940: LEADERSHIP MINDSET: How to Overcome Visibility Avoidance

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

During a recent retreat I led for my business coaching clients, we had the opportunity to do a deep dive into visibility avoidance. We discussed this phenomenon that happens when we want to grow in new ways, but the prospect of heightened visibility holds us back. Sometimes, when we take steps into higher visibility opportunities, we are excited by the outcomes. But, shortly after the perceived win, we feel a sense of vulnerability that pulls us back to our pre-visibility zone of comfort, and we determine that pre-visibility space is the safer or more appropriate place for us to stay for the time being. Visibility can be wildly uncomfortable. It can bring up a lot of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in which we create swirling narratives that are more harmful than helpful. When we get stuck here, we stunt our own growth. We shrink ourselves. We play small. We allow ourselves to tap into only a fraction of our full potential. In this episode, we explore the concept of visibility avoidance and highlight the common underlying self-limiting beliefs that hinder your personal and professional growth. I talk through how specific thought patterns undermine behavior patterns, keeping you accepting less than the best for yourself. Then, I give you simple steps for overcoming visibility avoidance that will allow you to strategically increase visibility through small steps over time, allowing you to reach those goals you’ve been dreaming of in a way that feels exciting and rewarding! This episode will help you recognize the payoffs of stepping into your full potential when you do it in a way that feels safe and aligned with who you are and where you want to go. Episode Highlights: 00:00 The Magic of Expansive Time 04:14 Understanding Visibility Avoidance 12:03 Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs 16:18 Strategies for Increasing Visibility 24:47 Embracing Vulnerability and Growth Links Mentioned: Hire me to speak: saradean.com/speaking Coach with me: https://saradean.com/executive-coaching-services Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saradeanspeaks Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Does it ever feel like you're a marketing professional just speaking into the void?
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0:27.2	your credit. Terms and conditions apply. Welcome to shameless leadership. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. This show is for women, transgender people,
0:40.2	non-binary folks, as well as allies, who are committed to advancing their leadership while also
0:45.2	advancing the leadership of those around them. In each episode, we will offer practical tips,
0:50.3	leadership strategies, and inspiring stories to help you become a more confident,
0:59.9	compassionate, and inclusive leader. The truth is, you were born to lead. What might happen for you if you were to wholeheartedly embrace that part of yourself? So let's start now,
1:04.5	together. Hello, shameless leaders. I'm so excited to be here today. Before we dig into our topic, I want to just
1:12.7	give a couple quick announcements. So I am coming off of having just led a two-day retreat for my
1:18.7	business coaching clients. So I have a group of women who own small businesses and a couple
1:23.3	times a year we do a retreat together. And's always just so magical and every time I'm like
1:28.6	riding the high for days if not weeks afterwards and with this particular event on our first morning
1:33.7	together I had this experience as we all gathered in the room and we were talking about wins so far
1:40.3	in 2025 and people were kind of giving updates on where they were at. And I had this moment of
1:45.2	realization and just like kind of magical overwhelm where I was reminded of what it feels like
1:52.2	to be in a place where time feels expansive. And I just want you to think about when's the last
1:58.4	time you felt like time was expansive? Usually we feel like time is very
2:01.2	constricting. Like there's not enough of it and we have to get, you know, from this thing to this
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