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A New Season, Welcoming New Possibilities

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 16, 2026 | Comments Off on A New Season, Welcoming New Possibilities

  I LOVE my career. I love the diversity of my work, the people I’ve met along the way, and the fact that I’ve never really been someone who wanted to do just one thing. I also love my current work schedule. As I move through my 50s, I’m finding that my personal and professional goals […]

When Competence is Being Extracted Instead of Respected

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 12, 2026 | Comments Off on When Competence is Being Extracted Instead of Respected

  Women are dying of competence. Not because competence is the problem. Because competence has become a permission slip for everyone else to ask for more. You’ve proved you can handle things. So you get more responsibility. You solved the problems. So you become the person everyone depends on. You maintained compounds under pressure. So […]

August Observances and Observations

By Nicki Sanders | Aug 5, 2026 | Comments Off on August Observances and Observations

  Did you know August is Professional Speakers Month, Black Business Month, and American Adventures Month? Three very different observances on the surface, but here’s the message they all have in common: Being willing to take up space. To use your voice. To build something of your own. To go somewhere you haven’t been before. […]

Accomplished: Day 90 of 90

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 29, 2026 | Comments Off on Accomplished: Day 90 of 90

  This blog post is going to be short and sweet. Today is Wednesday, July 29, 2026, and it is day 90 of my 90-Day Momentum Journey. I accomplished my goal! Every day for the last 90 days, I posted at least one video of myself showing my face and using my voice. I challenged […]

It’s Not That Simple!

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 22, 2026 | Comments Off on It’s Not That Simple!

  If it were as simple as “just say no,” more women would. High-performing women are told to just “set better boundaries” and the advice ends there. As if the problem is a lack of confidence. Or poor time management. Or not knowing how to say no. But leadership conditioning changes the equation. When you’ve […]

Who Made the Leadership Rules?

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 15, 2026 | Comments Off on Who Made the Leadership Rules?

  I wasn’t handed a leadership rule book. No one said… Always volunteer. Don’t be the angry Black woman. Never let them see you struggle. And yet… Somehow, I knew those rules. What I did hear was… Work twice as hard. Always be grateful. Be prepared. Maybe you did too. Some rules were spoken. Some […]

You Don’t Have to Be Indispensable to Be Exceptional

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 8, 2026 | Comments Off on You Don’t Have to Be Indispensable to Be Exceptional

“If I don’t do it, it won’t get done.” For many high-performing Women of Color, this isn’t just a mindset. It’s leadership conditioning. Many of us learned early that we had to be twice as prepared, twice as productive, and twice as dependable just to be seen as equally competent. So we became the ones […]

Leadership Didn’t Start at Work

By Nicki Sanders | Jul 1, 2026 | Comments Off on Leadership Didn’t Start at Work

  What I know for sure is that by the time many women become managers, directors, or executives, they’ve already been leading for years. Not because anyone gave them the title. Because everyone gave them the responsibility. They were the dependable one. The helper. The peacekeeper. The problem solver. Sound familiar? Somewhere along the way, […]

Always Being On Is Not A Leadership Strategy

By Nicki Sanders | Jun 24, 2026 | Comments Off on Always Being On Is Not A Leadership Strategy

  Even when you’re off the clock… you’re not really off. You’re still thinking about what didn’t get done. Fixing things in your head that haven’t even happened yet. And on the outside, it looks like you’re “on top of things.” But inside, it feels like you can never fully exhale. Because there’s always something […]