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Most of the women I coach in pharma and biotech are worried AI will eventually take their jobs.  AI is risking your opportunities, but not in the way you think. When you use AI for cover letters and resumes, the data show it lessens your chances of getting an interview or an offer. New labor economics research shows what that is costing you, and the opportunity. When you use your own words, this can be your competitive edge and increase your chances of getting an interview and offer. In this episode, we are talking about how AI takes your voice and how now is the time to be more authentic and lean into the words only you can say. In this episode, you'll learn: Where AI is taking opportunities from you (and it's not your job)What the research says happens to AI-written cover lettersWhy sounding perfect doesn’t get you more interviewsHow to use AI as a tool without letting it take your voiceWhy now is your biggest opportunity to stand out by being you Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

Should You Stay or Should You Go? In this episode, I walk through the signs that something has to change, and then the actual decision logic I use with clients who are weighing an internal move against a full exit. In this episode, you'll learn: The 7 signs it is time for a changeWhy feeling valued and being valued are not the same thingThe two questions I ask before anyone decides to leaveWhat it usually means when you are still asking the questionThe first step when you do not know what you want yetMentioned in this episode: Register for the training September 22nd: The Exception: Be the Leader Pharma and Biotech Can’t OverlookEnrollment for The Right Move Protocol is opening Sept 21-28. Learn more and join the waitlist. Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

My client, Jennifer, spent four plus years as a clinical trial manager. Her leadership praised her, handed her work well above her level, and yet, her promotion didn't come. She had become too useful exactly where she was. Jen came into The Right Move Protocol with a one year goal. In just one month she had a promotion she was not expecting. A short time later she identified her ideal role with her dream company. By using the skills she learned and applying her growth mindset she negotiated and accepted an Associate Director position in a therapeutic area she had been trying to get into for years. She did it while her family had more going on than she ever could have anticipated. In this episode, you'll learn: What "developed in place" really means, and why the praise is not progressJen's 90% rule for deciding before you feel readyWhy the part of the program she dreaded is the part that got her results the quickestWhat she says to anyone who thinks her results were luck or timingThe negotiation truth that follows you from job to job Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn here. Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

You put together the strategy your VP loves, then your own manager tears it apart, and you're left standing in the middle with no one publicly on your side. Or your name isn't in the meeting where decisions about your own project get made, and you find out after the fact what everyone else already agreed to.  In pharma and biotech, matrix teams and shifting priorities make this common, not personal, and most women read it as proof there's nothing they can do. That belief is the actual problem. This episode breaks down exactly what to do about it, so you stop waiting for the room to change and start leading it. In this episode, you'll learn: Why conflicting feedback from your stakeholders isn't a dead endThe real reasons you get left out of decision-making meetingsHow to get buy-in from a stakeholder who doesn't think like you doWhat radical responsibility looks like when no one seems to have your backThe three-step shift I coach inside The Right Move Protocol every weekGet the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

In this episode, I sit down with Christine Hummel, a healthcare executive with 25 years across the pharmacy benefit manager side, retail and specialty pharmacy, distribution, and pharma manufacturing, including running US Trade and Channel for a major pharma company.  Christine has hired teams, rebuilt teams, and decided who gets advocated for the next role many times over, and in this conversation she breaks down exactly what she looks for, and why so many high performers stay stuck chasing a title instead of doing what actually gets them promoted. In this episode, you'll learn: Why chasing the next title can actually slow you downWhat Christine actually looks for before she puts someone's name up for a promotionThe one question to ask yourself before you consider leaving your company for a titleHow to build a network that gets you noticed without waiting to be chosenWhy AI belongs in your career strategy starting now, not laterConnect with Christine: Connect with Christine on LinkedIn here.Listen to the Root to Rising podcast here.Tune in to my interview on the Root to Rising podcast in the episode, How to Build a Career You Don't Need to Escape From, here.Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

