{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Leadership Sovereignty Podcast: Career Growth and Promotion","title":"Ask to Elevate: How Curiosity-Driven Leadership Accelerates Your Career","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1021,"description":"Getting results is important. But you don't have to have all the answers.\nIn this episode of the Leadership Sovereignty Podcast, host Ralph Owens and co-host Terry Baylor introduce Shachella James — VP of Enterprise Systems at CenterPoint Energy and 17-year technology executive — for a five-part conversation on one of the most underrated career accelerators in leadership: strategic curiosity. This is Part 1 of 5.\nShachella introduces three curiosity-driven leadership principles that have shaped her career and the careers of people she has led — including the concept of asking to elevate, building a culture of curiosity, and bending your personal arc from know-it-all to learn-it-all. She shares what it means to be the only woman, the only person of color, or the youngest person in the room — and how asking the right question changes everything.\nWhat you will learn in this episode:\n- The three curiosity-driven leadership principles that separate promotable leaders\n- How to ask questions that elevate others instead of exposing gaps\n- Why being a learn-it-all beats being a know-it-all at every level\n- How to shift problems into possibilities using one reframe\n- Why curiosity is a career accelerator — not just a personality trait\nThis episode is for you if:\n- You want to be seen as a strategic thinker at the leadership table\n- You are early in your career and want to build visibility fast\n- You lead teams and want to model curiosity-driven culture\n- You are the only one in the room who looks like you and want tools that work\n👤 View Shachella James's guest profile\n🧾 Chapters\n***********************************\n📺 Watch This Episode on YouTube\n***********************************\n🌐 Visit the Leadership Sovereignty Hub\nEverything you need to lead with clarity, confidence, and strategy — in one place.\nhttps://www.leadershipsovereignty.com\n- Listen to or watch our full episode library\n- Download free leadership frameworks, guides, and tools\n- Read in-depth show notes and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HrtAHE3tIaxuHOQdgCfKGWhEfwHl0O5gNGoh7oEDgkY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNjVi/MDVlODYwMjRlZTZi/ZTk3MzZmNzA1ZmU1/NmEwZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}