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THE CAREER CATAPULT — 299 episodes
Episode 298: No One Is Chasing You: Why pursue a level of success you don't need?
Episode 297:Landing an Internal or External Skip level promotion (Career Catapult Bootcamp Aug 2026)
Episode 296: Why Great Directors Don't Become VPs
Episode 295: Do you have a career development plan? - Replay
Episode 294: The Day You Stopped Wanting the Promotion
Episode 293: When the Wind Gets Knocked Out of You
Episode 292: 5 Costly Ways You May Miscalibrated for the Executive Level!
Episode 291: The Importance of Personal Style in Leadership with Roxanne Carne
Episode 290: The Conversation Beneath the Conversation
Episode 289: The Hidden Risk of Internal Promotions Nobody Talks About
Episode 288: The Higher You Go, The More Discomfort Becomes the Job
Episode 287: The Space Between Ambition and Ambivalence
Episode 286: The Most Dangerous Questions in an Executive Interview
Episode 285: Indispensable vs Promotable: Which are you becoming?
Episode 284: Your Job Search Results Are Trying to Tell You Something!
Episode 283: Fear Masks itself as Logic For the High Achiever
Episode 282: No One Is Coming With a Better Offer
Episode 281: 3 Steps to Land Your Director, VP or C-Suite role in 4 months
Episode 280: The Hidden Cost of Pressing Pause on Your Career
Episode 279: You don't always have to "stay in your lane"
Episode 278: 5 Office Politics Moves for Directors, VPs and SVPs
Episode 277: 5 Truths About Building Relationships With Your C-Suite
Episode 276: The Danger of Sloppy Thinking
Episode 275: How to engineer a thriving career at your new company
Episode 274: How You Create Undue Risk in Your Corporate Career
Episode 273: Why your internal promotion to Sr Dir, VP or C-Suite will feel underwhelming
Episode 272: The real cost of Golden Handcuffs
Episode 271: Navigating high stakes situations with intention
Episode 270: Conversation with Utibe Bassey - Author of "Love as a KPI"
Episode 269: What "We Just Need the Right Role" Really Means
Episode 268: On courage, when you already know too much
Episode 267: One Big Mistake ONLY Senior Leaders Make
Episode 266: Is Your Networking actually working or are you wasting time with coffee chats?
Episode 265: Do you actually know the job you're pursuing?
Episode 264: Does it really take all that to land the role? (Part 2 - INTERNAL PROMOTION)
Episode 263: Does it really take all that to land the role? Part 1 (EXTERNAL PROMOTION)
Episode 262: "Will AI Replace you?"
Episode 261: Finish the Year Like an Executive: High-Impact Moves for Senior Leaders
Episode 260: Fear is a terrible financial advisor
Episode 259: Foundation of a "Catapulted" Career - Day 1 of Bootcamp
Episode 258: Why I Rarely Recommend Books
Episode 257: Are your best career wins (days) behind you?
Episode 256: Is it time to revamp your wellbeing infrastructure?
Episode 255: What Got You Hired Before, Will Get You "Runner Up" Today
Episode 254: She onboarded her. Now, she reports to her.
Episode 253: When Your Strength Becomes Your Ceiling
Episode 252: From First Chair to Conductor: Transitioning into True Leadership
Episode 251: You may not actually want a promotion, and that's OK
Episode 250: Stop Using Company Culture as an excuse
Episode 249: The 5 Errors Stealing Your Decision-Making Power
Episode 248: The Illusion of Passion
Episode 247: The Importance of Setting a Clear Vision in Life and Career
Episode 246: The hardest level in the Corporate ladder
Episode 245: 5 Costly Mistakes Senior Leaders Make When Negotiating Executive Compensation"
Episode 244: Signs You're Losing Altitude in the VP Seat and How to Avoid
Episode 243: Your Values Are Showing (and They're Not What You Think!)
