Michael Wenderoth is an Executive Coach that helps leaders ethically leverage power and politics to ascend. He has written for Harvard Business Review, Forbes and been quoted widely in international media. He is also the author of the book, Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Michael served 20 years in senior roles on break-through businesses in the U.S., China and Europe. Michael holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and trained as an executive coach at Columbia University.

Main takeaways from this episode:

• Creating alliances can help us in areas that we're not as passionate about
• Authentically showing up in different ways to get over being "fake" or coming off as false
• How to control yourself when you're angry
• The intention and rewards of self advocating