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For Women in Male-Dominated Industries: How to Grow Your Influence Without Burning Out

You don’t want just any kind of influence, but strategic influence because you like to be on purpose, and you have milestones to achieve that involve others.  

What if the path to more strategic influence isn’t another leadership book, yet another how-to guide, or more efforting to prove yourself, pedaling hard when you’re already running on fumes? 

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How Not to Lose It When You’re Cut Off in Meetings: A 60-Second Reset

You’ve been cut off in a meeting yet again. Frustration rises and, before you know it, you’re spiraling because other people didn’t behave the way they should.

If that sounds familiar, please know this isn’t a sign you need to work harder. You just need to regain an objective perspective.

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A Quiet Rebellion Against Impostor Syndrome

If, as you go to engage the room, anxiety and doubt rise in your chest... It’s easy to mistake your uniqueness as something to be fixed or tucked away—like a stained shirt sleeve you’re embarrassed to be wearing.

When your mind floods with doubt, and you wonder if you’re too much—or not enough—here’s the truth you’ve temporarily lost sight of:

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Impostor Syndrome Clinic for Women of the Global Majority

Blatant injustice shakes our confidence and sense of well-being.

  • Nor is it a lack of strength, power, or will that leads 75% of executive women to second-guess themselves (according to KPMG study) 

  • And it’s no personal failing that 50% of women of color planned to leave their jobs, citing marginalization (according to Working Mother Media survey) 

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Self-Advocacy Isn’t Just About Money—And Here’s Why

My mom — a South Korean immigrant with ironclad grit who wishes nothing less than abundance and success for her children — would probably get mad at me for saying this: I delight in making less money, by design.

It’s not a failure of strategy or a lack of hard work. Choosing to leave money on the proverbial table is a deliberate, values-based choice.

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What Leaving My Marriage Taught Me About Brave Career Decisions

On a cold February night in 2008, I ran away from the South Slope apartment I'd been sharing with my husband like my life depended on it. In a full-blown panic, I ran down 4th Avenue shrieking, "JUST GO AWAY!" to the man I'd shared a life with for the last three years.

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