EXECUTIVE EDGE: Open For Enrollment 

I'M READY TO LEVEL-UP

 You've already proven you can do the work.
The next level requires a different version of you.   

  

Executive Edge is a 6-week leadership intensive for successful corporate leaders who are ready to understand how they're experienced, change the patterns that may be holding them back, and intentionally start operating at the next level.

READ THE ROOM.

BUILD INFLUENCE.

CHANGE THE OUTCOME.

You've already proven you can do the work.

The next level requires something different.

JOIN THE EXECUTIVE EDGE

You are not here for incremental growth. You are here to become the obvious, "no brainer" choice for your next promotion.

This is the method that makes it inevitable.   

  

The Promoted Academy is a 10-week live experience that teaches corporate professionals who are already high-performers in their current roles the proven framework for getting ahead.

READ THE ROOM.

BUILD INFLUENCE.

CHANGE THE OUTCOME.

You've already proven you can do the work.

The next level requires something different.

JOIN THE PROMOTED ACADEMY

influence
noun · /ˈÉȘn·flu·əns/

1. the capacity to change what happens in a room you're not in, regardless of title.

verb

2. to read a person accurately, adapt how you communicate to reach them, and build enough trust and respect that they listen, back your ideas, and act on your behalf.

The higher you go, the more your career becomes a people game. 

Early in your career, being smart, dependable and great at execution can take you pretty far.

In fact, it's probably exactly what got you here.

But eventually, being great at the work stops being the differentiator.

Everyone around you is capable.

Now senior leaders are paying attention to something different:

How do you think?

How do you communicate?

How do you respond under pressure?

Can you read the room?

Can you influence people who don't think like you?

Can you create results through other people instead of doing everything yourself?

And perhaps most importantly:

Do you already feel like someone who can operate at the next level?

Those aren't “soft skills.” They're career skills.

And most companies never actually teach you how to develop them.

The Executive Edge does.

 

 

I spent years in the rooms where careers were decided.

I sat with CEOs and executive teams discussing who was ready, who wasn't, who had potential and who we were willing to bet on.

And after hundreds of those conversations, I saw the same thing over and over:

Being great at your job was the price of admission. It wasn't what ultimately separated people.

 

The leaders who kept gaining responsibility weren't always the smartest people in the room.

They knew how to work with people.

They could read what was happening around them.

They understood different personalities.

They knew when to push and when to listen.

They could make their ideas land.

They built trust.

They navigated conflict.

They understood power and perception.

And critically, they built relationships with people who advocated for them when they weren't in the room.

In other words: they knew how to operate at the next level.

And here's the part most leadership programs miss:

That's learnable.

You can become more self-aware.

You can understand how other people experience you.

You can change behaviors that no longer serve you.

You can learn to communicate with greater authority.

You can become more intentional about your reputation, relationships and positioning.

You don't need to become someone else.

You need to expand the range of who you already are.

 

Your ability to succeed increasingly depends on your ability to create results through and with other people.

Your boss.

Your peers.

Your team.

Your boss's boss.

The skeptical CFO.

The territorial colleague.

The executive who barely knows you.

The stakeholder who can greenlight, or quietly kill, your idea.

You don't need to manipulate any of them.

You need to understand them.

Because when you understand what matters to someone, how they process information, what creates trust for them and what creates resistance, you can make better choices about how you show up.

That's your leadership brand.

And whether you've intentionally created it or not, you already have one.

You don't need another leadership program. You need to get better at the moments that actually shape your career.

Maybe...

✓ You know exactly what you want to say—but can't seem to make it land with your boss.

✓ You're great at execution, but senior leaders still don't see you as strategic.

✓ You struggle to push back, disagree or say what you really think when the stakes are high.

✓ You find yourself overexplaining to certain personalities and shrinking around others.

✓ You watch people with less experience command more attention and wonder what they understand that you don't.

✓ You're doing great work, but too few influential people actually know how good you are.

✓ You have a difficult stakeholder whose perception of you is affecting your ability to get things done.

✓ You've been told to improve your “executive presence,” “communication” or “visibility”—with very little explanation of what that actually means.

 

These may look like different problems. They're not.

They're signals.

Signals that there may be a gap between how you intend to show up and how other people actually experience you.

And you can't change a gap you can't see.

The higher you go, the more expensive it becomes to be brilliant at your job but ineffective at navigating the humans around you.

 

I’ve sat in hundreds of meetings with C-Suite executives discussing individual leaders - what made them effective, what’s holding them back, and whether or not we’re going to promote them. In The Executive Edge intensive, I bring you behind the curtain and share exactly what these conversations are about...and how you can begin standing out from your peers. 

