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Little Moves, Big Careers: Smart Career Growth Strategies for Ambitious Professionals.

Caroline Esterson from Inspire Your Genius

Struggling to get noticed and move up in today’s fast-changing workplace? Little Moves, Big Careers is your go-to podcast for smart, actionable career growth strategies that cut through the noise.From visibility and confidence to self-leadership and influence, every episode mixes bold insights, cheeky truths, and practical takeaways that actually work inside real organisations to help you stand out and get promoted.No corporate waffle; just unapologetically honest career talk for people who want to

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9:02

How To Reset Your Confidence in 60 Seconds Before a...

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2026/04/03

Send us Fan Mail What do you do in the 60 seconds before a meeting when your confidence has dropped, and the room still needs you at your full size? This episode is for the woman who has done the preparation, knows her material, and still feels herself shrinking right before the moment that matters. Caroline closes the week with a practical reset for those corridor, car park, and loo-cubicle moments when self-trust wobbles and you need something small, fast, and effective to bring you back to...

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18:53

3 Hidden Reasons Women in Corporate Leadership...

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2026/04/01

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever received one piece of feedback before a big meeting and suddenly stopped trusting your own judgment? This episode explains what is actually happening inside your brain when critical feedback lands at the worst possible moment. If you’re a capable woman in leadership who tends to soften, over-edit, or second-guess yourself before high-stakes moments, this conversation will help you understand why that response is not weakness, but a predictable mix of biology, co...

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22:00

Does Your Response to Feedback Lack Self-Trust,...

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2026/03/30

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever received one piece of feedback right before an important meeting and suddenly stopped trusting your own judgment? This episode, the story of Rachel and her big presentation, will feel painfully familiar if you’re a capable woman in leadership who can prepare brilliantly, think clearly, and still unravel the moment someone questions your approach. It gets to the heart of why high-achieving women can mistake self-protection for professionalism and dilute their str...

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8:01

How To Build Confidence At Work — The Brag Folder,...

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2026/03/27

Send us Fan Mail Jocelyn told us she plays hip hop on big project launch days. Something with beats that make her feel excited. Something that pumps her up. This week's song is for her. And for every woman who has been quietly, consistently, almost accidentally extraordinary — and hasn't yet decided to let that be seen. This week's anchor track is Superstar by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos. It asks one question: if you are what you say you are — have no fear, the camera is here. That i...

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8:08

Why Even The Most Capable Women Underestimate...

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2026/03/25

Send us Fan Mail On Monday, Jocelyn (VP of Global Brand & Comms, working mum, quietly extraordinary human), said two things that resonated powerfully. The first: that early in her career, she believed doing brilliant work would be enough. And then she quickly realised it wasn't. The second: that returning from maternity leave felt like operating at a lower level, and that she had to remind herself, repeatedly, that she was still capable. In this episode, I'm bringing the science to both o...

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30:29

She Led A Rebrand, Launched An AI Product And Got...

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2026/03/23

Send us Fan Mail What does it look like when a woman is quietly, consistently, almost accidentally extraordinary (and genuinely the last person in any room to have noticed)? It looks like Jocelyn Lo, VP Global Brand and Comms for Seedtag. In less than a year since returning to work after maternity leave, Jocelyn led a full company rebrand, shot a commercial in a closed-down subway station in Georgia, launched an AI product, and was promoted to VP. When someone pointed all of this out to her, ...

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18:35

Why Boundaries Aren’t Selfish - They’re a Leadership...

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2026/03/20

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel pressured to overdeliver, keep everyone happy, and prove yourself at work? In this episode, Caroline explores why that pressure can quietly pull capable women away from strategic, sustainable leadership. Through her conversation with Emma, she unpacks why boundaries are not selfish, how people pleasing can drain your energy and focus, and why human skills like empathy, communication, and curiosity are becoming some of the most valuable strengths in today’s wo...

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9:49

Does Your Career Lack the Right Allies, Leading To...

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2026/03/18

Send a text Are the right people talking about your work when you’re not in the room? This episode unpacks a career truth many women discover too late: doing brilliant work is not always enough to move forward. Career momentum often comes through relationships, reputation, and the conversations others have about you behind closed doors. Caroline and Emma explore how genuine curiosity helps build meaningful workplace connections, why advocacy matters more than self-promotion alone, and how to ...

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17:57

Why Technical Expertise Alone Is Holding Brilliant...

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2026/03/16

Send a text Are you doing brilliant work at your job but still being overlooked for bigger opportunities? This episode explores why confidence and technical expertise are not always the real differentiators in career growth. For women navigating corporate leadership, the real advantage often comes from understanding the wider business context, spotting patterns, and connecting daily work to strategic outcomes. In a fast-moving workplace, that bigger-picture thinking is what helps you stand ou...

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13:28

International Women's Day follow up: Why your...

