Corporate success is not driven by performance alone.
Corporate success is not driven by performance alone.
High performers are often misread, repositioned, or excluded — without ever seeing it happen. This work decodes the human dynamics and invisible power systems.
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90-Day Corporate Power & Influence Journal
High performers are often misread, repositioned, or excluded — without ever seeing it happen. This work decodes the human dynamics and invisible power systems shaping outcomes inside corporate environments.
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Take the 3-minute assessment
10 questions. 3 minutes. Identify which of the 11 invisible games are shaping your career.
- how exposed you are to corporate power dynamics
- what patterns you may be missing
- where you are currently positioned
Results
Playing By Rules That Don’t Exist →
Playing By Rules That Don’t Exist →
#1. You deliver results. Someone with less impact gets promoted — and you’re told to be patient. What do you tell yourself?
#2. Your manager supports you. Your name never comes up when opportunities are discussed. Why?
#3. Decisions are made before the meeting even starts. Where are you?
#4. You’ve been loyal to a leader. They leave. What happens next?
#5. If you left tomorrow, what would actually happen?
#6. You’re under pressure in a senior setting — challenge, conflict, visibility. How do you show up?
#7. When your name comes up at senior level, what happens?
#8. You’re ready for the next level. What’s actually available?
#9. Who controls the story of your work?
#10. You’re in a senior room. What happens?
#11. When important decisions are made, where are you?
You're delivering But:
decisions happen without you
influence sits elsewhere
feedback is unclear
others move faster with less output
That's not a performance issue
That's a visibility and power issue
Corporate environments run on two systems
Human Dynamics
How people behave, judge, and respond
Invisible Games of Power
How influence, positioning, and decisions actually move
Most professionals are trained in performance.
Very few are trained to see these systems
Take the 3-minute assessment to understand
- how exposed you are to corporate power dynamics
- what patterns you may be missing
- where you are currently positioned
90-Day Reflection Tool for Navigating Corporate Power
This is not a journal
It helps you:
identify patterns in real time
build clarity before decisions are made
Built from 25+ years at global executive level across complex corporate environments — operating across 24 countries and multiple industries.
This work sits at the intersection of systems, power, and performance. It focuses on how corporate environments actually function — not how they are supposed to.
Currently speaking on corporate power dynamics at organisations and events in London, Amsterdam,
and Chicago.
22 Human Games
The behaviour patterns that shape:
- trust
- perception
- inclusion
- exclusion
Playbook — coming soon
11 Invisible Games of Corporate Power
The hidden rules that determine:
- who rises
- who stalls
- who gets removed
Playbook — coming soon
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Why capable professionals stall in corporates
Most qualifications prepare people for the work.
But they rarely prepare professionals for the unwritten dynamics inside corporates:
influence
visibility
decision power
leadership perception
These forces often determine who progresses — and who remains overlooked.
Understanding them earlier can change a career.
What this newsletter explores
1
how influence actually moves inside corporates
2
how visibility shapes career progression
3
how leadership decisions are formed
4
how professionals position themselves strategically
Clear thinking about power, influence and leadership progression.
I'm Linda Reddy
- 11 Invisible Games that determine who rises and who stalls.
- 22 Human Games driving every one of them.
Inside the 90-Day Corporate Power & Influence Journal
1
daily reflection prompts
2
strategic awareness questions
3
influence positioning exercises
4
power pattern recognition
A structured reflection tool for professionals navigating leadership inside corporates.
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Speaking on corporate power dynamics at organisations and events in London, Amsterdam, and Chicago.
