Career Espresso
Amanda Owen-Meehan
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S7E115 Episode 115 - What to do when a career opportunity you were counting on disappears
What to do when a career opportunity you were counting on disappearsYou weren't just hoping it might happen. You'd actually been working towards it, observing, positioning, getting yourself ready.…
S7E114 Episode 114 - When what worked early in your career stops working
When what worked early in your career stops workingYou 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…
S7E113 Episode 113 - You can't think straight if you never stop to think
You can't think straight if you never stop to thinkYou've had the same conversation with yourself more times than you can count. Not yet. When this project's done. When things quieten down. And…
S7E112 Episode 112 - How to build influence before you need it
There's a particular kind of career frustration that's hard to name. You're doing your job well. You're prepared, present, and contributing. But the conversations that shape what actually happens in…
S7E111 Episode 111- When you're quietly doing your manager's job as well as your own
You're in a meeting and someone asks a question that should go to your manager. But they look at you. Because you're the one who's been answering those questions for months now. You're the one who's…
S7E110 Episode 110 - How to stop justifying every boundary you set at work
How to stop justifying every boundary you set at workYou said no to something last week. Or you tried to. What came out was closer to a small essay explaining why you couldn't, what else you had on,…
S7E109 Episode 109 - When "just speak up in meetings" isn't the answer
You're speaking up. That's the frustrating part. You prepare, you contribute, you make your point clearly. And somehow it still doesn't land. Someone talks over you. Your idea gets a lukewarm…
S7E108 Episode 108 - Building career options before you need them
Everything's fine at work. Not exciting, but fine. You're getting on with it, you know what you're doing, and there's enough going on that you haven't had time to think about much else. Then the…
S7E107 Episode 107 - How to be direct at work without the three-paragraph explanation
How to be direct at work without the three-paragraph explanationYou know what you want to say. That's not the problem. The problem is what happens between your head and the page. By the time it's…
S7E106 Episode 106 - What to do when your authority keeps getting questioned
What to do when your authority keeps getting questioned?You make a decision. A clear one. And before you've even finished explaining it, someone's already pushing back. Not with better information.…
S7E105 Episode 105 - Making your invisible work visible (without feeling like you're bragging)
You fixed the problem nobody else could sort out. You built the process that made everything run smoother. You're the one people come to when things are on fire.And when promotion time comes, someone…
S7E104 Episode 104 - How to stop taking work back after you've delegated it
Delegation fails when you hand something over with vague expectations, skip the checkpoint until it's too late, then quietly stay late fixing it yourself. The problem isn't that you can't let go.…
S7E103 Episode 103 - How to ask for more at work (and what to do when the script falls apart)
How to ask for more at work (and what to do when the script falls apart)You've rehearsed this conversation a hundred times. You know exactly what you're going to say. And then your manager responds…
S7E102 Episode 102 - What to do when your energy doesn't match your ambition
What to do when your energy doesn't match your ambitionYou know exactly what you want to do. You've got the plan. You might even have the opportunity sitting right in front of you. And yet... you…
S7E101 Episode 101 - Why your career doesn't need a January reset
Why your career doesn't need a January resetIt's January and somewhere between the break ending and the first full week back, the pressure kicked in. New year, new you. Time to have a plan. Time to…
S6E100 Episode 100 - You're a better leader than you think you are
You're a better leader than you think you are.At the end of every day, you notice what went wrong. The conversation that didn't land. The decision you're still second-guessing. The person on your…
S6E99 Episode 99 - I can't stop doing everything myself
I can't stop doing everything myselfYou're reviewing something your team has done and it's good. But you find yourself tweaking it anyway. Adjusting the wording, reorganising a section, adding…
S6E98 Episode 98 - How to find your people as a leader
How to find your people as a leaderYou're in a leadership role and something's shifted. The people you used to talk things through with? That's complicated now. Your team can't be your sounding board…
S6E97 Episode 97 - Why doesn't good enough feel good enough?
Why doesn't good enough feel good enough?You're exhausted. You're managing a thousand things at once. At the end of every day, you look back at everything that went wrong, everything you didn't get…
S6E96 Episode 96 - How to have career conversations that help
How to have career conversations that helpYou schedule a career conversation and both of you immediately feel that slight dread. You ask where they see themselves in five years. They give a polished…
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