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2026/03/12

Send a text International Women’s Day can spark great conversations… and then Monday arrives and everything snaps back to “busy.” This episode is the follow-through. If you manage people, this is your practical guide to turning fairness from a once-a-year moment into decision hygiene: the everyday habits that shape who gets seen, backed, and promoted. In this episode, you’ll learn Why most workplaces don’t have a “women problem” - they have a decision hygiene problemThe hidden ways careers ge...

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International Women’s Day 2026: Five surprisingly...

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2026/03/10

Send a text International Women’s Day is a moment — but leadership is what happens on a random Tuesday when nobody’s watching. This episode is for managers and senior leaders who genuinely want fairer outcomes… and who are ready to stop relying on good intentions and start using better habits. We’re using the IWD 2026 theme Give To Gain to break down the four “gives” that change careers in real life: credit, access, opportunity, clarity (with a bonus: protection). In this episode, you’ll lear...

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21:12

Hybrid Leadership: Making Work… Work (Even When...

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2026/03/03

Send a text Hybrid working promised flexibility, but for many new leaders, it’s brought uncertainty, invisible gaps, and the quiet worry that you might be missing something important. In this episode, Caroline explores how to make hybrid working feel clearer, more connected, and more productive for your team - without complicated strategies or forced fun. You’ll discover: Why hybrid working still feels clunky (and why that’s not your fault)The mindset shift from managing presence to designing...

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18:38

Career Lessons Every Young Leader Needs to Hear (When...

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2026/02/24

Send a text Stepping into leadership can feel exciting… and quietly overwhelming. In this reflective episode of Little Moves, Big Careers, Caroline pulls together the key lessons from four powerful career conversations - each revealing what leadership really looks like behind the scenes. From curiosity over certainty to identity over perfection, this episode explores the truths nobody spells out when you first step up at work. If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re ready, capable, or doing ...

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43:05

How to Build Career Discipline and Think Like a Board...

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2026/02/17

Send a text Discipline isn’t about willpower. It’s about trade-offs. In this episode of Little Moves, Big Careers, Caroline chats with Dr. Keith Dorsey about the habits that quietly shape extraordinary careers - from martial arts at six years old, to the US Air Force, to leading major corporate turnarounds and serving on boards. They explore: Why discipline is a muscle; not a personality traitThe leadership mistake that even high performers makeWhat separates management from governanceWhy mos...

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41:39

How Ego, Imposter Syndrome and Control Quietly...

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2026/02/10

Send a text What if leadership isn’t about having the answers at all? In this episode of Little Moves, Big Careers, I’m joined by leadership coach and former senior police leader Zoe Thompson, whose 20-year career in policing offers some of the most honest, grounded lessons I’ve heard about trust, ego, and what leadership really looks like when the pressure is on. We talk about leading people who know more than you, being comfortable saying “I don’t know”, and why ego (not a lack of capabilit...

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36:35

How to Bounce Back from Career Setbacks: Transferable...

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2026/02/03

Send us a text Careers don’t follow straight lines. They zig, they stall, they fall over… and sometimes they completely reinvent themselves. In Part 2 of my conversation with the brilliant Sonia Allen, we dig into the transferable skills that future-proof your career, how to bounce back from big professional knockbacks, and why sometimes the scenic route turns out to be the smartest one. From walking away from costly business decisions, to rebuilding after failed ventures, to redefining succe...

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61:27

How to Bounce Back After Career Setbacks (and Build a...

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2026/01/27

Send us a text Ordinary choices, extraordinary resilience and a career built with courage, curiosity and a lot of grit. What does real resilience actually look like over a lifetime (not just in the highlight reel)? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, Caroline sits down with her lifelong friend Sonia Allen to explore a career built on grit, curiosity, and bold decisions (even when the odds were stacked high). From running a household alone at 17, to sleeping on college floors to...

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Career Turning Points: How Small Decisions Shape...

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2026/01/20

Send us a text This is a very special episode of Little Moves, Big Careers. Today’s conversation is with Jon Turner, Managing Director of Siemens Electrification & Automation in the UK and Ireland AND the very first person I interviewed for the book research that sparked this whole project. It was in this conversation that the “little moves” pattern first became impossible to ignore. Jon’s career was shaped by sliding-door moments, chance conversations, small risks, great mentors, and a d...

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S3 E2: Listen Like a Career Detective: What Really...

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2026/01/13

Send us a text Before we dive into real-life career stories, let’s talk about something seriously underrated: noticing. Big career changes rarely start with big decisions. They start with small signals we almost ignore. In this short, punchy bridge episode, Caroline shares a personal story and explains why the moments that don’t look like turning points often matter most. You’ll learn Why your emotional reactions at work are actually useful dataHow to spot early career signals before fr...

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Episode 26: What 2025 Taught Us and How to Flourish...

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2026/01/06

Send us a text 2025 wasn’t dramatic in one big way; it was heavy in lots of small ones. In this episode, Caroline Esterson reflects on what last year really taught us about work, careers, and ourselves AND how to move into 2026 with more clarity, energy, and intention. From isolation and hybrid working, to AI overload, budget cuts, and collective exhaustion, this isn’t about predictions or platitudes. It’s about noticing what changed and making small, deliberate moves that help your career fl...

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