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If you are navigating a leadership change, reorganization, strategy shift, or internal restructure, you are probably wondering how to manage yourself during organizational change without damaging your reputation. This episode breaks down how to stand out at work during uncertainty, how to build influence inside your company, and how to grow your career without waiting for a promotion.

Organizational change creates instability when your reporting lines shift, priorities change, and projects lose owners. In those moments, most professionals focus on frustration or job security. Fewer people think strategically about how to get noticed at work, how to expand their role without a title change, and how to build career leverage when responsibilities are unclear.

In this episode, career expert, Julia Toothacre covers:

• How to position yourself during leadership change

• What to do during a reorganization at work

• How to stand out at work when roles are unclear

• How to build influence inside your organization

• Why career growth inside your company often happens during uncertainty

• The difference between execution and strategic positioning

• How emotional regulation impacts your reputation during change

You will learn how career leverage forms when responsibility is up in the air, why transitions accelerate reputation-building, and how to move from task execution to higher-level problem-solving within your current organization.

If you are trying to grow in your company, get promoted internally, or expand your influence at work without changing jobs, this episode will help you think differently about organizational change and leadership transitions.

Read the blog:
https://ridethetidecollective.com/2026/03/31/season13episode3/

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If you want to get promoted, create more career options, and stop feeling stuck at work, you need more than strong performance. In this episode of Control Your Career, Julia Toothacre breaks down how to position yourself for promotion by building real career leverage.

Promotion decisions are rarely based on effort alone. Leaders evaluate trust, visibility, judgment, and risk. This episode explains how to build the five forms of career leverage that determine whether you are seen as promotable or simply dependable in your current role.

You'll learn how to strengthen:

• Skill range that expands beyond your job description

• Professional reputation inside your organization

• Market visibility outside your company

• Financial flexibility that supports better career decisions

• Decision discipline when evaluating promotions or lateral moves

If your career only advances when you apply for roles or push for recognition, you may still be operating in execution mode. This conversation will help you understand how to create positioning that leads to more career control, more influence, and stronger long-term growth.

In the next episode, we go inside your organization and examine where promotion leverage is built day to day.

Read the blog:
https://ridethetidecollective.com/2026/03/17/season13episode2/

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Do you hate networking? You are not alone. For many professionals, networking feels forced, fake, and exhausting. In this episode of Control Your Career, Julia Toothacre redefines what networking really is and how to make it authentic, strategic, and aligned to your personality.

Julia breaks down why traditional networking advice fails introverts and overachievers, and she shares a simple approach that helps you connect genuinely without the small talk or awkward coffee chats.

You will learn how to:

• Reframe networking from transactional to relational

• Identify your natural networking style (Connector, Curator, or Consistent)

• Use the five-stage Control Your Career framework to assess and strengthen your network

• Build consistent habits that expand your visibility without draining your energy

• Create meaningful connections that actually support your growth
  
  

Networking does not have to feel gross. It can feel natural, intentional, and aligned with who you are.

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Episode Blog Post: https://ridethetidecollective.com/2025/11/19/season12episode11/ 

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