No matter how ambitious and talented you are, rising up and out of mid-level management can be slow going for reasons beyond your control. Maybe it&#8217;s because your company doesn&#8217;t have a business need&#8212;or budget&#8212;to upgrade your job title and salary from senior to executive. Or maybe it&#8217;s because the person in the position you want has been there forever&#8212;and has no plans to leave any time soon.
Still, there are plenty of factors that you can control, and Amy B and her three guests cover them in this episode. Leadership development coach Cynthia Pong first validates the challenges of scoring a position that&#8217;s scarce. Then, Lauren Reyes and Megan Bock, both COOs whose careers stagnated in mid-level management before accelerating again, recount the conversations, decisions, and networking that jump-started them.
Guest experts: 
Cynthia Pong is the CEO of Embrace Change, a leadership development and executive coaching consultancy.
Megan Bock is the COO of Federato, a company that uses machine learning to assess risk.&#160;
Lauren Reyes is the COO of the YMCA of Greater Boston.
Resources:
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<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2018/08/how-to-beat-mid-career-malaise">How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise</a>,&#8221; by Rebecca Knight</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2022/03/overcoming-self-doubt-in-the-face-of-a-big-promotion">Overcoming Self-Doubt in the Face of a Big Promotion</a>,&#8221; by Evelyn Hsu and Sabina Nawaz</li>
<li><a href="https://store.hbr.org/product/you-the-leader-hbr-women-at-work-series/10525">You, the Leader</a>, from the Women at Work Series</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2024/03/research-how-women-can-build-high-status-networks">Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks</a>,&#8221; by Carla Rua-Gomez et al.</li>
<li>&#8220;<a href="https://hbr.org/2007/09/women-and-the-labyrinth-of-leadership">Women and the Labyrinth of Leadership</a>,&#8221; by Alice Eagly and Linda L. Carli</li>
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