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Leadership Beyond the Title

Leadership Beyond the Title

De: TaSheena Braxton| Mom Executive Leadership & Team Coach
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Leadership Beyond the Title is hosted by TaSheena Braxton, Executive Leadership & Team Coach, mother of four, and a woman who learned how to lead long before she ever held a formal title. This podcast is for leaders who know they're capable of more — with or without the job title to prove it. Every week, we disrupt the outdated belief that leadership is tied to hierarchy, proximity to power, or navigating corporate politics. Leadership isn't given. Leadership is shown — through impact, visibility, strategic relationships, and the courage to show up as who you are. I created this podcast because I know what it feels like to be overlooked, underestimated, or told (implicitly or explicitly) that you aren't a leader until someone grants you permission. And I also know what it looks like to lead anyway — to influence without authority, to build trust across teams, to navigate power dynamics, and to grow a reputation that gets you opportunities you were never "supposed" to have. Inside this podcast, you'll learn how to: • Lead in any room — regardless of your title • Grow visibility without burning out • Build relationships that accelerate your career • Navigate identity, systems, and workplace politics with clarity • Position yourself as a leader people want to follow Our conversations will help you move from untapped, unseen, and under-recognized to someone who leads movements, shapes culture, and makes an undeniable impact — title or not. If you're ready to lead from who you are — not what your title says — you're in the right place.TaSheena Braxton| Mom, Executive Leadership & Team Coach Desarrollo Personal Economía Exito Profesional Éxito Personal
Episodios
  • Stop Skipping Your Skip Levels: The Visibility Strategy That Gets You Promoted | Ep #60

    Stop Skipping Your Skip Levels: The Visibility Strategy That Gets You Promoted | Ep #60
    Feb 18 2026
    📜 Summary Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught to stay in our lane. Don't rock the boat. Be loyal. Let your manager handle the relationship with leadership. And whatever you do — don't go over your boss's head. And maybe that advice came from a good place — but it's keeping you invisible to the people who actually make decisions about your career. In this episode, I'm unpacking the belief that causes so many talented, accomplished women to avoid one of the most powerful career-building tools available to them: the skip level meeting. We explore: Why skipping your skip levels feels like loyalty — but is actually costing youThe difference between going around your boss and building relationships across the organizationThe agent and the athlete analogy — and why even LeBron doesn't let his agent handle everythingWhat happens when your boss is the only person telling your story in rooms you've never enteredWhy visibility isn't arrogance — it's agencyA 6-step approach to walking into your next skip level prepared, confident, and strategicWhat to do after the meeting to keep the relationship warm and build on the foundation you created A skip level is not going around your boss. It's taking responsibility for making sure the right people know who you are — before opportunities are announced, before decisions are made, and before someone else's name comes up instead of yours. Your boss can open doors. But you have to walk through them. If you've ever avoided a meeting with senior leadership because it felt wrong, disloyal, or like it wasn't your place — this conversation is for you. 📥 Grab the free Storyteller Framework: LINK 📖 Chapters 00:00 The Belief That's Keeping You Invisible 05:30 Your Boss Is Not Your Only Advocate 13:00 What It's Costing You to Stay Invisible 16:30 How to Prepare for Your Skip Level 24:00 What Letting Go of This Belief Unlocks 🔗 Work With Me: 1:1 Leadership & Career Coaching If you're a woman of color who wants to grow your career without becoming someone you don't recognize—this coaching is for you. Together, we'll define your leadership on your terms, create visibility that doesn't require performance, and strengthen the relationships that actually shape decisions—so you stop waiting to be picked and start being pursued. 🔗 Apply for 1:1 coaching by booking a call here:BOOK A CALL HERE Where to Find TaSheenaSign up for "A Seat At The Table," my Weekly Newsletter that empowers WOC leaders and their teams to build their own seats at the table. LinkedIn | Instagram | Website | TikTok
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    31 m
  • The Best Storyteller Wins | Ep #59

