139: Why Black Women Leaders Get Overlooked (Even When They're the Most Qualified in the Room)

You have been doing everything right. Showing up polished. Staying composed. Keeping it professional. But what if the thing you have been calling professionalism is actually fear in a blazer? In this episode, Dr. Nicole names one of the most common — and most costly — patterns she sees in ambitious Black women leaders: protection masquerading as professionalism. It looks like discipline. It looks like boundaries. But underneath it, it is self-protection. And it is quietly bl...