50: Why High Performance Wont Get You Promoted To VP with Linda

SisterSmart Leadership · Apr 30, 2026 · 35m

Are you a high performer who has been waiting for your hard work to speak for itself? You are not alone. Most women rise to the director level by being exceptional individual contributors, then hit an invisible ceiling that no one warned them about. The people getting promoted to vice president are not always working harder, they are working differently, and they understand a set of corporate power dynamics that nobody teaches women in business school, in onboarding, or anywhere along the way.

In this episode of the SisterSmart Leadership Podcast, host and executive coach Jill Avey sits down…