I’ve worked at some of the world’s most prestigious companies, and sadly not one of them taught the unspoken rules of the game. The lucky leaders who intuitively “got it” rose to the top while countless talented professionals were overlooked and left behind.
 

But I’m going to let you in on THE SECRET...

 

These skills can be learned, and I will teach them to you. 

Stop wondering what you should be doing to get noticed, and start playing the game by the unwritten rules.

Because working harder and longer won't get you promoted.

You’re SICK and TIRED of hearing elusive feedback from your boss..


Feedback like:

“you should be more strategic”, or

“work on your executive presence”, or

“strengthen your communication and/or relationship building skills”. 

 What are you supposed to do with this kind of feedback?

The answer is realistically...Nothing! This vague feedback is usually because your manager doesn’t even know themselves how to articulate what they’re not seeing. They’re just not seeing it. It’s not fair, but it’s part of the game. 

But not for you. Not anymore.

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After sitting in and leading hundreds of conversations about promotions, I saw the same thing over and over:

Being great at your job was the price of admission. It wasn't what ultimately separated people.

The leaders who kept gaining responsibility knew how to work with people.

They could read what was happening around them.

They understood different personalities.

They knew when to push and when to listen.

They made their ideas land.

They built trust.

They navigated conflict.

They understood power and perception.

And they built relationships with people who advocated for them when they weren't in the room.

In other words, they had influence.

 

And influence is learnable.

Introducing 

 READ THE ROOM.

BUILD THE INFLUENCE.

CHANGE THE OUTCOME.

 

EÂČ is a 6-week leadership intensive for successful corporate leaders who know they're capable of more and are ready to understand what's standing between how they lead today and how they'll need to lead next.

Over six weeks, you'll understand your natural leadership style, uncover blind spots and limiting patterns, learn how you're likely experienced by different people, and build the range to intentionally change how you show up.

Not by becoming someone you're not.

By becoming much more intentional about the leader you already are.

 

 

6 weeks from now, you'll walk into work differently.

 

â–ș You'll understand your natural leadership and communication style and how other people may experience it differently than you intend.

â–ș You'll recognize the behaviors, beliefs and patterns that have helped create your success and identify which ones may now be holding you back.

â–ș You'll become better at reading different personalities and adapting your approach without feeling fake.

â–ș You'll communicate with greater clarity, brevity and authority.

â–ș You'll become more aware of how you respond under pressure and learn how to stay composed when the stakes rise.

â–ș You'll understand the personal brand you're creating every day and how to intentionally shape it.

â–ș You'll know how to position yourself with the people who matter to your future.

â–ș And you'll leave with a 90-day plan for putting your Executive Edge into practice.

I’ve spent the past 20 years advising CEOs on their talent strategy, and I’ve climbed the corporate ladder myself - from Admin Assistant to SVP and Head of HR.

I’ve made it my mission to teach other ambitious corporate leaders the real truth behind what it takes to get promoted.


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3 Part Framework:

SEE IT

SHIFT IT

SHOW IT

SEE IT 

Understand yourself, your natural style, your blind spots, your patterns and how other people experience you.

You'll stop asking:
“Why don't they get me?”

And start asking:
“What does this person need from me for this to land?”

SHIFT IT 

Build greater range. Learn to regulate your response, adapt your communication and change behaviors that no longer serve you.

SHOW IT   

Intentionally shape your personal brand, strengthen your positioning and begin showing senior leaders that you're ready for more.

 

Read the Room. Build Influence. Change the Outcome.

 

 NEW SECTION!!!

The goal isn't to change your personality. It's to stop being controlled by it.

Your natural style is part of what made you successful.

But every strength has an edge.

Confidence can become dominance.

Enthusiasm can become over-talking.

Patience can become avoidance.

Precision can become perfectionism.

Executive growth isn't about becoming less of who you are.

It's about developing enough self-awareness and range to choose how you show up instead of simply defaulting to it.

Taken DiSC before?

Good.

We're going much further.

 

Maybe you already know you're a D, i, S or C.

Interesting.

But knowing your style isn't what changes your career.

Knowing when your natural style is helping you and when it's costing you influence is.

Inside the Executive Edge, Everything DiSCÂź becomes a diagnostic, not the destination.

You'll learn:

Where does my natural style give me an Influence Advantage?

Where am I paying an Influence Tax?

Why are certain personalities so much harder for me to influence?

How does my boss likely experience me?

When should I dial my natural style up or down?

How do I recognize behavioral cues when I don't know someone's DiSC style?

How do I adapt without feeling fake?

You know your style. Now build your range.

 

(Have no clue what I'm talking about? Don't sweat it. You're in for a treat!)

Inside the Executive Edge, we use Everything DiSCÂź as a diagnostic, not the destination.

