#120 | Why Your Boss’s Brain Could Be Working Against Your Promotion & The Surprisingly Strategies That Build Your Influence: Leadership, Influence & Promotion

How visible are you to the people who actually make decisions about your career—and what happens when your boss remembers your work less clearly than someone else’s?You can be highly competent, deliver consistently, and add enormous value while still being overlooked for your next opportunity. In this episode, you’ll discover why visibility isn’t about being showy or political—it’s about understanding how your boss’s brain makes decisions and deliberately building influence around the work you’re already doing.You’ll learn:Why familiarity matters: Understand the mere exposure effect and why repeated visibility can influence how credible and trustworthy you appear to decision-makers. Why the promotion standard can be different: Explore the research around gender and why women may be expected to demonstrate performance while others are assessed more heavily on potential. How to make your contribution harder to miss: Use cognitive availability and intentional visibility to ensure the right people know what you’ve achieved before promotion decisions are made. Listen to the episode to turn visibility into a strategic advantage that strengthens your influence, supports your growth, and helps your boss see the full value of what you already contribute.New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.Stuck, simmering, or onto something juicy? I want to hear it. Drop me a line at [email protected] - I read them all.And here is the Spotify Playlist to accompany UnShakeable Her.Unshakeable Her is the podcast for women in leadership who are ready to build real influence, earn the promotion they deserve, and lead with confidence in systems that weren't built for them. Each episode tackles the challenges that shape leadership from the inside out, including imposter syndrome, resilience, credibility, boundaries, conflict, and feedback, while unpacking how pressure, workplace politics, strategic thinking, decision-making, and visibility affect the way ambitious women grow, lead, and get promoted without losing themselves in the process.