108,000 people lost their jobs in January - most were doing exactly what they were told to do. The playbook changed underneath them.

Three structural shifts are reshaping which roles exist and who gets picked for leadership. The middle is hollowing out. The bottom is shrinking. And "leadership material" is being completely redefined - away from coordination and oversight, toward coaching, sense-making, and leading through ambiguity. The twist nobody in the women's leadership space is saying clearly enough: the skills becoming premium are the ones women have been building without credit their entire careers.

You'll walk away with the Skill Stack Audit: a 15-minute exercise that shows you exactly which ladder you're on and how to start climbing the right one.

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