Episode 242: 7 Mistakes Costing You Your Next Skip Level Role
Episode 241: How to Decide the Right Career Play as a VP
Episode 240: "I Used to Succeed Without Trying too Hard. What Happened?"
Episode 239: How a VP with under 20 years experience engineered her $1 million cash windfall, accelerating her retirement by years
Episode 238: How to REST as a High Achiever
Episode 237: There Is No Perfect Company: Stop Running and Start Leading!
Episode 236: The Uncomfortable Conversation About Time - Part II (Solving the "Time" Dilemma)
Episode 235: The uncomfortable conversation about time - Part I
Episode 234: When The Vision Gets Blurry
Episode 233: The Discomfort of an Unmet Goal
Episode 232: Yes, You Can Be in Crisis and Still Reach Your Goals
Episode 231: How Complacency can Cost you Big In Today's Highly Competitive Market
Episode 230: Crafting the exact life you want as a Female VP, SVP or C-Suite Leader
Episode 229: Fixing this Mindset Gap Can Change Everything!
Episode 228: "Could I even land this same role again today?!"
Episode 227: A snippet of our recent bootcamp convo on Executive Presence
Episode 226: The ONLY way to land a skip level promotion to VP, SVP or C-Suite role internally or externally
Episode 225: Avoiding The Great Burn down: How to Ignite Your Next Level Without Torching It All
Episode 224: The Disguised Lateral: An Illusion of Progress
Episode 223: The Tale of the Almost Exec: How High Performers Get Trapped on the Career Carousel
Episode 222: How Our Clients are landing Sr Director, VP, SVP and C-Suite roles in 60-90 days NOW!
Episode 221: The Power of the Right Room: How Your Environment Shapes Your Mindset, Growth, and Rapid Success
Episode 220: The Career Bottleneck You Didn't See Coming—And How to Break Through
Episode 219: Creating Capacity: How to Expand Yourself for More as You Approach the C-Suite
Episode 218: 3 Powerful Steps to Boost Your Total Comp to $1 Million and Beyond in Your Corporate career
Episode 217: Understanding various conversation styles during the interview process for Sr Director, VP or C-Suite
Episode 216: How to deal with a "gut punch" / unforeseen crisis WITHOUT losing momentum in your career and life goals
Episode 215: The ONE reframe to maximize your income, impact and wellbeing this year
Episode 214: Learn the Lessons of the Past and Approach 2025 Differently in Your Corporate Career
Episode 213: 8 Signs You Are Truly On Track For an Internal Promotion to Sr Director, VP, SVP Not Being Placated
Episode 212: Why Your Internal Promotion to Sr Director, VP, SVP Has Been Stalled
Episode 211: Top of my pay band, significant unvested stock, no promotion
Episode 210: "Nature Abhors a Vacuum": How to Maximize Opportunities on Your Path to the C-Suite
Episode 209: The reason your Big Ask is a"Big NO"
Episode 208: On Cliff Jumping: How Perfectionism Costs Successful Leaders Their Next Big Leap
Episode 207: Have it all or ...
Episode 206: Which should I pursue for VP - Internal OR external promotion?
Episode 205: The Physics of Energy Management
Episode 204: 10 Mistakes you are making in your first 90 days on the job
Episode 203: A snippet of our recent bootcamp convo on Mindset
Episode 202: BHAG - The Secret to Crystal Clarity
Episode 201: VP or VP?
Episode 200: What happens after a big catapult?
Episode 199: "Does she have 2 heads?"
Episode 198: Why would a company pay anyone $500,000?
Episode 197: 3 Hard Truths You Need To Go Beyond Director (to VP or SVP) in this Market
Episode 196: Do you understand the unspoken expectations around promotions in your org?
Episode 195: The biggest mistakes costing you skip level promotion to Sr Dir, VP, C-Suite in this market
Episode 194: Dealing with Procrastination once and for all!
Episode 193: Navigating "Up or Out" Companies
Episode 192: Do you have a catapult career strategy?
