06/08/2026
Playing the corporate game gets a lot easier when you stop treating your career like a performance review and start treating it like a communication game.
I had the most amazing guest on Secrets of the Career Game this week: my husband, David.
He has heard it all. The client calls, the book drafts, the career rants, the corporate strategy takes, and the occasional “wait, that’s actually good advice” moment from the other room.
So I asked him what advice has stood out the most after years of listening to me talk about career growth, executive presence, sales, and playing the corporate game.
His answer? Executive presence is not just about sounding polished. It is about knowing the outcome you want, reverse engineering the conversation, and understanding where you want that conversation to go.
Basically, he came on the podcast and casually dropped one of the clearest explanations of career influence.
The full episode of Secrets of the Career Game, My Husband Spent 13 Years in Corporate Sales — Here’s What He Taught Me About the Rules No One Shares is streaming now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
What do you think matters more at work: being right or knowing how to lead people to the right answer?
