Women Leaders Overcome Self-Doubt: The Power Quotient Framework That Changes Everything (2026) WLS 162

Women Leaders Overcome Self-Doubt: The Power Quotient Framework That Changes Everything (2026)

Executive Summary: 68% of women in tech experience imposter syndrome, yet most have never been taught to fight it strategically. Former IBM VP Shelmina Babai Abji shares her Power Quotient (PQ) framework — a proven system for silencing the inner critic, amplifying your voice of courage, and advancing your leadership career.

Quick Takeaways:

• 68% of women in tech report imposter syndrome — tech is the most affected industry (Hays, 2025).
• Your “Power Quotient” (PQ) is the ability to intentionally choose an empowering response over a disempowering one.
• The voice of fear is doing its job — your job is to feed your voice of courage louder reasons to act.
• For every 100 men promoted to first manager, only 81 women make the same leap (McKinsey, 2025) — PQ is a competitive differentiator.
• Showing your worth is a continuous journey of competence, confidence, relationships, and personal branding — not a one-time event.

Sixty-eight percent of women in tech experience imposter syndrome. Let that number land.

That means more than two out of every three talented, qualified women sitting in engineering meetings, VP offices, and C-suite strategy sessions are secretly wondering if they belong there. And according to a KPMG survey of 750 female executives, 75% of senior women leaders have experienced imposter syndrome at some point in their careers — with 85% saying they believe it’s widespread in corporate America.

Yet almost no one teaches women what to do about it — strategically, systematically, and permanently.

I’m Sabrina Braham, MA, MFT, PCC — executive leadership coach with over 30 years of experience, and host of the Women’s Leadership Success Podcast, now with over 950,000 downloads and ranked in the top 1.5% of podcasts globally. In Episode 162, I sit down with Shelmina Babai Abji — TEDx speaker, former IBM Vice President, angel investor, and author of Show Your Worth — for one of the most powerful and practical conversations I&