Episode #144
Why Do Qualified Women Hold Back From Leadership? | Mary Buchzeiger
You are qualified for the job. You read the description; you can do almost every line of it, and then you find the one thing you have never done, and you close the tab. Qualified women hold back, and it usually has nothing to do with what they can actually do. Mary Buchzeiger has watched it happen for thirty years, and she is done being polite about it. Mary is the CEO of Lucerne International and Lucerne Global Solutions in Auburn Hills, Michigan. She could drive a high low before she could drive a car. She learned the floor from her mother on second shift and the numbers from her father, took the business international in 2003, bought her father out in 2008, and now leads a global manufacturing company in one of the most male-dominated industries there is. In this conversation you will hear: The research findings about how men and women read the same job description, and why it has nothing to do with ability What Mary wishes she could tell her younger self before walking into a C-suite room Why "one more certification" is the most expensive habit talented women have How to advocate for yourself with data when self-promotion feels physically wrong What she tells a woman who feels stuck and cannot see a way out of her organization The eight screens, three computers, and AI agents she built herself, and the one thing she says to do with what you build The peach schnapps ritual she inherited from her father, and what it has to do with getting recognized You may already be ready. The question is whether the people making the decisions can see it. Want help turning your work into language your leadership recognizes? Start with the Free Impact Clarity AI Coach: https://nowomanleftbehind.ac-page.com/impact-clarity-ai-optin