 

The question isn't simply “Who am I?”

It's:

“Given who I am, who they are and what I need to accomplish, how should I show up?”

This isn't just another development program.

These are the skills proven to finally transform careers. 

The time is now. 

JOIN THE EXECUTIVE EDGE

If after 3-months of the program ending you don't believe you got your money's worth, I'll refund you 100% of your investment. I am so convinced that this works, I'm willing to assume all of the risk. Show me you did the work, and if you haven't transformed you'll get every penny of your investment back. 

I understand that if you’re like most ambitious corporate leaders, you’ve been disappointed in leadership development programs offered by your company in the past. I’ve been there. 

That’s why I created The Promoted Academy. This experience is unlike anything you’ve experienced before because we start with you, not with theory. We’re about transformation, not about check-the-box attendance. I am confident that this program works, if you work it. I guarantee that I’ll deliver practical direction and action ideas, but I can’t guarantee what you’ll do with them. Because I don’t want to attract leaders who aren’t committed to their success and willing to do the work, I don’t offer a money back guarantee. Instead, if at any point during the program you feel you aren’t getting value, I will personally work with you to ensure you’re getting the value you expected.

This community is meant for ambitious, action-oriented leaders who are ready to do something different to propel their careers. If that’s you, let’s get to work. 

But wait!

There's more:

BONUS #1:

3 Mastermind group coaching calls hosted by Courtney. You’ll have an opportunity to submit a question or challenge to work through with Courtney live on a call. This is one of the most valuable ways to learn as a group of peers.

BONUS #2:

Access to a closed Facebook group where you can connect with other ambitious corporate leaders. This site is actively moderated by Courtney and is a valuable opportunity to deepen your network and get advice from peers on real-time challenges.

BONUS #3:

Scripts and talk-tracks for the most challenging conversations you need to start having today.

BONUS #4:

  • Complementary access to Courtney's mini-courses, Own Your Path to Promotion where you'll learn how just one conversation can change the course of your career. (This is the exact step-by-step process I took to get a $25k pay raise!) and The Executive Voice, where you learn exactly how to start speaking like an executive. 

 

BONUS #5:

  • A 1:1 sessions with Courtney to ensure the successful integration of the new skills and awareness you'll be learning (Note: this is only available to Founding Members!).

So let's Recap:

When you join the Executive Edge leadership intensive, you get invited to an exclusive group of ambitious corporate leaders just like you to embark on a transformative journey that will not only change your experience at work, but will have positive effects across all dimensions of your life. Get ready to be transformed from burned-out and frustrated to calm and confident - playing at a new level. 

So let's Recap:

When you join The Promoted Academy, you get invited to an exclusive group of ambitious corporate leaders just like you to embark on a transformative journey that will not only change your experience at work, but will have positive effects across all dimensions of your life. Get ready to be transformed from burned-out and frustrated to calm and confident - playing at a new level. 

Here's Everything Inside the Executive Edge

Now it’s time for you to make one of two moves...

 

The first move is to do nothing.

And as you already know, if you choose nothing...then nothing changes.

You already know how to work hard.

You already know how to deliver.

And you've already proven that you're capable.

The question is whether the way you're operating today is the way you'll need to operate at your next level.

You can keep doing more of what got you here and hope someone eventually recognizes you're ready.

Or you can get intentional about becoming the leader senior executives already trust with more.

That's your Executive Edge.

And that's exactly what we're going to build together over the next six weeks.

JOIN EXECUTIVE EDGE

Meet your expert guide

COURTNEY O'CONNELL

For over 20 years, I climbed the corporate ladder starting as an administrative assistant and working my way up to SVP and Head of HR at a Fortune 500 company. I sat in boardrooms with CEOs, advising them on who should get promoted and who shouldn’t. And time after time, I saw talented, hardworking leaders passed over...not because they lacked skill, but because they didn’t know how to play the game at the executive level.

 

That’s why I created the Executive Edge leadership intensive - to pull back the curtain on how promotions really happen. I teach ambitious corporate leaders the unspoken rules of the C-suite, the strategies executives use to command respect, and the leadership presence that makes decision-makers take notice.

Here’s the truth: Hard work alone won’t get you promoted. But once you understand how the game is played, everything changes. You’ll finally step into the leadership role you’ve been working toward. Not just with more authority at work, but with more confidence, freedom, and balance in your life.

If you’re ready to stop waiting for someone to recognize your potential and start getting the recognition, respect, and rewards you deserve, let’s make it happen. Your next level starts now.

Here are the answers to the most frequent questions we get from leaders like you.

 

If for some reason your question isn’t addressed below, don’t hesitate to send an email to support@thepromoted.com and a member of our team will get back to you.