The premise
Women were told exceptional performance would eventually create security.
I believed that promise too. I was a top performer, exceeded expectations, and worked on high-level initiatives. When I was laid off from Google, I was in shock.
Layoffs, restructures, burnout, bias, and difficult exits expose the limits of the belief that exceptional work guarantees protection.
This talk gives language to what career disruption changes and introduces a practical framework for building career leverage that does not belong to 1 employer.