Why high-performing HR leaders hit career walls (and how to break through)

Episode summaryYou're brilliant at developing everyone else's career. But what about your own?In this solo episode, Renee Conklin shares three patterns she sees repeatedly in the senior female HR leaders she coaches, patterns that are quietly holding them back from their next career step. Drawing on Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith's book "How Women Rise," Renee breaks down why intelligent, capable HR leaders get stuck and what to do about it.Whether you're targeting a Head of HR, CPO, or CHRO role, or simply feel like you've plateaued in your current position, this episode will help you identify the habits holding you back and take one concrete step forward.TakeawaysWhy the relationship-building skills you've worked hard to develop may not be benefiting your career The hidden assumptions behind "I don't want to use people" Why your expertise, can become the thing that keeps you stuckWhat perfectionism is doing to your ability to delegate, prioritize, and take risksThree specific actions you can take this week to start breaking throughThree Reflection QuestionsWhat is one relationship you could be leveraging right now to advance your HR career?What is one area of expertise you could let go of to make space for something more strategic?Which will you practice this week: delegating, prioritizing, or taking a calculated risk?Resources"How Women Rise: Break the 12 habits holding you back from your next raise, promotion, or job" by Sally Helgesen and Marshall GoldsmithKey wordsHR career development, senior HR leader, women in HR, HR career coach, CHRO, Head of HR, CPO, career plateau, career transition HR, HR career APAC, career coaching HR Singapore