45: 5 Types of Invisible Work That Are Keeping Women From Getting Promoted to VP

SisterSmart Leadership · Mar 26, 2026 · 28m

Have you ever trained the person who got promoted over you? Or held your entire department together behind the scenes while someone else got credit for the results?

Here is what no one tells you about getting promoted: it is rarely the hardest worker who moves up. It is the person whose work is visible to the right people.

In this episode, Jill Avey and SisterSmart coach Sarah Spencer break down the five types of invisible work that women leaders take on every day -- work that carries enormous strategic value but almost never surfaces in performance reviews or promotion conversations. You…