This week I'm bringing back an episode that I think speaks to what you might be going through right now. Brena is a Principal Scientist and member of my group coaching program, The Right Move Protocol® (formerly Beyond the Ceiling). She is sharing why she joined the group, what it's like on the inside, and the results she experienced that blew her mind. Tune in for this candid conversation about what it's like to work in the industry and the unexpected results she experienced when she invested in herself. Brena’s views on this episode do not reflect the company she works for. These are her personal insights based on her experience and expertise in the Pharma/Biotech space and in her experience as my Coaching client. What you'll learn: Why Brena chose to invest in her career even when she had reasons not toThe power of having a community of like minded women to support you in your career growthHow Brena landed her ideal job, built her confidence, and created more time with her family than she thought was possibleThe advice she wish she had earlier in her career and a message for anyone who thinks that the results she achieved aren't possible for themMentioned in this episode: Connect with Brena Williams on LinkedInEnrollment for The Right Move Protocol® is open until July 16th. Learn more and schedule your consultation to join: www.yourworthycareer.com/protocolGet the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

You did everything right, made it to the final round, and still got the call: number two. In a competitive Pharma and Biotech search, coming in second rarely means you failed. Often it means you are in the right arena, against strong people, with a process that is finally working. In this episode, you'll learn: What coming in second really means in a Pharma searchThe 5 things to do to rebound after you come in close but do not get itThe one question to ask next time so you do not get surprised againWhy your brain fixates on the offer instead of the progressHow a "loss" can set up the role you actually wantIf you are sitting in the waiting and the second-guessing right now, this one is for you. Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

I coach women through interviews all the time. So when I had to sit in one myself, for the first time in over 12 years, I learned something I want you to hear. Even though interviewing is something I teach regularly, doing it myself, under pressure, with the outcome out of my hands, was a different experience. So I recorded a raw voice memo the moment I walked out, before I knew if I got in. In this episode I play you that unedited memo, then break down exactly what I did so you can do it too. In this episode, you'll learn: Why I prepared with bullets instead of a script, and what I put on that list before I had my panel interviewThe kinds of questions I asked that took the interrogation feeling out of the room and got me real answersWhat I watched for across everyone I talked to, and what that one pattern told me about the cultureThe question almost nobody asks at the end of an interview, and why one interviewer lit up when I asked itWhy the confidence I felt walking out had nothing to do with whether I got the spotI received the outcome two months later. I'll tell you how it went, and why the answer matters less than you think. REGISTER: The next Strategy Hour for Women in Pharma and Biotech is July 9th. Secure your spot here. Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

Sitting on the fence feels like the smart move. You weigh the pros and cons, you do the research, you tell yourself now isn't the right time. But indecision is still a decision, and in a pharma career it has a cost. The promotion you're not sure you're ready for. The role you can't decide is right. The difficult stakeholder you don't know how to handle.  Every time you stay on the fence to avoid the discomfort of the unknown, you make less progress and you quietly hand the opportunity to someone who decided faster. This episode is about why we do it, and how to get down. In this episode, you'll learn: What sitting on the fence really meansThe questions that expose the real reason you're not making a decisionHow to calculate the actual cost of indecision before it costs you in your careerWhere certainty about a decision actually comes fromGet the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

This episode is for the woman in pharma or biotech who has strong performance reviews, a supportive boss, colleagues who rave about her, and still can't get the move she wants. We're getting into the difference between activity and strategic visibility — why being known is not the same as being positioned, and how to fill the gap. In this episode, you'll learn: Why you can be exceptionally well-positioned with your immediate team and completely invisible to the people who actually control what's next for youThe difference between being valued and being someone the organization has a stake in keepingThe nuance in visibility and positioning that can result in roles being created for you even when there isn't an allocated budgetMonday May 28th - Strategy Hour for Women in Pharma - Limited to 25 women. Register at https://yourworthycareer.com/strategy-hour  Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

The AI conversation in Pharma and Biotech is generating a lot of anxiety, and a lot of misplaced action. Women are either chasing every new tool or avoiding the whole conversation entirely. This episode cuts through both reactions to get at what the research and the data actually say about what protects a career right now. The skill most likely to determine who gets promoted, who survives a reorg, and who gets called first is not the one most strong technical performers are investing in. That gap is what this episode is about. In this episode, you'll learn: Why the women who will be hardest to cut in Pharma are not the fastest AI learners, and what they are building insteadWhat the actual drivers of biopharma layoffs are in 2025, and why they matter more than the AI narrativeHow AI raising the technical baseline changes what gets you promoted, protected, and noticed in a matrix organizationWhy strong technical performers in Pharma systematically underinvest in the skills that determine advancementThe one relationship move to make this week that compounds in ways credentials never willGet the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

