EPISODES
Conversations to help you see the room more clearly.
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🎧 Trailer
Meet Sharon Mickelson — senior leader, straight talker, and the voice you didn't know you needed 🔥 This is your 60-second introduction to Werk It Girls: the show where we stop guessing and start playing the game on your terms.
🎧 Episode 0 – The Why
Have you ever started a conversation with "I know you're busy" or "hate to bug you"? Sharon noticed something in those words — and it changed how she sees everything that happens to women at work. This is Episode 0: the why behind Werk It Girls, and the moment it all clicked.
🎧 Episode 1 – The Inner Critic
What if the loudest voice holding you back isn't your boss or your industry — but the voice in your own head? Sharon sits down with scientist and writer Mary Quirk to talk about the inner critic that tells you to pick a lane, play it safe, and stay small.
Spoiler: Mary knows that voice well. And she's figured out how to quiet it.
🎧 Episode 2 – Sharon’s Short: The Room
Twenty-seven men. Three women. Sharon counted fast — and almost walked back out. This is the story of an Applied AI event in Minneapolis: a woman who almost didn't come back, a graduate student who didn't wait for anyone, and one front-row decision that changed everything. If you've ever felt like a visitor in your own field, this one's for you.
🎧 Episode 3a – Part 1: Your brand is already talking - are you?
Sharon sits down with Sarah McNally, Director of Talent at Endeavor Air and founder of Lady Boss, to talk about what personal brand means: not your intentions, but the experience people have of you.
Spoiler: credibility is easy to lose and hard to earn back. Sarah knows exactly what that costs.
Part 2, on networking, is live now too.
🎧 Episode 3b – Part 2: Your brand is talking: Now network
Sarah McNally built Lady Boss because women were rising alone. In this half, she and Sharon get into what networking looks like when it stops being performance.
Sharon brings her own scene: twenty-seven men, two women, an AI event. Sarah's answer reframes everything — networking isn't cringy work. It's following what you're actually interested in, toward people.
This episode launches the Networking Assessment — a free tool scoring how you show up: Network Expansion, Follow-Through, Ask Clarity, Visibility, Reciprocity.
Part 1, on branding, is live now too.
🎧 Episode 4 – The Room Revisited: Women, AI & What Changed
A networking event splits cleanly by gender before the panel even starts — one man there because he needs the room, two women there out of curiosity alone. By the end of the night, that split explains everything: who approaches the speakers, who gets credit for their work, and who doesn't.
The instinct to ask a real question is a skill women already have. The only question left is who decides to say so out loud.
Women in AI. Showing up. Werk It Girls.
