Women of Business & Value

How Power, Culture, and Systems Really Shape Leadership

Power changes what you see.Culture changes how you are treated.And systems rarely look the same from the inside as they do from the top.

In this special episode of Show Your Value, we bring together women leaders who have spent years building, operating, and deciding inside real organizations. Across industries and roles, a consistent pattern emerges: leadership is not neutral, culture is not objective, and value is often created in places the system does not fully recognize.

These conversations are not about confidence, personal branding, or surface-level advice. They are about how power distorts reality, why culture becomes invisible to those who benefit from it, and what women learn when they are accountable not just for ideas, but for outcomes.

You’ll hear honest perspectives on:

• Creating value under sustained pressure

• Navigating systems not designed with you in mind

• When experience matters more than performance theater

• The hidden labor behind culture, trust, and execution

• Why resilience, pattern recognition, and long-term thinking define real leadership

This episode is for leaders who want to understand how work actually works and how value is truly created inside organizations.

Featuring insights from:

• Erika Ayers Badan

• Dr. Ann Kaplan Mulholland

• Jennifer McCollum

• Lindsey Epperly

• Sabina Nawaz

• Laura Hamill

• Jennifer Harvey

• Ellen Petry Leanse

• Fran Maier

Women of Business & Value is a series for people who care less about optics and more about outcomes, impact, and the reality of leadership inside complex systems.

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