You have impressive credentials, a track record that speaks for itself, and a career that looks exactly right from the outside. And yet something is off. The work has become transactional. Your role has accumulated tasks that don't connect to a strategy.  You can see a vision for what you want, but you cannot articulate it — partly because it does not exist yet in any form you have seen before. That is a clarity problem. And more information is not going to solve it. In this episode, I am breaking down why accomplished women in Pharma and Biotech get stuck in a research spiral — and why the fix is not another job change, another course, or more time spent gathering options. What you will learn: Why the brain under uncertainty does not settle into clarity by accumulating more information — and what organizational psychology tells us actually resolves it.How to recognize whether you are solving real problems or hypothetical ones you have invented to avoid committing to a direction.What granular clarity actually requires — and why it is not about a title, a company, or a timeframe.How the Right Move Protocol™ functions as your career's decision-making filter — the process that tells you whether any opportunity in front of you is actually the right one for you.The neuroscience behind why defining a specific target changes what your brain notices, what conversations feel useful, and how you show up when you are not prepared.If you are technically excellent, genuinely accomplished, and still not where you want to be — this episode will show you why that is a protocol problem. Referenced in this episode: The Right Move Protocol™ -  Schedule a consultation at yourworthycareer.com/application Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

This episode picks up where the last one left off — and gets super specific. If your performance and results are strong but your advancement isn't reflecting it, the issue isn't how hard you're working. It's where that work is being directed. I'm walking you through four moves you can make right now to see growth in your career. What you'll learn: Ask the one question that reveals exactly how your manager is positioning you in leadership conversations.Map where your reputation currently lives — and where it needs to go for advancement decisions to go your way.Communicate your work in the language that actually moves the needle with senior leaders.Build the relationships that determine whether your name comes up when opportunity is available.If you're ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your organization, this episode gives you the specific moves to change that. Referenced in this episode: 3 Reasons Pharma's Best Performers Get Passed Over - New Live Webinar April 14th at 12pm EST. Register here. Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

This episode is for the woman who is questioning what’s next after the performance and compensation conversation. The number landed. The feedback was good. And somehow that made it worse, because when you do the math, you realize the outcome does not reflect what you actually bring. It reflects what was budgeted, what the band allows, what a group of people settled on in a 90-minute meeting you were not part of. This episode is about what to do with that feeling, and more specifically, what to do next. The frustration after the performance season in Pharma and Biotech is not just about the raise. It is about the gap between how hard you have worked and how little control you seem to have over what happens next. That gap feels like a system problem. And it partially is. But the thought that forms underneath it, that there is nothing you can do except wait for the next cycle, sounds like realism. It is actually the most expensive mistake you can make right now. In this episode, you will learn: Why your performance outcome was shaped before you walked into the review meeting, so you can stop preparing for the wrong moment and start influencing the right oneHow to identify whether your current strategy is building visibility with the people who make advancement decisions, or just deepening your reliability with people who already know youHow to apply a root cause analysis to your own career when effort keeps producing the wrong output, so you can stop adding inputs that are not actually connected to the outcome you wantHow to recognize the specific ways overworking shows up in Pharma and Biotech, so you can audit your plate and redirect your energy before another cycle passesHow to reframe what is in your control when headcount is frozen, bands are set, and waiting feels like the only rational option Get the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram

This is for the woman who’s aiming for a promotion (or a bigger external role) and keeps thinking, If I could just get that title, everything would feel different. Today we are going beyond the title to talk about the messy middle, what drives advancement and the critical part needed to reach your advancement goal. When you don’t understand your deeper “why,” you can end up pushing for something that isn’t actually the solution… or finally getting it and realizing it feels hollow. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why I ask “why” first when someone says they want a promotion title—and the common answers that quietly stall progressThe three deeper drivers I hear most often and what each one actually requires in Pharma/BiotechWhy “I earned it” and “I work hard” rarely works as a promotion strategy in complex organizationsGet the Book: Your Worthy Career: A Science-Backed Method to Build a Meaningful Career in Pharma and Biotech here. Work with Me: Learn more and apply to work with me here. Love the podcast?  Share your feedback by leaving us a review. Thank you! Connect on Socials LinkedIn Instagram