Episode 191: How to Cultivate Resilience in Your Career and Life
Episode 190: The Difference between a 8-9 and a 10 in your Performance Reviews
Episode 189: "I have just been laid off. What now?" - Replay
Episode 188: The Importance of Emotional Healing as a C-Suite bound leader
Episode 187: Once a Hi-Po, always a Hi-Po?
Episode 186: What does Parkinson's law have to do with your next role?
Episode 185: What it means to be a visionary leader
Episode 184: Practicing Restraint as a Leader of Leaders
Episode 183: The Fallacy of Flexibility
Episode 182: Why You May Choose NOT to Catapult
Episode 181: The path to C-Suite before age 60
Episode 180: 3 invisible saboteurs in your career
Episode 179: The reason you may be dissatisfied in your new role
Episode 178: What industry should I work in next?
Episode 177: Why is history repeating itself at your new company and role
Episode 176: What it looks like to be in survival mode
Episode 175: Do not dare land a promotion to VP, SVP C-Suite unless you do this!
Episode 174: Why Smart, High Achieving People Procrastinate (It may not be what you think!)
Episode 173: Be Unrecognizable in 90 days or less! - Raise your lowest standard!
Episode 172: A snippet of our recent bootcamp convo on Burnout
Episode 171: How to NOT accept a role just based on Comp and Title
Episode 170: The reason you keep landing lateral roles: How to land an external skip level promotion in 90 days
Episode 169: The costly (and hidden!) mistakes you are making in your relationship with your manager
Episode 168: Are you caught up?
Episode 167: 7 Subtle Signs You've Hired the Wrong VP
Episode 166: To a First-Generation Corporate Citizen
Episode 165: Are Performance Ratings a Thing of the Past?
Episode 164: Redefining Success as a Leader of People
Episode 163: How to FINALLY surpass yourself In 2024
Episode 162: How to cut through the BS and figure out your TRUE brand within your company
Episode 161: Interviewing & Hiring Trends to Prepare for Director, VP, SVP - Replay
Episode 160: Your Unachieved Goals: Discipline or something else?
Episode 159: What is a leader, really?
Episode 158: Are you prepared to face your day?
Episode 157: Have you been "benched"?: How your reaction to a mistake can cost you your promotion
Episode 156: Navigating a Mid-Career Crisis
Episode 155: Yes, you can absolutely catapult as a working parent but…
Episode 154: "What is wrong with my team?"
Episode 153: The Power of Discernment in Your Corporate Career
Episode 152: The hardest level in the Corporate ladder
Episode 151: Fortune 500 or Startup?
Episode 150: "I have just been laid off. What now?"
Episode 149: Why you may be miserable with your skip level VP level promotion
Episode 148: I am done with Becoming
Episode 147: "I always feel like somebody's watching me..."
Episode 146: I need practice - Replay
Episode 145: If knew I was C-Suite Bound, I would...
Episode 144: Becoming a Master Delegator
Episode 143: 5 Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd as 1% talent
Episode 142: How do I truly become a confident, charismatic, and collected leader?
Episode 141: Creating an internal brand that withstands an org restructuring
Episode 140: Why You Felt Nothing After Your Last Promotion? Replay
Episode 139: If ever there was a time to focus on your development...
Episode 138: Part 2: On Staying Ready: Safeguarding Your Career
Episode 137: Do you have a career development plan?
Episode 136: Part 1: On Staying Ready: Knowing and Communicating What You Want
Episode 135: Why your relationship with your manager is not working
Episode 134: Reality vs Imagination in Leadership
Episode 133: Interview with Utibe Bassey, VP of Customer Experience
Episode 132: Are you devaluing your role unintentionally? Yes you have the title but...
Episode 131: Who should pay for your development?
Episode 130: Decision Fatigue as a Senior Leader
Episode 129: Interviewing & Hiring Trends to Prepare for Director, VP, SVP
Episode 128: Do you have Executive Stamina?
