UNSHAKEABLE HER: Get Promoted by Building Leadership, Influence and Confidence (For Women Done Being Overlooked)
You're already leading. So why does it still feel like nobody's noticed?
Unshakeable Her is the leadership podcast for ambitious women who are done second-guessing themselves in systems that weren't designed for them. Every week we get into the promotion strategies that get you recognised for the leader you already are by exploring the real science of leadership confidence, the unwritten rules of influence, and how to build the kind of presence that makes promotion inevitable.
Hosted by Caroline Esterson - a leadership development specialist with 30 years inside hundreds of organisations, who knows exactly why brilliant women get overlooked and what to do about it.
This podcast offers practical, repeatable ways to build influence, confidence, and career momentum.
Each week you'll learn:
- How to build the visibility and strategic positioning that gets you promoted.
- How to lead with more influence without losing yourself in the process.
- The science behind imposter syndrome in leadership (and what actually shifts it) so you can get promoted.
With new episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, ‘Unshakeable Her’ delivers stories, strategy, and insight to help you become someone nobody can shake.
New here? Episode #7 is your imposter syndrome reset. Episode #56 is where leadership finally clicks.
UNSHAKEABLE HER: Get Promoted by Building Leadership, Influence and Confidence (For Women Done Being Overlooked)
#80 | What Maggie Did When 140 Anxious Employees Looked to Her for Calm & the Leadership Influence Move That Changed Everything.
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What happens when your team looks to you for calm… and you don’t actually feel calm yourself?
In high-pressure moments, your leadership is shaping more than decisions and communication. Your pace, posture, breathing, and presence directly influence your team’s nervous system — often before you even say a word. In this episode, you’ll hear the story of Maggie, a leader unexpectedly tasked with guiding 140 anxious employees through uncertainty, and the small shifts that completely changed the emotional temperature of the room.
Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
- How calm leadership functions as nervous system regulation for your team during uncertainty
- The exact sentence that instantly lowers tension and creates psychological steadiness in meetings
- Why pace, pauses, posture, and breathing matter more than having the “perfect” leadership message
If you want to become the kind of leader people trust under pressure — even when you’re nervous yourself — this episode will completely change how you think about calm, leadership, and the nervous system.
Resources:
The Corridor Protocol - How to Lead with Calm When You Don't Feel It
New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Stuck, simmering, or onto something juicy? I want to hear it. Drop me a line at caroline@inspireyourgenius.com - I read them all.
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Unshakeable Her is the podcast for women in leadership who are ready to build real influence, earn the promotion they deserve, and lead with confidence in systems that weren't built for them. Each episode tackles the challenges that shape leadership from the inside out, including imposter syndrome, resilience, credibility, boundaries, conflict, and feedback, while unpacking how pressure, workplace politics, strategic thinking, decision-making, and visibility affect the way ambitious women grow, lead, and get promoted without losing themselves in the process.
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