In this episode of The Growth Cartel, we’re joined by Penny Locaso, a renowned behavioral scientist and entrepreneur. Penny shares her journey from a corporate executive to founding her purpose-driven company, HackingHappy.co, where she empowers women to own their voices, define their impact, and overcome barriers to leadership. Together, we explore how societal pressures and a lack of diverse female role models create challenges in claiming expertise and how daily acts of courage can help women break through imposter syndrome and thrive as leaders.

Takeaways:

• Many women struggle with calling themselves experts, feeling they must meet every qualification.
• The "authority gap" leads to harsher judgment and greater self-doubt for wo ...