“Fix Yourself. Your Operating System.”
Why high-performing women keep burning out, and what actually fixes it.
The most talented women in any room are often the most exhausted. That is not a coincidence. It is a design outcome.
The system was built precisely for someone. Just not for you. And when women leave, nobody hands them something better. So they take the conditioning with them: same patterns, new container, and wonder why it still doesn't feel right.
This talk is not about resilience. It is not about leaning in. It names what is actually happening, and then shows what it looks like to build a real foundation, on your own terms, before you build anything else on top of it.
Not a one-time energy hit that fades by Monday.
A before, during, and after experience, so the audience leaves with something they can actually use.
Self-Authorship Snapshot: a guided reflection on how they actually work vs. how they have been performing.
Troublemaker Archetypes: six survival patterns for women who have been misread and mislabeled. A mirror, not a personality test.
The structural argument, delivered by someone who was inside those rooms.
The six sections of a Personal Operating System and what each one costs to be missing.
The reframe that changes how they evaluate every opportunity going forward.
P.O.S.S.E. Starter Guide: a $199 value, included free for every attendee. Six sections, six reflection prompts, a full page to write each one.
Notes from the Chief Troublemaker, free biweekly newsletter.
For whoever is ready, the full Build Your P.O.S.S.E. advisory engagement.
Courtney Broderick spent over a decade inside VC-backed tech, Indeed, LinkedIn, and Handshake, watching how corporate systems actually operate. She left, bought a farm, and built the alternative. She does not teach women how to survive broken systems. She teaches them how to build their own.
Creator of the P.O.S.S.E. framework: 7-session personal operating system methodology.
Leadership development and culture advisory for enterprise clients.
Indeed · LinkedIn · Handshake
Late-diagnosed ADHD at 39. The hot pink is non-negotiable.
This talk gets booked by people who are done with
“safe” speakers.
People & culture leaders, DEI teams, and employee resource groups booking for Women's History Month, leadership summits, or any moment where high-performing women need more than a pep talk.
Conference organizers and event producers whose audience includes ambitious women who are exhausted, transitioning, or building something new, and ready for an honest structural argument.
Accelerators, incubators, and founder networks supporting women who have left corporate or are building alongside it, and need a foundation that isn't borrowed from the system they're trying to leave.
Organizations serving late-diagnosed women, neurodivergent professionals, or anyone who has spent years being told their way of working is the problem. Courtney speaks from inside this experience.
Four ways to bring this into your event.
The full argument, delivered. Opens with the structural diagnosis, moves through the trap, and lands on the build. Includes the P.O.S.S.E. framework and audience takeaways. Works as a standalone or as an anchor talk in a larger event.
The talk plus active work. Every participant receives the P.O.S.S.E. Starter Guide, a $199 value included at no cost, and begins building their own during the session. Best for smaller groups where real shift, not just inspiration, is the goal.
Courtney brings a structural lens to any conversation about women, work, burnout, or building. She does not soften the argument for panel format. If you want a voice that will move the conversation forward, she is that voice.
Best for shows focused on women's careers, entrepreneurship, neurodivergence, or the future of work. Courtney speaks from lived experience: decade inside VC-backed tech, late-diagnosed ADHD, left to build the alternative. No talking points. No polish.
This talk is right for rooms where…
Courtney will not sand down the argument. If your audience is ready for honesty, this is the talk. If they need comfort first, it is not the right fit, and that's fine.
Building your business in 2026 is living the revolution.
As a woman building something in 2026, you are not just running a business. You are making a structural argument with your existence. Courtney on what that means and what it actually takes.
The foundation for building whatever comes next, on your own terms.
Every woman needs a P.O.S.S.E.: a clear operating system for what she will and won't do, and why. Without it, the same patterns follow you everywhere: into the new job, the new business, the executive role you worked years to earn. The name changes. The conditioning doesn't. P.O.S.S.E. is the foundation that keeps that from happening, whether you're building something new, going after the next level, or just trying to make sure the next chapter is actually yours.
The system is not broken. It is working as designed. And right now, it is actively resetting what it owes you.
Early 2026 brought the worst layoff month since the 2009 recession. 330,000 jobs and counting. The stated reason, AI, is largely cover. Companies attributed 180,000 cuts to AI in 2025, yet most of those initiatives had not delivered measurable returns. The layoffs are not about technology. They are about leverage.
Deloitte cut PTO by up to 10 days, halved parental leave, and eliminated a $50,000 IVF and adoption benefit, in a single announcement. When marquee employers move like this, they legitimize the same cuts across every market.
Up 69% since 2019. Women will control $34 trillion in investable assets by 2030. The departure from corporate is not a trend. It is a verdict.
Most women do not leave the conditioning when they leave the system. They overdeliver to clients the same way they overdelivered to managers. Underprice from the same fear. Say yes when every signal says no. They trade one extractive system for another, this time with their own logo on it. Leaving is only half the work.
When you build from an operating system that is actually yours, it compounds. Sandra Elliott had already burned out of two careers, still running her business the old way: desk 8 to 5, taking every contract, same patterns with her own logo on them. After completing the full Build Your P.O.S.S.E. advisory engagement, her business grew 4x in less than a year.
This is the talk for this moment. Women in your audience are living these numbers right now. Building something the system cannot take is the most strategic move available.
Build Your Own Stability.
What it actually means to stop depending on someone else's structure, and create something that holds because you designed it.
Ready to invite trouble in?
If your audience is ready for an honest conversation about why the system is not working, let's talk about fit.
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