You can be the person who delivers every quarter, holds the team together, and still gets quietly skipped when the next role opens up. That gap is what we unpack with Vickie Rodgers, Senior Vice President of Cox Communities, as we talk about the real drivers of career advancement for women leaders in multifamily and beyond and what to do when “working hard” stops being enough.
We get specific about the accelerators most people never spell out: self-awareness that helps you manage the story in your head, emotional intelligence that makes cross-functional influence possible, and the discipline to treat feedback as useful data instead of a personal judgment. Vickie breaks down how strengths can turn into saboteurs, why perfectionism and people-pleasing can quietly shrink your executive presence, and how to take credit in a way that still honors your team.
We also dig into visibility and personal branding, including the idea that exposure and internal brand often outweigh performance in promotion decisions. You will learn how to build stakeholders, mentors, and true advocates, how to “power map” relationships up and across the organization, and how to network with purpose instead of burning yourself out. Finally, we tackle the missing 33 percent that blocks so many high performers: strategic thinking, financial acumen, and business-case skills that move you from leading people to leading the business.
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