The Still Space Podcast

My career advice has a remarkable track record with adult children. Every piece has been ignored immediately, rediscovered three years later, and then presented back to me as their own idea. "Mom, I learned something at work. You should always follow up in writing." Yes, sweetheart. I believe someone mentioned that. Possibly at Thanksgiving, 2019. Possibly while you were looking at your phone. So...

You can say your company values dignity, inclusion and growth, but your people believe what you tolerate, not what you frame. Through stories of leaders I've coached, this episode shows where culture quietly breaks down and what the organizations people actually choose do differently. If you are getting passed over, this report that I recently completed will show you why and what to do about it -...

In many companies, the conversation about who moves up next takes shape in a room you're not in, built on a one-sentence impression of you that formed months ago. In this episode of The Still Space, I show how that shorthand gets written, why capable leaders get labeled "reliable" instead of "next," and the 100-day plan to change the sentence before the conversation happens. This isn't about worki...

You may be completely right about the promotion that went elsewhere or the idea someone else got credit for, or the fact that your partner is not being very supportive during a difficult time, and it may still be costing you more than the original loss. In this episode, I show how resentment erodes your executive presence, bends your decisions, and lands on the people closest to you, while capping...

In this episode we talk about what’s behind the behavior of people who are mean and dismissive of you. If you are getting passed over, this report that I recently completed will show you why and what to do about it - 5 Reasons Capable Leaders Get Passed Over - And How to Be the Must-Have : https://www.maryleegannon.com/5-reasons-you-are-being-overlooked-and-how-to-fix-it-this-week-ececb0bf-b7e9-45...

We think grief is a horrible feeling we experience when someone close to us dies. I’ve learned it is far more than that and it resurfaces in the most unsuspecting places when we don’t know how to deal with it. In this episode I share some very personal stories about how that happened to me and what I did about it to move on. If you want to have an outside perspective on what others see when they s...

I ran organizations worth 37 million dollars and know the corporate expectation of head down, deliver, get the result. Wait for the satisfaction to show up on the other side of it. And somewhere in there, I noticed the satisfaction wasn't showing up. It kept moving. It was always one level up, one more win, one more quarter away. I hit targets that used to feel unreachable and felt the same flat n...

Have you ever reached a point where you realized you were exhausted—not from the work itself, but from constantly trying to prove that the work mattered? You keep asking yourself "Why am I still proving myself after everything I've accomplished?" "Why does success feel heavier than I expected?" "Why am I searching for the next answer when I already know so much?" In this episode we unpack the trea...

You are standing in your kitchen. Afternoon. An official notice is in your hand with the sheriff’s letterhead on it that you had just ripped off your front door, telling you, in official language, that the house is about to be taken. Nothing about your circumstances has changed in the last ten seconds. The marriage is still what it was. The money is still gone. The four kids in the next room are s...

In this short episode I show you the patterns of your thoughts, emotions, and actions that are constraining your ability to succeed and what to do about it. For more on the solution got to www. MaryLeeGannon.com

You’re two minutes from walking into the board meeting.  You know this deck cold. You wrote it, you rehearsed it in the mirror, you have the answer to every question they could possibly throw at you. Your mind is completely, genuinely calm.  And then you reach for the door handle, and your shoulders climb half an inch toward your ears. Your breath goes shallow without your permission. So...

You’re wide awake. You weren’t five minutes ago. You’re replaying the exact second in today’s meeting when your voice got a little tighter than you wanted it to. Just a fraction. Nobody else probably even caught it. But you did. And now you’re lying in the dark, rewriting the version where you handled it better — the version where you sounded certain, where the pause landed like confidence instead...

This episode launches a new focus for the podcast - The Relevance Principle™ to help you be undeniable in work and in life. The first principle is this > Hard Work Earns Respect. Relevance Earns Opportunity. I wish someone had told me this years ago because hard work and relevance are not the same. Learn how to position your genius to be undeniable here. If you are getting passed over at work,...

Visioning is an act that projects you into the future. That’s nearly impossible to do honestly when you’re stuck, because all you can project is the stuck story. The deeper work isn’t manufacturing a future. It’s receiving what is already good and already here — and clearing out of the way the old story that stops you from seeing your future is already with you. If you are getting passed over at w...

This episode gives you succinct steps to follow to manifest what you want into your life. It works. Follow these steps and watch what happens. If you are getting passed over at work, here is a report that I recently completed that will show you why and what to do about it - 5 Reasons Capable Leaders Get Passed Over - And How to Be the Must-Have : https://www.maryleegannon.com/5-reasons-you-are-bei...

Most people wait until they're struggling. The leaders who keep rising do the opposite — and it has less to do with working harder than with how you show up. In this episode we dive into when it’s time. If you are getting passed over, this report that I recently completed will show you why and what to do about it - 5 Reasons Capable Leaders Get Passed Over - And How to Be the Must-Have : https://w...

I may not have everything figured out but these are things I know with absolute certainty. If you are capable but still getting passed over, this report that I recently completed will show you why and what to do about it - 5 Reasons Capable Leaders Get Passed Over - And How to Be the Must-Have : https://www.maryleegannon.com/5-reasons-you-are-being-overlooked-and-how-to-fix-it-this-week-ececb0bf-b...

In this episode we review recently released statistics on how the industries will change regarding AI over the next four years as well as how to position yourself as the must-have. This is about how to be proactive now. Go here for more information on The Must-Have Community. For more information on being undeniable in work and life, go to www. MaryLeeGannon.com or email me at marylee@maryleeganno...

Artificial Intelligence is writing resumes, replacing employees, contributing to massive layoffs, and making a lot of mistakes. In this episode I illustrate a story that shows how to position yourself in a way that can’t be replicated. Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2nd458tu For more information on being undeniable in work and life...

There’s a moment that happens to a lot of high-performing leaders… and almost nobody talks about it directly. Nothing is technically wrong. You just don’t remember who you are anymore. In this episode we discuss what is happening and how to rediscover your core identity – the part of you that laughs, loves, listens, and excels. Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this po...

Most leaders who feel overlooked are not overlooked because of competence. They are overlooked because of signal distortion. In other words — the room is not receiving the full version of who they are. In this episode we define what to do about it. Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2nd458tu For more information on being undeniable in...

In this episode we dig into how to narrow the gap between your ability and how you are showing up so that you are valued, hired, promoted and included. Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2nd458tu For more information on being undeniable in work and life, go to www. MaryLeeGannon.com or email me at marylee@maryleegannon.com

I want to start today with something I have never said quite this directly on this podcast before. The reason capable professionals don't advance — or aren't taken seriously — is not that they lack ability. It is that they have agreed with a flawed assumption about themselves so many times it became a core belief. And you cannot out-strategize a core belief. In today’s episode we talk about what a...

Job seekers are having a very difficult time finding positions right now. In this episode we discuss why, what to do about it, how to rise from the AI slush pile, and position your uniqueness to be valued, hired, promoted, and undeniable. BONUS: Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2nd458tu For more information on being undeniable in wor...

If you’re a senior leader, over 40, and you’ve built a solid career—but somehow you’re still being overlooked while others are getting promoted—this episode is for you. You’re capable. You’re experienced. You’ve done the work. And yet… something isn’t landing. Take a listen. BONUS: Here is the link to my new Executive Presence Audit debuted in this podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2nd458tu   For...