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Cara Holdsclaw, PhD

Now is the time to be as visible as the value you've already delivered.

The Stories You're Still Letting Your Career Tell

Aug 4, 2026

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1 min read

The Stories You're Still Letting Your Career Tell

What if the biggest obstacle to your professional growth isn't your résumé, but the story you've accepted it says about you?

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #17: Why Proximity to Power is Not Power

Jul 28, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #17: Why Proximity to Power is Not Power

Being in the room doesn't mean you're the one people remember when they leave it

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #16: Become the Professional Reference Point

Jul 21, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #16: Become the Professional Reference Point

How to Build Authority That Travels Without You

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #15: From Execution to Influence - The Identity Shift

Jul 7, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #15: From Execution to Influence - The Identity Shift

The transformation that changes your professional identity

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #14: The Professional Audit: What Is Actually Attached to Your Name?

Jun 23, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #14: The Professional Audit: What Is Actually Attached to Your Name?

Your Reputation Is Already Decided (Are You Shaping It?)

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #13: How to Translate Titles into Transferable Authority

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #13: How to Translate Titles into Transferable Authority

How to Translate Titles into Transferable Authority. Your Title Is Not the Whole StoryThe Power Is Not in the Title. It’s in What You Can Prove.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #12: Career Resilience in the Sports Industry

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #12: Career Resilience in the Sports Industry

Its Giving, Independent Professional Identity. Run, Don't Walk.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #11: The Difference Between Exposure and Ownership

Apr 14, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #11: The Difference Between Exposure and Ownership

For much of professional history, exposure was considered progress.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #10: Reputation Is a Renewable Asset...If You Control It

Apr 7, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #10: Reputation Is a Renewable Asset...If You Control It

For much of professional history, reputation was slow to build and nearly impossible to change.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #9: Why the Future Belongs to Professionals Who Build in Public

Mar 24, 2026

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4 min read

Issue #9: Why the Future Belongs to Professionals Who Build in Public

Quiet and Consistent Brand Construction Leads to Leverage and Longevity

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #8: LinkedIn Gave Us Professional Identity

Mar 10, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #8: LinkedIn Gave Us Professional Identity

Why visibility is becoming professional insurance.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #7: From Institutional Power to Personal Leverage

Mar 3, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #7: From Institutional Power to Personal Leverage

For most of modern professional history, power flowed through institutions and corporations.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #6: Why Qualified People Stay Quiet and What It Costs Them

Feb 24, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #6: Why Qualified People Stay Quiet and What It Costs Them

Silence is often mistaken for professionalism.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #5: You Can Be Loyal Without Being Invisible

Feb 17, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #5: You Can Be Loyal Without Being Invisible

Loyalty has long been framed as quiet behind the scenes commitment.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #4: Visibility Is Not Vanity. It’s Risk Management.

Feb 10, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #4: Visibility Is Not Vanity. It’s Risk Management.

Visibility doesn’t create value. It preserves it.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #3: The Myth of "Let the Work Speak for Itself"

Feb 3, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #3: The Myth of "Let the Work Speak for Itself"

“Let the work speak for itself” is one of the most repeated and least examined phrases in professional culture.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #2: Independent Identity in No Longer Optional

Jan 27, 2026

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2 min read

Issue #2: Independent Identity in No Longer Optional

For most of modern professional history, institutional affiliation was identity.

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Issue #1: The NIL Era Has Reached Professionals—Whether You're Ready or Not

Jan 20, 2026

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3 min read

Issue #1: The NIL Era Has Reached Professionals—Whether You're Ready or Not

Get Ready or Get Left Behind

Cara Holdsclaw, PhD
Cara Holdsclaw, PhD

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