 Costly Ways You May Miscalibrated for the Executive Level!
The executives who get promoted aren't necessarily working harder. They're often making dozens of subtle decisions differently in meetings, presentations, stakeholder conversations, and cross-functional work. Here are five small details that quietly shape how senior leaders perceive your leadership. Check out our podcast on this.
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Episode 291: The Importance of Personal Style in Leadership with Roxanne Carne
After sports injuries, pregnancies, postpartum, weight changes, and major life transitions, I realized my wardrobe no longer reflected the executive I had become. I decided to hire Roxanne Carne who transformed, not just my wardrobe, but gave me back my spark. In this week's podcast, Roxanne and I discuss how intentional style influences confidence, executive presence, and the way leaders are perceived long before they speak. Ready to elevate your style to match the significance of your career and life goals? Visit http://executivepresencestyle.com/
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<...Episode 290: The Conversation Beneath the Conversation
Over the years, executives have brought me what they believed was the problem. More often than not, we discovered we were solving something entirely different. The higher you rise, the more dangerous it becomes to mistake your assumptions for strategy. Join me for this week's podcast episode, The Conversation Beneath the Conversation, where I explore why the biggest breakthroughs in leadership often begin by questioning the problem you think you're trying to solve.
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Episode 289: The Hidden Risk of Internal Promotions Nobody Talks About
She spent 19 years at this company and every promotion (all the way to SVP), reinforced the same message: You're ready for more. Then she entered the market for a COO role and received a very different message. This week's podcast is one every ambitious leader should hear.
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Episode 288: The Higher You Go, The More Discomfort Becomes the Job
Most leaders think the next level of their career requires more strategy, stronger communication, or better executive presence.
Sometimes it does.
But at a certain level, the bigger challenge is expanding your capacity for discomfort.
Rejection. Disapproval. Uncertainty. Exposure. Standing alone. Difficult feedback.
Let's talk about it.
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Episode 287: The Space Between Ambition and Ambivalence
Many women leaders say they want the C Suite, yet privately wrestle with fears they rarely discuss out loud.
In this episode, I unpack the hidden tension between ambition and uncertainty and how it quietly influences career decisions at the highest levels.
If you've ever questioned whether you're truly ready for the next level, this conversation may resonate more than you expect.
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Episode 286: The Most Dangerous Questions in an Executive Interview
Most executives prepare for behavioral interviews. Very few prepare for the moment the interviewer challenges them directly. The curveball. Usually a comment designed to test composure, executive presence, and credibility under pressure. And in this market, that's often where the offer is won or lost. Click to listen as I share examples.
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Episode 285: Indispensable vs Promotable: Which are you becoming?
She was the technical genius behind the product. The one fixing outages at 2 a.m. The one everyone relied on.
The one who had been there first.
Then the company hired her peer.
A year later, he became her boss.
He wasnt smarter than she was.
He simply knew something she didnt.
Find out by listening to this week's episode of The Career Catapult podcast.
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Episode 284: Your Job Search Results Are Trying to Tell You Something!
One of the hardest parts of a senior-level job search is that after enough rejection, confusion starts to set in. You start questioning yourself.
Lowering your target. Wondering if maybe the market is just impossible right now.
Or you keep pushing harder with no real strategy.
But your results (or lack thereof) are data
And your data is telling you exactly where the breakdown is.
If you are tired of guessing…tired of wondering why the role still hasn't happened…
and want to know exactly what needs to change to...
Episode 283: Fear Masks itself as Logic For the High Achiever
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Episode 282: No One Is Coming With a Better Offer
"Stella, Should I take this lateral offer now, or wait for something better?"
May sound like a complicated decision but it's really quite simple what you should do.
Most professionals misdiagnose this decision entirely.
This decision has little to do with patience or risk tolerance.
It's about something far more simple, yet uncomfortable.
In this episode, I'll show you how to make this decision quickly.
