Doing everything right hasn't moved you. Eight weeks with me will change how you move.
The PowerHouse WIT™ Career Accelerator is eight weeks of 1:1 coaching with me. We take the work you're already doing and build the case, the plan, and the confidence to go after the title, the pay, and the seat it should have earned you, without piling more on your plate.
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Does this sound like your week?
You step in wherever there's a gap, because if you don't, it won't get done.
You raise the flag, and somehow you're the one who has to fix it.
You hit the goal, and it turns into a group effort.
The readout happens without you. You find out after the fact.
You ask about the raise again, and you hear it again. Just wait.
So you take on more. You work the late nights. You keep everyone comfortable. You're on overload, and you're still the first one to say I'll help.
You've stopped expecting it to change. And some days you wonder if you're as good as you thought you were.
You can't outperform politics.
Working harder won't fix this, because the work was never the problem. Here's what's usually going on.
Ownership, overused
Getting it done is your strength. You pick up whatever lands on you, so more keeps landing on you.
Worth, leaking
You do the work, but you don't tell the story of what it was worth. So the credit, the pay, and the title don't follow.
Execution, overflowing
Your plate is full because the first two are off. The exhaustion is what it's costing you.
The fix starts with Worth and Ownership. The overload eases once those two change.
AI made it harder.
A lot of companies now grade people on fuzzy measures that reward the best story in the room. The people doing the real work lose that game first, and senior women are often the ones doing it.
A leak can be named. Once you name it, you can close it.
The PowerHouse WIT™ Career Accelerator
Eight weeks of 1:1 coaching with me, plus a ninth session to put it all together. Each week we take what's happening at your job and plan it. Then you go run it.
By the end, you'll be able to
Hand back what was never yours to carry
Get your name back on your own work
Say what your work is worth and ask for it
Get into the rooms where decisions about you are made
Turn a mentor into a sponsor who says your name when you're not in the room
Do all of it without running yourself into the ground
What you get
Nine 1:1 sessions with Erika
- Eight weekly 60-minute sessions on Zoom, built around what's happening in your job that week
- A Week 9 Assembly session where we put your POWER Playbook together and rewrite your Executive Brand Statement
- A recording of every session so you can go back to it
A written plan after every session
- Your POWER Recap after each call, with what we found, what to focus on, and your next steps with dates
- Weekly POWER Work so you try each strategy in real meetings before we meet again
Your tools
- A DISC assessment so you know how you come across and how to read the people you work with
- Your POWER Playbook, where you build your power stories and your career narrative week by week
The eight weeks
Plus a ninth session to put it all together.
Find out how you actually come across, and how the people you work with need you to show up.
DISC assessment and debriefIn their words
"I struggled with underselling myself and my skills until she helped me to understand my value and how to translate that into a presence that people respected. Her coaching helped me gain a 100k salary increase, which, as you can imagine, is life-changing. She'll guide you to a better place with more confidence, more presence, and more strategic thinking."
Miriam
Sr. Engineering Manager
"I was lucky enough to have found Erika in a pivotal point in my career path. Her ability to both challenge and support my thinking led me to new insights and better align my core values with my profession. Erika helped me see that leadership is not just about my career; it's about who I am as a woman and individual. She helped me identify my professional voice and gave me the motivation and fresh perspectives that I needed to help get me to where I needed to be. Erika's encouragement, coaching, and support have been absolutely invaluable. Thanks to her guidance, I have been able to gracefully push my limits and discover my true potential as a woman leader in tech. I now experience myself feeling capable of accomplishing anything in my career."
Meghan
Director QA
"I was in a stressful job and feeling burned out and overwhelmed much of the time. Her insight to get a handle on my workload was invaluable to me. She gave me practical, no-nonsense advice that I appreciate to this day!"
Laura
Engineering Manager
"Erika has a gift to connect with people in a manner that feels authentic and relatable. Her coaching sessions helped me to identify and focus on the most important areas to accomplish my goals. Her disposition of "no judgement" led me to feel comfortable to speak about my insecurities. She gave me solid advice on how to address those concerns."
Judy
Engineering Manager
Who you'd be working with
I'm Erika Chestnut.
I spent more than 20 years in tech, first as a developer and then leading quality engineering. For a long stretch I was one of two senior women in my org, and the only one in engineering.
My job was to name risk and hold engineering leaders accountable, and I did it out loud. My 360 came back telling me to read the room. Some people expected a woman in that seat to be quieter.
I got louder.
Now I coach senior women in tech to do it on purpose. Be seen for the work, say what it's worth, and lead in the rooms you've already earned. I built the POWER™ Framework from what worked in those rooms.
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Is this you?
This is for you if
- You've been in tech 3+ years and you're good at what you do
- You're the one who gets it done, and it isn't getting you anywhere
- You have a review, a promotion cycle, or a big conversation coming up
- You want to lead as yourself, without toning yourself down
- You'll show up every week and try things in real meetings
It's probably not the right time if
- You want a script or a few quick tips
- You're between roles and your first need is a job search
- You can't give it a weekly session plus practice time for the next nine weeks
Questions
It's all 1:1. Every session is just you and me, working on your goals and what's happening at your job right now.
If this sounded like your week, let's talk.
The fit call is free and takes 30 minutes. We'll talk about what's happening at work and where your power is leaking. If the Accelerator fits, I'll tell you. If it doesn't, I'll tell you that too.
Naming the pattern is where the shift starts.
Book your fit callHave a question before you book? Email info@powerhousewomenintech.com.