Description

What if the only thing standing between your current role and the C-suite isn't your resume, but your own internal "Good Girl" script? Imagine walking into a high-stakes meeting not hoping to be liked, but fully grounded in the power of your own perspective.

Summary

In this episode, acclaimed executive coach Sara Anderson joins Erica Rooney to bridge the gap between competence and confidence for high-performing women. They dive deep into dismantling the "Good Girl" conditioning and mastering the inner game required to transition into top-tier leadership roles.

Inside the Episode

• The Competence-Confidence Trap: Why hitting your goals often makes you feel like more of a "fake" rather than more secure.
• The "Want What You Want" Framework: How to reconnect with your own desires to break the cycle of people-pleasing and over-functioning.
• Dismantling the Good Girl Script: Why the behaviors that made you a great operator are exactly what’s holding you back from becoming a great executive.
• Option C Thinking: Moving beyond binary choices to find creative solutions for work-life integration.
• Exposure vs. Exposed: Navigating the biological fear of "getting kicked out of the tribe" when you start taking up space.
• The Nightmare Scenario Drill: A practical tool to deconstruct the fears that stop you from building your personal brand on platforms like LinkedIn.
• The Leadership Training Ground: How to view a toxic or "stuck" environment as a masterclass in boundary setting before you make your next move.

Resources

• Guest: Sara Anderson, Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant
• Host: Erica Rooney, HR Executive & Keynote Speaker
• Mentioned: The Her Collective Group Coaching

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