Carla Harris

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1,046 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Jun

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The Mel Robbins Podcast · How to Get Ahead When Everything Feels Uncertain: The New Rules of Work, Confidence, and Success · 11 Jun 2026 podcast

And sometimes you have to exercise your power.

You have to say, Mel, you know, I know that you guys are going to be making those decisions about promotions.

And I need somebody to speak on my behalf.

You know me.

You know my work.

You know the client feedback.

And I hope you feel comfortable spending a little currency on me behind closed doors.

Now, in a perfect world, you're having that conversation long before that afternoon where it's going to happen.

But worst case scenario, you don't let the meeting happen in the room when you haven't said anything to anybody because then you're sitting there like this.

And as the great Mike Tyson said, hope is not a strategy.

Let me unpack that a bit.

So first of all, once you recognize that somebody has to speak on your behalf, now you have to ask yourself, well, who is that somebody for me?

And what I normally say to people is when you're thinking about a sponsor, here's how you pick out a sponsor.

Number one, the sponsor needs to have a seat at the decision-making table.

Number two, they need to have some visibility into your work.

Because if I go into the decision-making room and I am pounding the table, Mel ought to have this, Mel ought to have that, and everybody in that room knows that I don't work with Mel, I have no credibility in that room.

And number three, your sponsor needs to have some juice.

They need to have some power in that room.

Now,

So what do you do?

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