You're capable. You work hard. You deliver results. So why does someone else keep getting the leadership role? The answer isn't politics. It's the Trust Gap — and this episode shows you exactly where yours is.

If you've ever been passed over for a leadership role and told yourself it was politics, timing, or the wrong decision — this episode is for you.

Early in my career I watched someone hit a ceiling he never understood. Brilliant, funny, charming — everyone wanted to work with him. He never made it into leadership. Not once. A few years later I went after a role I was certain I was ready for. They passed me over. My first thought was that they got it wrong.

But looking back I can see something I couldn't see then.

I could do the job. But the evidence wasn't visible enough.

Capable and visible are not the same thi ...