Advancing Women Podcast

Our extreme work culture - the culture of overwork - and the glorification of overwork is problematic. We all pay a price for overwork including stress and burnout which threaten our health and emotional well-being, And additional home responsibilities and societal expectations put women at a distinct disadvantage in extreme work models, not because women shirk the pressure or responsibility of ex...

Despite women’s advancement in the workforce, the pipeline for women to top level executive positions of power, pay, and prestige remains broken. Women have advanced, but only to a point. This episode addresses how many social-cultural, institutional, and structural biases and barriers can hold talented, qualifies warrior women back. And it is not just low at the CEO level, it is all executive lev...

The World Health Organization kicked off Self-Care Month on June 24th leading up to Self-Care Day on July 24th So we will likely be seeing and hearing more about the importance of self-care in the upcoming weeks. Self-care sometimes, unfortunately can be the first thing to go when we’re stressed which is when we need it most. This is such an important topic for everyone but especially for women. I...

Look up the word defective in the dictionary. It’s an adjective meaning imperfect or faulty. And faulty is defined as working badly or unreliably, having or displaying weaknesses. So, you’re probably thinking – wow – really? That is an unexpended and potentially offensive episode title for the Advancing Women Podcast. It is provocative, for sure, but it is meant to punctuate the messaging we as wo...

The narrative is so prevalent: women are afraid to fail. Women don’t take risks. We hear this all the time. Often as a part of the explanation of women’s lack of advancement. This episode addresses how gender bias impacts fear and how fear impacts women’s advancement. The discussion of FEAR is important because research shows that people just don’t perform as well in a culture fear. With risk of c...

Is Queen Bee Syndrome losing its sting to the emerging “Persisterhood” Narrative? With so much of the social media messaging focusing on women empowering women and women supporting women, how do we explain Queen Bee Syndrome – that phenomenon where high ranking women in positions of authority treat the women who work below them more critically than their male counterparts and even that they can op...

“You do not rise to the level of your goals, but you fall to the level of your systems.” (James Clear, Atomic Habits, 2018). What are the habits, strategies, and systems you have in place to ensure you rise to your goals? This episode addresses actionable steps and processes to disrupt biases that create barriers to your advancement goals. I am thrilled to have an amazing warrior guest this week t...

This episode focuses on Second Generation Gender Bias. Gender Bias is a heavy load for women wanting to advance to carry and transcend. Although things have improved over the past few decades’ women are still experiencing bias and discrimination that is often more difficult to see on the surface. The narrative surrounding leadership and what defines an ideal leader is deeply gender biased. This ep...

This episode focuses on women’s experiences navigating advancement and the leadership pipeline. It tackles the barriers and beliefs that keep talented, ambitious women from advancing to positions of influence, power, pay, and prestige. Why do highly qualified, high-performing, driven women, despite tirelessly implementing a host of advancement strategies, still often feel stuck? If you have follow...