The Power & Prime Podcast

ShAnita Miller - Career & Leadership Strategist
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The Power & Prime™ Podcast is where women learn how to think, speak, and lead with power in a new era of work shaped not only by humans but AI. Whether you're securing your next role, protecting your position, or advancing to the executive level, this show teaches you how to use language as your greatest strategy. Each episode breaks down how to navigate power dynamics, communicate with authority, and stay visible in a rapidly changing workplace, so you can lead confidently, stay relevant, and rise on your own terms.

  1. 2h ago ·  Video

    Power in Prime: The People Part Secret Weapon

    Workplace Reality: Keeping Compliance the Focus When You're Tone-Policed   This Power in Prime episode introduces the Workplace Reality Community as a resource for professional Black women to navigate the people side of work, offering analysis and scripts for workplace scenarios.   The host shares "Sarah's" experience as the only Black woman on a strategy team whose senior peer, Dave, dismisses her regulatory risk report in an executive planning session, labels her "hostile," and later advises her to be "more approachable," while the VP remains silent; Sarah needs a Thursday-meeting script to refocus leaders on objective compliance requirements.    The host argues Sarah still had power because she owns compliance sign-off, but her public call-out of Dave shifted the interaction and enabled tone policing, reframing competence as an attitude issue. An alternative approach is to align with Dave before the meeting, then publicly state shared expectations and dependencies so leadership addresses outstanding work and timelines rather than Sarah's demeanor.   00:00 Welcome and Mission   00:21 Workplace Reality Community   02:23 Sarah and Dave Scenario   05:22 Who Started It   07:02 Rules of Engagement   09:06 Tone Policing Trap   10:08 Approachable Means Trust   11:08 Work Moves Through People   13:03 A Better Pre-Meeting Move   13:51 Script for the Room   15:22 Why This Changes Power   16:58 Join and Next Episode

  2. Oct 17 ·  Video

    Your Performance Review Isn't Just About What You Did

    As we enter the final quarter of the year, performance review season is officially here. This is the time to speak to your value and account for your goals, but it's also the time where how people perceive you comes to light.   Most high achievers operate under the belief that performance reviews are strictly about what you accomplished against your documented metrics. But being undisputed at "what you do" is only half the equation—and on its own, it won't get you promoted.   In this episode, Anita Miller pulls back the curtain on the part of your evaluation that remains highly subjective: your "how."   You'll learn:   The "What" vs. The "How": Why you can exceed expectations on results while quietly receiving a "needs improvement" on leadership, fit, and stakeholder alignment. The "Bless Your Heart" Section: Why your manager's overall summary matters far more than your numerical ratings—and how to spot what's being signaled behind the fluff. Corporate Translation in Real Time: What feedback like "being more strategic," "improving communication," or "you have to stop telling people their baby is ugly" is actually telling you. The Q4 Window: Why what you do between now and year-end review conversations can shift the narrative before calibrations lock in. Your "how" doesn't get built at review time; it gets built in everyday meetings, how you disagree, and how people feel walking away from you.   Mentioned in this episode:   Don't wait until someone documents a gap in your review to address it. Make Workplace Reality your secret weapon for navigating the people part of work.   👉 Join today at WorkplaceReality.com

  3. Oct 8

    How to Handle Vague Feedback at Work (and Get the Real Answers)

    his episode explains why vague feedback from a boss can leave you stuck: someone can recognize a gap in your work without knowing how to develop you through closing it. Using a sweet potato pie lesson as an example of effective teaching through demonstration, it contrasts "being told the right answer" with learning the underlying thinking needed to consistently perform in new situations.  The script shows how workplace development often breaks down when leaders provide outcomes but not their reasoning, leaving employees to imitate output rather than build capability. It offers a practical question to uncover your boss's leadership lens—"Can you tell me from a leadership perspective how you decided that was a priority?"—and variations for decisions, approaches, and recommendations. If your boss can't explain their thinking, it suggests getting that teaching elsewhere, including Workplace Reality.   00:00 Why Vague Feedback Hurts 01:50 What Real Development Looks Like 02:06 Grandma's Pie Lesson 05:10 Back at Work Scenario 06:41 Answer vs Seeing 08:26 Get Their Thinking 09:04 The Question To Ask 09:59 Adapt It To Any Feedback 10:45 When Your Boss Can't Teach 11:01 Workplace Reality Wrap Up

  4. Oct 1 ·  Video

    Why Being "Good at Your Job" Won't Keep You Safe Anymore

    Why Another Degree Isn't Enough: Deloitte's Workforce Segments and the New Value of Judgment Host Anita Miller discusses how workplace expectations are shifting from technical execution and credentials to judgment, business acumen, influence, adaptability, and strategic thinking, citing her earlier podcast series on being "more strategic" and PMI's 2025 Pulse of the Profession urging project professionals to become strategic partners who create organizational value.  She highlights Deloitte's 2026 reclassification of its U.S. workforce into four segments (center, core, project, domain) and notes that starting January 1, 2027, employees in the center category are scheduled to receive reduced parental leave, fewer PTO days, and an end to pension accruals and some family-building benefits, signaling stratification of white-collar work by perceived value.  Anita argues women are overinvesting in degrees to prove knowledge while employers are demanding proof of judgment, and she promotes Workplace Reality and Power in Prime as ways to build or leverage these capabilities to protect careers amid change and layoffs.  00:00 Deloitte Workforce Shakeup  00:27 Welcome And Personal Update 02:48 Why Credentials Aren't Enough 05:50 Project Manager Example Shift  08:31 What Strategic Value Looks Like  12:07 Deloitte Stratifies Benefits  15:28 Who Gets Hit Hardest  17:29 Two Choices Leverage Or Build 18:08 Workplace Reality Call To Action 20:41 Final Takeaways And Goodbye

