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Before You “Lean In,” Read This
I’ve watched brilliant women walk into a room with receipts… and still shrink. I was one of them. Not because I lacked competence - because I was already braced for impact. But why? I’ve got a few theories but I’ll let you decide for yourself. Lean In’s State of Black Women in Corporate America report is influential. It’s built on McKinsey + Lean In’s Women in the Workplace research, which they describe as drawing from 590+ companies and 22M+ employees over multiple years .

Danielle D. Pollard
Dec 31, 20255 min read


The Most Dangerous Thing a Powerful Woman Can Do in the Room Is Stop Talking
"Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence" -Thich Nhat Hanh If you’ve ever left a meeting drained, wondering why you had to work so hard to be heard, it’s not because you lacked clarity or confidence - it’s likely because you were explaining your authority instead of owning it. Doing labor that silence was meant to handle instead of letting your presence speak first. We’ve been sold a lie about leadership.

Danielle D. Pollard
Dec 17, 20254 min read


The Silent Identity Crisis Undermining Black Women’s Power in the Workplace And How to Avoid It
In ecology, a keystone species is a species whose presence or absence determines the health and balance of an entire ecosystem. It is called “keystone” because, like the wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch, everything else rests on it. Remove the keystone, and the structure collapses. One of the most powerful examples of this comes from Yellowstone National Park. For 70 years, wolves were hunted out of the region. Once the wolves disappeared, the ecosystem fell apart i

Danielle D. Pollard
Dec 10, 20255 min read
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