Why Brilliant Women Still Get Passed Over - I Have a Story For you with Dr. Sonja Adzovic

You’re not being overlooked because you lack ability.You’re being overlooked because the rules guiding your decisions were never designed for leadership.In this episode, Dr. Sonja Adzovic breaks down a pattern she has repeatedly seen among highly capable women: authority distortion — the quiet habit of deferring your judgment in rooms where you should be shaping direction.Through the story of “Sarah,” a highly competent scientist who keeps being passed over for leadership roles, Sonja explains why this happens and the inherited assumptions that drive it.Many women believe that if they simply work harder, produce excellent results, and stay socially acceptable, leadership opportunities will follow.But leadership operates on a different set of rules.And if you continue making decisions based on the wrong assumptions, the same pattern will follow you from company to company.IN THIS EPISODE:• Why competence and deep expertise do not automatically translate into leadership or power• The difference between doing the work and leading through others• How your childhood trained you to stay quiet in meetings even when you see the solution• The childhood conditioning that teaches women to stay socially acceptable rather than strategically visible• The hidden cost of believing that “my work will speak for itself”• How to detect authority self-betrayal in your own behaviour• The three inherited assumptions that quietly shape many women’s career decisionsWANT TO GO DEEPER?If you’re realizing you’ve been operating on inherited rules about authority, leadership, and visibility, Sonja writes privately about how to dismantle them.Join Sonja’s Inner Circle to receive those pieces.At a decision point? Explore the Strategic Decision Advisory