52: How to Be More Strategic at Work and Get Seen as a Leader Not a Doer

SisterSmart Leadership · Jul 16, 2026 · 14m

How do you become more strategic at work and finally get seen as a leader instead of the best doer in the room? Strategic perspective is the single biggest skill that separates senior leaders from middle managers and it is the one capability that quietly decides who rises into executive roles and who stalls out at the director level.

In this episode of the SisterSmart Leadership podcast Executive Coach Jill Avey shares a surprising truth for women leaders who want to get promoted from director to vice president. Research shows that women outscore men on 17 of 19 leadership measures and yet…