Episode 127: Are You Coachable?Getting the Feedback You Really Need
Episode 126: Do You Have Any White Space on Your Calendar?
Episode 125: My Unpopular Take on Burnout
Episode 124: REPLAY: Dealing with Imposter Syndrome as a Senior Leader
Episode 123: I need practice
Episode 122: What Are You Really Saying?
Episode 121: From Hard Work to "Smart Work" As a Corporate Leader
REPLAY: Episode 63: Do you have a career timer?
Episode 119: How Are You Making Big Decisions?
REPLAY: The #1 Brand Pitfall for Women Aspiring to Senior Leadership
Episode 117: Is It Time to Dream a New Dream?
Episode 116: The Power of Asking the Right Questions
Episode 115: Motherhood & Catapulted Career : Can I have both?
Episode 114: The Biggest Obstacle Keeping You from Your Next Major Promotion
Episode 113: Stop Pursuing Your Goals
Episode 112: Gap vs Gain : Celebrating How Far You've Come
Episode 111: So you've landed the promotion to Director, now what?
Episode 110: How to Prepare for a Powerful 2023
Episode 109: "Should I leave my corporate career to start my own business?"
Episode 108: Navigating Turbulent Economic Times In Your Career
Episode 107: From Survival Mode to Thriving in Your Corporate Career
Episode 106: When it Gets Unbearably Difficult...
Episode 105: "I made a huge mistake at work. Now what?"
Episode 104: "They went with someone with more industry experience..."
Episode 103: Why Taking Time Off or Switching Companies Will Not Fix The Issue
Episode 102: DO THIS and become UNSTOPPABLE as a Female Leader
Episode 101: How to Get Promoted Within a Flat Org
Episode 100: Doing the Math: How Long To Get To $500K?
Episode 99: Replay: Making The Transition To Senior Leadership
Episode 98: Replay: 3 Mindset Shifts to Catapult Your Career this Year
Episode 97: Replay: Who Is Responsible For Your Company's Culture?
Episode 96: Replay - What Kind Of Woman Gets To $500K In Total Comp?
Episode 95: The Difference Maker For Rapid Career Success
Episode 94: A Brief Conversation About Mindset
Episode 93: The Story of Two Women... Which One Are You?
Episode 92: What Kind Of Leader Are You?
Episode 91: The Mirage of Stability - Embracing Change in Your Catapult Journey
Episode 90: Allow It To Be Simple
Episode 89: The Power of Executive Presentations
Episode 88: On Cultivating Strength, Discipline & Resilience
Episode 87: Are You Missing Your Blessing?
Episode 86: 3 Door Opening Experiences I Have Had in my Corporate Career
Episode 85: REPLAY: Dealing with Impostor Syndrome as a Senior Leader
Episode 84: REPLAY: How Inertia Can Affect Your Career And Life
Episode 83: Corporate vs Entrepreneur: Which Is Better?
Episode 82: Women Empowerment: What Does This Even Mean?
Episode 81: What Precisely Would You Do With More Money?
Episode 80: Navigating Difficult Periods In Life
Episode 79: Getting in the People Business
Episode 78: Are You Missing The Forest For The Trees?
Episode 77: The Bridge From Manager To Director
Episode 76: A 2-year old's Guide To Negotiation
Episode 75: Are Strengths Overrated?
Episode 74: Does It Get Any Easier?
Episode 73: Do You Follow Trends?
Episode 72: How To Disrupt Yourself For Exponential Career And Life Success
Episode 71: Am I Fulfilled?
Episode 70: Replay - It is time to pick a track. Expert or Leader?
Episode 69: The Secret To Real Transformation This Year
Episode 68: Who Is Responsible For Your Company's Culture?
Episode 67: Replay - Your Development to the Next Rung in Your Career
Episode 66: Replay - Is Your Brand Hindering Your Goals
Episode 65: Why You Felt Nothing After Your Last Promotion?
