The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
The Career Refresh is a Top 2% globally ranked leadership podcast hosted by executive leadership strategist Jill Griffin.
Leadership has changed. Most leadership advice hasn’t.
This is the podcast for experienced leaders, executives, and ambitious professionals who are ready for their next era of leadership—whether that’s leading with greater influence where they are, stepping into executive leadership, or making a strategic career move.
Each episode explores what it really takes to lead in today’s complex workplace, where the stakes are high, change is constant, and certainty is rare. You’ll learn practical leadership strategies for navigating organizational politics, leading through ambiguity, building executive presence, making better decisions, managing career transitions, and creating sustainable success without losing yourself in the process.
Hosted by Jill Griffin, an executive coach and leadership strategist with more than 20 years of experience advising senior leaders at organizations including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Samsung, The Federal Reserve, Meta, Google, Hilton Hotels, and Notion Labs, each episode combines practical leadership insights with real-world coaching conversations to help you lead with greater clarity, discernment, and conviction.
Because the next level of leadership isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about becoming the kind of leader others trust to navigate what’s next.
This is Next Era Leadership®.
About Your Host
Jill Griffin is a leadership strategist and advisor whose work has been featured on Adam Grant’s WorkLife podcast and published in Forbes, Fast Company, HuffPost, and Metro UK. She has also been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Departures, and Ad Age. Connect with Jill on LinkedIn or learn more at GriffinMethod.com.
The Career Refresh with Jill Griffin: Leadership Strategy for Senior Professionals
Latest Episodes
How Your Anxiety Impacts Your Leadership Style, and What to Do About It
Anxiety doesn't stay in your head. It shows up in how you decide, how you communicate, and how you lead your team. This episode names the anxiety-driven patterns senior leaders default to under pressure and gives you concrete tools, pausing and...
Feeling Stuck? Here's How to Network Without Feeling Awkward
Networking doesn't have to feel awkward, transactional, or like you're asking for a favor. In this episode, I share a practical approach to reaching out with confidence, making it easier for people to say yes, and building relationships that la...
Leadership Blind Spots: Seeing Beyond the Surface
Some people, companies, and opportunities look impressive at first glance but don't hold up under closer inspection. In this episode, Jill Griffin explores why even experienced leaders get drawn to polish over substance and how to sharpen your ...
Direct vs. Rude: What Leaders Need to Know About Communication Style and Impact
Directness is prized in some organizations and penalized in others. But the gap between direct and rude isn't personality. It's a choice. In this episode, Jill Griffin breaks down: What actually happens when communication gets ...
Why "Executive Presence" Is Broken and the Leadership Identity Framework That Replaces It
"Executive presence" is one of the most repeated, and most problematic, phrases in leadership. After ten years and hundreds of clients, Jill Griffin has stopped using it and built something better.The Leadership Identity Framework is Jil...