Corporate success is not only about performance.
Understanding influence, visibility and power dynamics inside corporates often determines who advances into leadership.
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Are Corporate Games Being Played On You?
10 questions. 3 minutes. Identify which of the 11 invisible games are shaping your career.
Results
Playing By Rules That Don’t Exist →
Playing By Rules That Don’t Exist →
#1. You deliver results. Someone with less impact gets promoted — and you’re told to be patient. What do you tell yourself?
#2. Your manager supports you. Your name never comes up when opportunities are discussed. Why?
#3. Decisions are made before the meeting even starts. Where are you?
#4. You’ve been loyal to a leader. They leave. What happens next?
#5. If you left tomorrow, what would actually happen?
#6. You’re under pressure in a senior setting — challenge, conflict, visibility. How do you show up?
#7. When your name comes up at senior level, what happens?
#8. You’re ready for the next level. What’s actually available?
#9. Who controls the story of your work?
#10. You’re in a senior room. What happens?
#11. When important decisions are made, where are you?
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Why capable professionals stall in corporates
Most qualifications prepare people for the work.
But they rarely prepare professionals for the unwritten dynamics inside corporates:
influence
visibility
decision power
leadership perception
These forces often determine who progresses — and who remains overlooked.
Understanding them earlier can change a career.
What this newsletter explores
1
how influence actually moves inside corporates
2
how visibility shapes career progression
3
how leadership decisions are formed
4
how professionals position themselves strategically
Clear thinking about power, influence and leadership progression.
I'm Linda Reddy
I began my career young, navigating corporate life alongside motherhood and family responsibilities.
Over more than 25 years I progressed through the ranks to a global executive leadership role in London, operating across 24 countries.
Through that journey I repeatedly saw how influence, visibility and power dynamics shape leadership progression inside corporates.
This platform shares practical reflections drawn from that experience.
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