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3 min readI analyzed 114 of my coaching sessions. What I found shocked me.
Hey Reader, Melanie had summited Kilimanjaro. She'd completed five marathons. Now she was interviewing at one of the most prestigious firms in her field. Yet, when she sat down for our coaching session, she told me she likes to make herself small so other people feel more comfortable. (WTF?!) Melanie is not uncommon. As a career coach, I've seen thousands of high-achieving women take big swings in their lives and yet minimize themselves at work. At first I thought it was a confidence gap. But...