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The relationships you build can open doors you never knew existed, but real relationship-building goes far beyond traditional networking.

Katy and Rebecca are joined by Alex Llerena, Founder of Impact Mosaic Consulting, Leadership Broward Foundation board member, and Chair of Women Leading Broward Class 14, to talk about building relationships that create opportunities, women opening doors for other women, and finding the communities you need throughout different seasons of your career and life.

Alex shares her perspective on the difference between networking and genuine connection, why sponsorship matters, what it means to become someone others naturally think of and recommend, and why even the people who spend their lives connecting others need people in their corner too.

They also dive into Women Leading Broward Class 14, a five-month leadership and networking experience beginning in January 2027, and how women in South Florida can get involved.

If you've been thinking, I need to expand my circle, I need more women like this around me, or I don't even know where to start building these relationships, start here.

Learn more about Women Leading Broward: Women Leading Broward

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Applications close November 16, 2026.

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Doing great work matters. Making sure the right people understand the impact of that work matters too.

In this episode of No Filter | No Apologies, we're talking about how to build career visibility in a way that feels strategic, authentic, and useful, without turning every accomplishment into a self-promotional announcement.

We break down how to communicate your results in terms leaders actually care about, contribute meaningfully in meetings, build relationships beyond your immediate team, and develop a reputation that connects your name to the problems you can solve. We also get into sponsorship, cross-functional relationships, AI and changing workplace skills, and why your professional reputation needs to evolve as your capabilities grow. Pasted text

Most importantly, we're giving you a practical strategy for turning great work into greater visibility, influence, and opportunity.

You'll leave this episode ready to answer four questions:

What do I want to be known for?
What evidence do I have?
Who currently knows it?
Who needs to know it for the career I'm trying to build?

Then we'll show you how to close the gap with a 30-day Strategic Visibility Blueprint you can start using immediately. Pasted text

Because career visibility isn't about making sure everyone knows your name. It's about making sure the right people know what your name means.

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The job market feels harder right now, and for good reason. Hiring is more competitive, searches are taking longer, layoffs and restructuring continue to create uncertainty, and AI is changing how companies hire. But does that mean staying exactly where you are is automatically the safest career decision?

In this episode of No Filter | No Apologies, Katy and Rebecca break down how to make that decision with strategy instead of fear. They unpack what current labor-market numbers can and cannot tell you, why your specific industry, level and geography matter more than a national headline, and how to evaluate the risks of staying alongside the risks of leaving.

You'll learn how to run a four-part Stay Test covering compensation, growth, environment and trajectory, research the actual market for the role you want, identify where your experience matches and where you may have gaps, and test your positioning before making a major move. Katy and Rebecca also share a practical seven-day reset for anyone who wants clarity without handing in a resignation tomorrow morning.

The goal isn't to convince you to leave. It's to make sure fear isn't the only information deciding whether you stay.

In this episode:

• How to tell the difference between strategically staying and staying out of fear
• Why national job-market numbers don't tell you everything about your market
• The four-part Stay Test
• How to evaluate the risk of leaving and the risk of staying
• How to research 10 to 15 real opportunities before applying
• The difference between having a skill and being able to demonstrate it
• How to run a focused market test instead of mass applying
• What to do when the job you want requires experience you don't have yet
• How to build career options before you urgently need them
• A seven-day plan for deciding what to do next

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