Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Overwhelm, Clarity, Visibility, Burnout Recovery
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their careers, increase their income, and gain recognition without overworking, people-pleasing, or shrinking to fit outdated expectations.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
Episodes
121 episodes
121 | Why Being the Go-To Person Isn’t Getting You Promoted featuring Limor Berman Gross
If you are the go-to person at work, why does it still feel like your career is moving slower than it should?In this episode, we are unpacking a hard truth for high-performing women. Being reliable, capable, and the person everyon...
120 | Why Being the Person Everyone Depends On Can Stall Your Promotion
Have you ever been told, “We don’t know what we’d do without you” at work?While that might sound like the ultimate compliment, it can sometimes signal something else entirely.In this episode, Shannon explains the hidden p...
119 | Wealth Without Apology: The Belief Shift That Changes Everything featuring Randy Gage
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t your capability… but your sense of worthiness?In this episode, Shannon sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and bestselling author Randy Gage to unpack the deeper beliefs that shape succe...
118 | Why Hard Work Alone Doesn’t Guarantee a Promotion
Have you ever watched someone get promoted and wondered what they were doing differently?In this solo episode, Shannon shares an early career moment that shifted the way she thinks about promotions, performance, and visibility inside org...
117 | Why Confidence Isn’t the Problem at Work featuring Mickey Fitch-Collins
Have you ever been told you need to be more confident at work?More confident speaking up in meetings. More confident sharing your ideas. More confident stepping into leadership.But what if confidence is not actua...
116 | Hidden Burnout: Why Your Promotion Should Feel Lighter
Are you actually burned out… or are you operating above your title without recognition?There is a version of burnout that does not look dramatic.You are still high-performing. Still trusted. Still reliable.But every...
115 | When Success Stops Feeling Like Success featuring Dr. Angela Kerek
What happens when the version of success you worked years to achieve no longer feels right?What if the title, the promotion, or the milestone you thought would fulfill you only feels satisfying for a moment before the next goal appears?<...
114 | Still Waiting to Be Promoted? Why Over-Delivering Is Slowing Your Advancement
Are you over-delivering… but still waiting to be promoted?Are you operating above your title, carrying more responsibility than your role reflects, and hoping leadership eventually notices?High-performing women rarely struggle bec...
113 | If Your Job Disappeared Tomorrow, Would You Be Ready? featuring Bart Merrell
If your primary income disappeared tomorrow, how long would you feel secure?Not hopeful. Not optimistic. Secure.In this episode, Shannon sits down with entrepreneur and author Bart Merrell to explore a question most high-performin...
112 | High-Performing but Overlooked? The Translation Problem Slowing Your Promotion
Are you talented… but still stalled in your career?Are you delivering results, carrying responsibility beyond your title, and still watching promotions move slower than they should?High-performing women rarely have a talent proble...
111 | Is Your Career Actually Secure? What Happens When the System Fails featuring David Nassief
How secure is your career… really?If your company decided tomorrow that you were no longer part of the plan, would your financial life hold steady?Or would it unravel faster than you expect?In this episode, I sit dow...
110 | Why Some Women Get Promoted Faster: The 5% Visibility Difference
Have you ever wondered why some women get promoted faster, even when you are working just as hard?If you are a high-performing woman who delivers, carries responsibility beyond your title, and still feels under-positioned, this episode w...
109 | Success Shouldn’t Cost You This Much: Why High-Performing Women Burn Out featuring Sophia Mikelionis
Are you succeeding on paper but secretly exhausted in real life?If you are a high-performing woman who is dependable, ambitious, and constantly on, burnout does not always look dramatic. It looks productive. It looks polished. It looks l...
108 | Are You Still Auditioning for a Promotion? Why Identity Drives Career Growth
Are you still operating like you have to prove you belong at the next level?Many high-performing women stay in audition mode long after they have earned their seat. They keep over-preparing, over-explaining, and over-performing, hoping s...
107 | Burnout Is a Signal, Not a Personal Failure featuring Rachael Edmondson-Clarke
Have you ever told yourself you’re fine… while your body quietly disagrees?So many high-performing working women assume burnout means they are not managing well enough, not resilient enough, or not strong enough. But what if burnout is n...
106 | Are You Proud of Being Low Maintenance? Why It Is Slowing Your Career Growth
Are you proud of being low maintenance at work?The one who handles everything without drama. The one who does not need managing. The one who quietly fixes problems before they escalate.For high-performing women, that identity feel...
105 | Optimistic Depression: When High Achievers Are Smiling but Struggling featuring Polish Peter Kolat
Have you ever felt successful on the outside, but quietly exhausted, numb, or disconnected on the inside?Do people see you as optimistic, capable, and strong… while you feel like something underneath is unraveling?Have you ever wo...
104 | Working Harder Won’t Get You Promoted Anymore
Have you ever felt like the harder you work, the less it seems to move your career forward?You stay late.You take ownership.You carry more than your share.And yet… things feel slower. Heavier. Stalled.If you are a h...
103 | Confidence Isn’t Mental. Why High-Performing Women Don’t Feel Safe Being Seen featuring Jenny C. Cohen
What if confidence isn’t something you think your way into?What if the reason you feel stuck, invisible, or exhausted by visibility has nothing to do with mindset at all?Many high-performing women are told they need to be more con...
102 | If Your Career Feels Harder Than It Should, You’re Probably Mispositioned
Does your career feel heavier than it should at this level?You’re hitting your goals.You’re dependable.You’re smart. Strategic. Capable.And yet… it feels harder than it has any right to be.If you are a high-performi...
101 | Afraid to Be Visible? Why Thought Leadership Is the Missing Link for Working Women featuring Kelly Schuknecht
Are you holding back at work because being visible feels riskyDo you know you have valuable ideas, but still hesitate to speak up or put yourself out thereHave you ever worried that being seen might make you look “too much” instea...
100 | What 100 Episodes Have Taught Me About Women, Work, and Why So Many Careers Stall
What actually keeps capable women stuck at work?After 100 episodes, one pattern shows up more consistently than anything else. And it is not confidence, ambition, or effort.It is mispositioning.In this milestone episode, Sh...
99 | When Companies Grow Faster Than Clarity, Women Pay the Price featuring EA Clarke
Have you ever stepped into a role that kept expanding… without anyone really naming what you were responsible for?Or found yourself carrying more and more because the system around you wasn’t clear enough to hold it?My guest today...
98 | Great at Everything? Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Without Clarity
Have you ever been told you are versatile, dependable, and capable in many ways, yet your career feels strangely stalled?This episode explores why being great at everything can actually slow your career down at higher levels and why clar...
97 | The Hidden Cost of Lack of Clarity at Work for High-Performing Women featuring Michaela Anderson
Have you ever felt exhausted at work, not because you dislike your job, but because everything feels unclear?You’re capable. You’re committed. You’re doing what’s asked of you. And yet the work feels heavier than it should.In this...