    The Best Storyteller Wins | Ep #59
    Feb 11 2026
    📜 Summary Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught that hard work speaks for itself. Keep your head down. Deliver results. Stay humble. Eventually, someone will notice. And maybe that advice came from a good place—but it's keeping you invisible. In this episode, I name a truth that too many accomplished women of color have learned the hard way: your work doesn't speak. You do. I break down the limiting beliefs that keep high-performing women silent about their contributions—and introduce the Storyteller framework, a repeatable system for turning your accomplishments into compelling narratives that actually land. We explore: Why "it's just my job" thinking erases your most significant contributionsHow confusing self-advocacy with arrogance keeps you stuckThe myth of meritocracy—and why no one is tracking your wins the way you thinkWhat happens when you let someone else narrate your career (or worse, no one does)The courtroom analogy: why evidence without argument loses every time The Storyteller framework has five elements—Stakes, Intention, Cost, Impact, and Resonance—a structure that transforms how you communicate your value without feeling cringe or performative. This episode is an invitation to stop hoping someone notices and start showing them exactly what you bring. If you've ever delivered exceptional work and watched someone else get the credit—this conversation is for you. 📥 Download the Storyteller Framework: LINK 📖 Chapters 00:00 When Hard Work Doesn't Speak for Itself 02:00 The Beliefs Keeping You Invisible04:00 Self-Promotion Isn't Arrogance—It's Advocacy 05:00 The Myth of Meritocracy 07:00 The Courtroom Analogy: Evidence Without Argument 10:00 What Happens When You Stay Silent 13:00 Storytelling Is a Skill You Can Learn 15:00 Where to Use Your Stories 21:00 Introducing the Storyteller Framework 33:00 Connection: The Thread That Runs Through It All 34:00 The Framework in Action: A Client Story 38:00 What This Framework Does for You 41:00 Walk Into Interviews with Receipts, Not Anxiety 43:00 Recap: Stakes, Intention, Cost, Impact & Resonance 🔗 Work With Me: 1:1 Leadership & Career Coaching If you're a woman of color who wants to grow your career without becoming someone you don't recognize—this coaching is for you. Together, we'll define your leadership on your terms, create visibility that doesn't require performance, and strengthen the relationships that actually shape decisions—so you stop waiting to be picked and start being pursued. 🔗 Apply for 1:1 coaching by booking a call here:BOOK A CALL HERE Where to Find TaSheenaSign up for "A Seat At The Table," my Weekly Newsletter that empowers WOC leaders and their teams to build their own seats at the table. LinkedIn | Instagram | Website | TikTok
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    46 m
  • The Future of Leadership Doesn't Require Self-Abandonment | Ep #58

    The Future of Leadership Doesn't Require Self-Abandonment | Ep #58
    Feb 6 2026
    📜 Summary

    Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught that advancement requires becoming someone else.

    Speak up more.
    Be more visible.
    Get comfortable with self-promotion.
    Adapt to the culture.

    And maybe it worked—at least on paper.

    In this episode, I name a truth that doesn't get talked about enough: self-abandonment is often rewarded early in our careers—but it becomes unsustainable at higher levels of leadership.

    I break down how women of color, especially introverted women of color, are conditioned to perform a version of leadership that was never designed with us in mind—and why that performance comes at a steep cost: our energy, our health, our creativity, and eventually our careers.

    We explore:

    • Why "executive presence" and similar feedback often masks a deeper systemic issue

    • How code-switching, masking, and constant self-monitoring quietly drain your capacity

    • Why performance may get you promoted—but stalls you at the next level

    • The difference between burnout from work and burnout from inauthenticity

    • How energy, presence, and conviction—not performance—create real influence

    I also reframe the Peter Principle through an identity lens: when you perform a version of leadership that isn't yours, you don't just rise to the level of incompetence—you rise to the level of inauthenticity. And performance doesn't scale.

    This episode is an invitation to stop treating self-abandonment as a strategy and start leading from a place of alignment, embodiment, and trust in who you already are.

    If you've ever felt exhausted not by the work itself—but by who you have to be to do the work—this conversation is for you.

    📖 Chapters

    00:00 The Cost of Becoming Someone You Don't Recognize
    02:00 Why Corporate Standards Were Never Designed for You
    05:00 Performance, Promotion & the Bigger Cage
    06:00 The Peter Principle — Reframed Through Identity
    09:00 Burnout Isn't About the Work, It's About the Performance
    12:00 Why Energy Always Tells the Truth
    15:00 Leadership Is Connection — And Performance Blocks It
    16:00 What Happens When You Lead Anchored vs. Masked
    18:00 Reclaiming Quiet Strength, Depth & Discernment
    21:00 Where Are You Abandoning Yourself and Calling It Strategy?
    23:00 Leading Beyond the Title — Without Self-Betrayal

    🔗 Work With Me: 1:1 Leadership & Career Coaching

    If you're a woman of color who wants to grow your career without becoming someone you don't recognize—this coaching is for you.

    Together, we'll define your leadership on your terms, create visibility that doesn't require performance, and strengthen the relationships that actually shape decisions—so you stop waiting to be picked and start being pursued.

    🔗 Apply for 1:1 coaching by booking a call here:
    BOOK A CALL HERE

    Where to Find TaSheena
    Sign up for "A Seat At The Table," my Weekly Newsletter that empowers WOC leaders and their teams to build their own seats at the table.

    LinkedIn | Instagram | Website | TikTok
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    24 m
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