Making Bold Moves

How senior leaders use feedback without losing authority


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At senior levels, feedback stops being a confidence issue and becomes a judgement issue.

When responsibility increases, feedback can feel more personal because decisions carry wider consequence, visibility, and interpretation.

In this episode of Making Bold Moves, Liz Boswell explores how experienced leaders relate to feedback once authority, reputation, and trust are at stake.

The conversation looks at:

  • why feedback feels different as responsibility increases
  • how senior leaders decide what feedback to take seriously — and what to ignore
  • how to seek feedback without undermining authority
  • what changes when feedback becomes about judgement rather than improvement

This episode is for leaders navigating growth, transition, or increased visibility who want a more mature, grounded relationship with feedback that supports clarity rather than self-doubt.

Making Bold Moves is a podcast for people who are capable, thoughtful, and quietly questioning how they’re showing up at work and in life.

I’m Liz Boswell. I work with leaders and professionals who don’t need more advice, but do need space to think clearly, especially when the pressure is on.

Each episode is a calm, mentoring-style conversation grounded in real client moments. We look at the stories people carry, the behaviours those stories create, and the small, practical shifts that change how things land day to day.

You’ll hear honest reflections, psychologically precise questions, and simple actions you can try immediately, without overhauling your life or becoming someone else.

If you’re stepping into more responsibility, more visibility, or simply feeling the weight of decisions that matter, this podcast is here to help you slow things down, think more clearly, and move forward in a way that feels grounded and real.

A quiet companion for people who want to make better moves, not louder ones.


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Making Bold MovesBy LIZ BOSWELL