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Episode 281: 3 Steps to Land Your Director, VP or C-Suite role in 4 months
The job market has changed. Timelines are longer, competition is tighter, and curveballs are the norm.
If you're in the market for a skip-level promotion, there are 3 things you need to master... and most people avoid all three.
In this episode, we break down the exact system our Career Catapult clients use to become the final candidate standing.
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Episode 280: The Hidden Cost of Pressing Pause on Your Career
She was a Senior Director. Maybe a VP. Performing at a high level.
Then something happened.
She walked away.
Told herself it was just a reset.
At first, it felt right. Even necessary.
Months later, she tried to come back… and nothing was landing the way it used to.
Something had shifted. Not in her capability.
In something else.
In this episode, I share a hard truth most people don't talk about - the hidden cost of stepping away, and why getting back in i...
Episode 279: You don't always have to "stay in your lane"
I've been spending more time in the car lately, and it got me thinking…
there's a way people move through their careers that isn't obvious when you're in it.
You can feel busy, even productive, and still not really be moving the way you think you are. There are patterns, signals, and moments most people miss simply because they're focused on what's right in front of them.
Once you start to notice what's actually happening around you, the way you make decisions starts to shift. And when that happens, things begin to move differently.
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Episode 278: 5 Office Politics Moves for Directors, VPs and SVPs
At Director, VP, SVP, the work isn't actually the hard part. The functional know-how itself isn't the issue. It's everything around it - the people, the dynamics, the decisions behind the scenes. In this episode, I break down how to actually get things done when the stakes are high.
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Episode 277: 5 Truths About Building Relationships With Your C-Suite
Are your relationships with senior leadership actually moving your career forward, or are they quietly holding you back?
In this week's episode, I break down the five most common beliefs that keep high performers disconnected from the very people who determine their access, visibility, and next move, and exactly how to fix them.
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Episode 276: The Danger of Sloppy Thinking
There's a pattern I see over and over with high-performing leaders.
A single comment. One conversation. That's all it takes.
It starts small… almost invisible. Feels completely rational. And then it builds in layers; quietly, until you're making decisions that don't look anything like the leader you thought you were becoming.
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Episode 275: How to engineer a thriving career at your new company
Why do some people get promoted within months of joining a company while others wait years?
In this episode, we break down the hidden factor that drives visibility, opportunity, and advancement. Hint: it has everything to do with your brand.
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Episode 274: How You Create Undue Risk in Your Corporate Career
On paper, everything may look strong. Performance is solid. Reputation intact. But stability can hide structural exposure. In this week's podcast, I break down 5 subtle ways high-performing leaders quietly weaken their positioning often without realizing it. Don't skip this one.
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Episode 273: Why your internal promotion to Sr Dir, VP or C-Suite will feel underwhelming
Have you ever earned the internal promotion you worked for… and felt nothing? No adrenaline. No goosebumps. Saw the announcement go out and went back to whatever you were doing prior. There's a reason that happens, especially at Senior Director, VP, and C-Suite levels. And it has nothing to do with compensation. I break it down in today's podcast episode.
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Episode 272: The real cost of Golden Handcuffs
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Episode 271: Navigating high stakes situations with intention
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Episode 270: Conversation with Utibe Bassey - Author of "Love as a KPI"
Utibe Bassey is a VP of Customer Experience at Dominion Energy and author of Love as a KPI. 5 years ago, Utibe and I worked together in her corporate career and fast forward, she has released her book - Love as a KPI, where she discusses love as the secret ingredient that unlocks unparalleled levels of value, customer confidence and ultimately profits. Through this book, Utibe has modeled so well how to tune into your convictions, within your corporate career, and leverage them in creating a compelling personal brand that changes the game. Here is a short clip. https://youtu.be/RKoid...
Episode 269: What "We Just Need the Right Role" Really Means
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Episode 268: On courage, when you already know too much
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Episode 267: One Big Mistake ONLY Senior Leaders Make
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Episode 266: Is Your Networking actually working or are you wasting time with coffee chats?
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