Raising your profile, strengthening your network, increasing your visibility. These are the standard responses to losing influence. They are also making the situation worse.
Experts Doing All the Right Things Are Walking Into a Trap
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Insights drawn from two decades helping capable people navigate power and influence in complex organisations.
Why Expert Knowledge Has a Shorter Shelf Life Than It Used To
Experts are watching their influence erode without understanding why. The problem is not what they know. It is what their knowledge is now worth to the people around them.
Five Principles of Power: Defined and Revisited
The principles that govern how power works in organisations have not changed. What has changed is the speed at which they are now reshaping who holds it, who loses it, and why.
When the Executive No Longer Needs the Explanation
The executive who once relied on the expert to navigate complex terrain is becoming better equipped to navigate it alone. Nothing personal, it is structural, and it is changing where power sits.
The Career Position That Looks Secure and Is Not
Being busy is not the same as being safe. The most exposed senior professionals are usually the ones who do not see the danger.
When Expertise Stops Commanding the Room
Senior professionals are losing ground in rooms they once commanded without effort. The cause is structural, the response instinctive, and this response is making it worse.