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The Quiet Move That Gets You Sponsored By Senior Leaders

The Quiet Move That Gets You Sponsored By Senior Leaders

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Most professionals think career progression works like this:

Work hard.
Keep your head down.
Eventually someone notices.

But senior leaders aren’t just evaluating performance.

They’re paying attention to something much deeper:
- Who reduces friction.
- Who makes things easier.
- Who quietly becomes useful.

In this episode, I break down the concept of “Upward Value” - the hidden career skill that gets certain people trusted earlier, included in bigger conversations, and pulled into opportunities before everyone else.

We get into:

  • why influence actually works bottom-up
  • the difference between utility and brown-nosing
  • what senior leaders are really evaluating
  • how trust compounds quietly over time
  • why some people get sponsored faster than others

If you’ve ever felt overlooked despite performing well, this episode will change how you think about career progression.

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