Episode 64: Let's Try It A Different Way: A Compilation
Episode 63: Do You Have A Career Timer?
Episode 62: Rip This Up And Throw It Away
Episode 61: How To Maximize The Current Climate For Catapulted Success
Episode 60: What Kind Of Woman Gets To $500K In Total Comp?
Episode 59: The Foundation of a Catapulted Career
Episode 58: How To Decide When It Is Time To Move On
Episode 57: Money Mindset When You Already Make Six Figures
Episode 56: Who Is Making This Decision?
Episode 55: What Happens When You Take Yet Another Lateral Role
Episode 54: The 4-Word Question That Will Change Your Career
Episode 53: Making The Transition To Senior Leadership
Episode 52: How To Incorporate More Calculated Risk In Your Career
Episode 51: Catapult Your Career Bootcamp Compilation (July 2021 Edition)
Episode 50: What Phase Of Your Career Are You Anchored In?
Episode 49: What Skillsets Do You Actually Need On Your Team?
Episode 48: Are You Actually Qualified?
Episode 47: Doing a "Health Check" on Your Corporate Career
Episode 46: Reignite Your Career & Achieve Your Biggest Goals in 6 Months
Episode 45: The Real Culprit for Burnout
Episode 44: Next Level Strategies for Managing Time & Energy
Episode 43: HOW INERTIA CAN AFFECT YOUR CAREER AND LIFE
Episode 42: HOW FEAR SHOWS UP FOR THE HIGH PERFORMING WOMAN
Episode 41: One CORE Skill You Need to Signal C-Level Readiness NOW
Episode 40: Navigating "Rules" In Your Corporate Career
Episode 39: Why don't I want to Catapult?
Episode 37: 3 Mindset Shifts to Catapult Your Career this Year
Episode 36: Dealing with Impostor Syndrome as a Senior Leader
Episode 35: Purpose & Meaning in Your Corporate Career
Episode 34: Seamlessly Transition into Your New Role as a Team Leader
Episode 33: The #1 Brand Pitfall for Women Aspiring to Senior Leadership
Episode 32: How do I Lead When I am Not the Expert
Episode 31: How to Maximize Your Performance Evaluation
Episode 30: Catapulting Your Career When You Feel Like an Outsider
Episode 29: 4 Things You MUST Be Enriching Yourself with as You Navigate Your Corporate Career
Episode 28: Your development to the Next Rung in Your Career
Episode 27: Define Your Ideal Career and Life
Episode 25: One feeling You CANNOT ignore
Episode 24: Corporate Career as a Legacy Builder
Episode 23: What Your Manager Isn't Telling You
Episode 26: Prioritizing Flow & Alignment to Avoid Burnout While Climbing the Corporate Ladder with Staci Berrey
Episode 22: Is Your Brand Hindering Your Goals
Episode 21: Bring Yourself to The Role
Episode 20: Leadership Your Way
Episode 19: What level of leadership are you really in?
Episode 18: How to stay Resilient, Accomplish your goals and Finish the year strong
Episode 17: Untethered
Episode 16: Do not let fear keep you stuck
Episode 15: Time to pick a track: Expert or Leader?
Episode 14: 3 Costly Communication Mistakes You May Be Making
Episode 13: Life is what happens as you pursue your dreams
Episode 12: Doing the "inner work" as a senior leader - Part 2
Episode 11: Does it really have to take that long?
Episode 10: Do your "inner work" for the people in your life
Episode 09: What level of the game are you playing?
Episode 08: Are you choosing to be where you are?
Episode 07: Avoiding Self Sabotage
Episode 06: It's Time to Act!
Episode 05: An Ambitious Working Mom During COVID-19
Episode 04:Recession-Proof Your Career
Episode 03: Transformational Leadership During COVID-19
Episode 02: Manage Stress While Social Distancing
Episode 01: Maintain Executive Presence... From Home!
Episode 0: Welcome to the Career Catapult.
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