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45. From Nice to Powerful: How to Lead with Authority in High-Stakes Rooms
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Power and niceness are not mutually exclusive, but in high-stakes leadership rooms, the order matters.
In this episode, I break down the critical difference between being nice and being powerful. I explore how our cultural conditioning as women has taught us to prioritize likeability over leadership, creating a pattern where we apologize before speaking, defer decisions to others, and position ourselves as supporters rather than strategic allies.
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