The Hidden Tax of Internal Networking

Career Coaching with Fexingo: Professional Coaches, Career Counselors, and Guidance for Workers · Sep 5, 2026 · 11m · transcript

We dissect the invisible tax that internal networking imposes on high-performing employees, using the specific case of a senior engineer at Microsoft who leveraged cross-departmental visibility to accelerate promotion. The episode explores how strategic relationship mapping can reduce the time-to-promotion by nearly forty percent while avoiding the burnout trap of performative busyness. We break down the difference between transactional connection and genuine influence, offering a concrete framework for auditing your current internal network against your next career goal.

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