"Aggressive is assertive. Men are assertive and women are aggressive. Same behavior."

Dr. Liz DuBois Erskine has a PhD in conflict resolution and has coached leaders through Disney, iHeartRadio, and beyond — and she spends up to half of every coaching session doing one specific thing: rehearsing how her clients talk, not what they know. Because on paper, the barriers are gone. In practice, 40% of American companies are run by women — and only 4% of the companies making seven figures or more are.

Karl and Dr. Liz dig into the "bitch vs. boss" double standard, why the advice to "just be your authentic self" can actually sabotage women leaders, and why the leadership skills the modern business world actually needs — empathy, listening, consensus-building — are the ones women have been told for decades to downpl ...