When what worked early in your career stops working

You learned something early on in your career. How to read a room, when to speak and when to stay quiet. What got you noticed in the right way and what got you into trouble. Those instincts kept you safe. They probably got you promoted. And at some point, without anyone telling you, they stopped working.

This episode of Career Espresso is about what happens when early career survival strategies become senior career obstacles and how to tell the difference between a pattern that's still protecting you and one that's just holding you back.

What you'll discover

• Why the things that made you successful early on can quietly become your biggest career ceiling
• The reason "just be more confident" is useless advice and what to do instead
• How to spot whether you're being strategically cautious or running on an outdated rule from a job you left years ago
• Why over-preparation stops being thoroughness and starts being avoidance at a certain level
• A practical way to trace exactly where your holding-back patterns come from
• The gap between how you see yourself and how others experience you, and why it's usually kinder than you expect

Perfect for women who know they're holding back but can't quite put their finger on why.

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