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EPISODE · Feb 13, 2026 · 9 MIN

96 | You’re Not Underconfident. Your Confidence Is Being Misread

from Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Overwhelm, Clarity, Visibility, Burnout Recovery · host Shannon Fox | Women's Promotion & Compensation Coach

If you have ever been told to “just be more confident” and felt more frustrated than helped, this episode is for you.Many high-performing women are already confident. They trust their judgment, deliver strong work, and are relied on by leadership. And yet, that confidence does not always translate into visibility, authority, or promotion.In this episode, we unpack why confidence is not a single behavior, why leadership interprets confidence differently depending on how they already see your value, and how quiet, relational, or strategic confidence often gets overlooked at work.This conversation will help you stop trying to fix yourself and start understanding how your confidence is actually being interpreted.What We Talk About✅ Why confidence advice works for some women and backfires for others✅ How leadership perception shapes what confidence looks like at work✅ The difference between feeling confident and being recognized as confident✅ Why quiet or behind-the-scenes confidence often gets misread✅ How to translate your confidence without changing who you areConfidence is not something you add. It is something you translate.When leadership cannot clearly connect your confidence to impact, it often gets overlooked. That does not mean you lack confidence. It means your value is not being interpreted clearly yet.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.📞 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.📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.🎧 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.Kat and Tanner by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. ...

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