There's a reason you've stopped trusting your gut, and it's not a confidence problem. When you spend years leading like someone you're not, the instincts you built your career on go quiet.

This week on The Way She Leads, Megan sits down with Eve Kelly, a master of nuance, humor and truth-telling, even when it's uncomfortable. If you've ever felt the weight of being watched more closely than your peers, Eve names it all and provides practical ways to handle revealing situations and how to stay yourself through it all.

Megan and Eve unpack the hidden curriculum of hierarchical organizations, the real cost of self-abandonment, and how to decide, in the moment, whether to speak up or let it go…and be whole either way.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Why women who earn credibility by imitating men eventually struggle to make any decision at all
• The "hidden curriculum" of organizations and what to be more aware of, most especially as a person of color
• How to address a microaggression in a room full of peers without making them wrong (and why being okay either way is the real power move)
• The difference between happiness you have to chase and joy you already carry
• What Eve's body figured out about regulation before her mind did, and the calendar practice that protects it

RESOURCES

Eve Kelly
Executive Director; Belonging, Engagement, and Mission | University of Notre Dame

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