My client Joanna recently met a man who worked at a company she left more than a decade ago. Joanna had never met this man. But he seemed to know all about Joanna. In fact, he said she was "legendary" in the best sense of the word. Joanna had built a strong team. She solved problems no one wanted to take on. And she did it all with wit and joy and an astounding level of creativity. Joanna was speechless. She had no idea she'd left that kind of legacy. But at the same time, it

I had quite a few mentors early in my career. They were lovely people who saw something in me and were willing to spend time guiding and advising whenever I asked. I was even a part of a mentorship group where a few of us women met once per month to talk about our careers. I will always value the effort they made and the kindness they showed. The thing is though, none of those mentors had the power to actually get me promoted. Who did? My sponsors. Those were the people in se

You're good at your job. You deliver results. You've earned your seat at the table. But something feels off. Often, your ideas get attributed to someone else. Your contributions are overlooked in meetings. You're given plenty of work to do, but no raises or promotions go along with it. You might be experiencing unconscious bias— and trust me, it's not in your head . Unconscious bias refers to the automatic associations and stereotypes that influence how people perceive and ev