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Herscension 2026: Why Women Need Networks, Sponsors, and Support to Reach the Next Level - 077
On Lunch With Leaders, Adaeze Iloeje-Udeogalanya and Mercy explore the Four Cs of Opportunity: clarity, connection, collaboration, and continuation.
They explain how women can prepare for networking, communicate what they need, offer value generously, follow up intentionally, and stop treating self-reliance as the only path to success.
The conversation covers career pivots, entrepreneurship, mentors, sponsors, funding, warm outreach, and the cultural pressure placed on women—especially Black women—to carry everything alone.
The episode also previews Herscension 2026 in Atlanta, a conference…
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