Leadership Sovereignty Podcast: Career Growth and Promotion · 2025-08-05 · 22 min
Fake it till you make it? No. Have faith that you're going to make it - and work until you do. In Part 6 of 7 of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast's Speaking Truth to Power series, Phillip McKibbins delivers what may be the most direct and convicting episode of the series. He shares the story of going through 30 interviews for a job while the other candidates went through two. He shares how a boss stole his resume, how a managing director offer was pulled because of one person's bias, and how in every case - the people who doubted him were wrong, and the phone rang again six months later. Phillip closes with the principle that now drives everything he does: what are the things that you do that people don't see? Because those are more impactful than the things you do in the spotlight. Legacy is not built in the moments people are watching. It is built in the dark.
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