
The Inner Strategist
The Inner Strategist helps professionals stop being blindsided by the hidden dynamics of people, power, and politics at work. Through candid, insight-driven episodes, you’ll build the kind of strategic thinking no one ever teaches you-so you can navigate challenges, influence outcomes, and thrive in your career.
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If you’re the kind of person who shares credit, helps others, and always plays by the rules, you probably believe that fairness will be rewarded. But what if your commitment to fairness is actually costing you influence, opportunity, and respect-especially when others aren’t playing by the same rules? This is what no o
Here’s the uncomfortable truth being undermined isn’t random. It’s a pattern rooted in how power, trust, and uncertainty play out in organisations. As a new manager, you have the title, but not the history. Others-whether peers, subordinates, or even your own boss-may feel threatened by change, or unsure if you’ll prot
If you're the consummate professional - you're the reliable one, the conscientious one, and you're also the high achiever, it can fee really frustrating when you're not recognised and someone else with less skill but more talk, gets on. You already know you don't want to be like them, but you also want their praise and
As a first time manager you might think that you're now in the loop you get to know what's really going on and you can work better as a result. So what happens then when your team, exclude you and your management team exclude you, how do you work well now? The assumption that being a manager or team leader means you no
We've all heard of those managers or even colleagues who credit steal- and we vow not to have it happen again. So What do you do then when it's your boss or manager taking credit- how do you handle that. If you're not a strategist it can be tricky to even see how they set you up to fail so in this episode I show you wh
Have you ever been in a situation at work where you 'know' somethings going on but you can't quite put your finger on it? or you start to notice the resistance to your leadership? If so then you're feeling the first throws of a power move and power battel in your very team. But the biggest issue you now have is that no