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Kristen got cornered at a party by a guy insisting women are outstripping men on every metric, and spent the weekend rarked up about it (now officially in the Oxford English Dictionary, by the way). So Nat and Kristen come armed with the stats they wished they'd had - like why 40 years of women dominating university hasn't dented the C-suite, and the broken rung that sees just 89 women promoted for every 100 men at the very first step up.
Then the practical bit: how to handle these conversations when they find you, from getting curious instead of combative (It's hard!).
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Nat and Kristen dig into allyship after an event where the allies in the room got an actual rule sheet - turn up, listen, don't take up space. One of them still found a moment to stand up and announce that men get man flu, and honestly, it was a highlight. They debate what an ally even is, why sponsorship beats mentorship for closing leadership gaps, and the difference between welcoming allies and accommodating them. Plus how to move allyship from 'I'm a good person' to things you do on a Tuesday. All things allyship - so forward to one you know!
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A Powrsuiter came to us with a familiar problem: she's scheduling one-on-ones, building rapport, sending proactive updates - and her manager's response is... nothing. Not hostility, just indifference. Turns out she’s probably missing one critical angle. Nat and Kristen dig into the direct conversation worth having - one that's about strategic alignment, not reassurance-seeking - and how to frame it. And if all else fails? We share what research says about staying in a role where your manager doesn't notice you, and when it's time to move on.
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Nat and Kristen get into why the most useful question in any meeting - the basic, obvious, 'dumb' one - is almost always the one nobody asks!
Turns out 70% of people are holding back in meetings, doing constant mental maths about whether it's worth it. They get into the blue collar vs white collar question thing, what psychological safety actually looks like in real life, and three questions worth keeping in your back pocket before any new project kicks off.
Plus some openers that actually work if you want to get your voice in the room without derailing the whole thing.
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Nat and Kristen take a quiz to find out what kind of follower they actually are (Nat's a recovering chaos-agent, Kristen's an eye-roller with a popcorn habit). They get into the five followership styles - passive, alienated, survivor, conformist, effective - and why almost everyone reckons they're the 'good' one, which obviously can't be true.
If you've ever saved your real opinion for after the meeting, worked yourself to the bone waiting to be noticed, or can't figure out why hard work alone isn't getting you promoted... this one's for you!
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