  5. May 7

    Four Moves to Career Reinvention

    Your Degree Isn't the Problem: 4 Moves to Get Chosen, Paid & Positioned in Today's Market Host Anita closes a three-part Power and Prime Podcast series on why degrees are now the baseline and won't secure advancement as the market shifts and AI holds knowledge. She recaps five key soft-skill currencies—leadership/business language, positioning, judgment/decision making, selling, and relationships—and explains school didn't teach them at the workplace level required. Anita outlines four immediate moves: translate your work from tasks and titles into cross-industry skills and capabilities; reposition your narrative (including gaps, pivots, or entrepreneurship) around what you built, solved, and learned in the language and level employers pay for; practice selling your value by saying it clearly until it sounds natural; and protect yourself by diversifying income beyond one employer to reduce vulnerability in a restructuring job market. She promotes Power and Prime and urges strategic credentials only when tied to clear opportunity and ROI.  00:00 Degrees Aren't Enough  00:43 Series Recap and Skills Shift 04:53 Move 1 Translate Your Work  08:45 Move 2 Reposition Your Story 12:10 Move 3 Learn to Sell  16:14 Move 4 Protect Your Income 19:06 Get Help and Be Strategic 22:29 Final Takeaways and Wrap

  6. Apr 23

    Beyond the Degree: The 5 Power Skills That Actually Get You Chosen

    The 5 Power Skills That Matter More Than Degrees (Language, Positioning, Judgment, Selling & Relationships)  In this episode of Power and Prime, host Anita continues the discussion on why degrees may no longer be the best path in today's marketplace and explains what Power and Prime teaches that classrooms don't. She outlines five "power skills" needed for the future of work: strategic language that creates access to decision-making rooms; positioning yourself so credibility and leadership are established before evaluation; judgment to make strategic decisions without being told the "right" answer; selling yourself and your work because competence alone can be invisible; and intentionally engineered relationships with influential stakeholders rather than only peers.  Anita argues these portable human skills will remain essential as industries restructure and the job market changes, emphasizing an increasingly entrepreneurial future where reputation, trust, and the ability to articulate value drive opportunity and income. 00:00 Confidence Starts Here 00:39 Degrees vs Future Value 01:21 Strategic Language Access 02:40 Positioning Over Performance 04:07 Judgment Beats Compliance 06:06 Sell Your Work 07:05 Engineer Key Relationships 09:34 Future Proof Five Skills 10:38 Entrepreneurial Future Work 12:08 Putting Skills to Work 12:49 Part Three Teaser

  7. Apr 21

    Your Master's Degree is a Hiding Place: Why More School Won't Save Your Career

    Your Degree Is the New High School Diploma: What Actually Gets You Chosen in Today's Market The speaker argues that a college degree is now the baseline for consideration in the corporate marketplace, not what gets someone chosen, and warns against over-leveraging credentials by stacking more degrees to "buy back" diminishing leverage.  They say additional degrees don't change how people in decision-making rooms read you—your presence, how you speak, what you understand about the room, and your ability to articulate value under pressure—and that in the age of AI, readily available knowledge further reduces the marketplace value of simply acquiring more information. Pursuing more school can delay the real work, consume time and money, and signal that you're missing the shift; instead, the most valuable currency is language, time in the room, visibility, relationships, and high-level judgment, including leaning into intuition and connection.  00:00 Confidence Game Plan 00:15 Degree Myth Exposed 02:11 Credential Stacking Trap 03:15 What Rooms Really Read 05:45 Hiding In School 06:15 Language Beats Paper 07:17 AI Shift And Intuition 07:50 Visibility And Relationships 08:32 Part Two Teaser

  8. Mar 27

    The 3 Career Moves That Actually Matter in Q2 (And Why Most Women Skip Them)

    3 Career Moves to Make in Q2 (That Most Women Skip) | Power & Prime Podcast Host Anita Miller explains why Q1 is largely administrative—performance reviews, bonus discussions, and goal-setting—and argues that Q2 is when professionals should make three key career moves to reach 2026 goals amid workplace change and AI-driven uncertainty.  Move 1 is to assess what Q1 revealed about your positioning, focusing on perception, language used to describe you, and whether you're known only as a "doer" versus someone valued for influence, communication, relationships, and judgment. Move 2 is to decide what you want on record by the end of Q2, since mid-year touchpoints and leadership ranking discussions shape promotions, restructuring decisions, and future compensation planning. Move 3 is to name and design a Q2 strategy (not just a plan), prioritizing relationships, influence, and intentional visibility to shape how leaders talk about you. She invites listeners to PowerandPrime.com for a free trial.    00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:15 Why Q2 Matters  02:21 Move 1 Positioning Audit 06:22 Identity in the AI Era  09:31 Move 2 Get on Record 12:03 Midyear Ranking Reality  15:40 Move 3 Strategy Over Plans 16:55 Relationships and Influence 18:40 Q2 Recap and Next Steps  19:44 Join Power and Prime

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The Power & Prime™ Podcast is where women learn how to think, speak, and lead with power in a new era of work shaped not only by humans but AI. Whether you're securing your next role, protecting your position, or advancing to the executive level, this show teaches you how to use language as your greatest strategy. Each episode breaks down how to navigate power dynamics, communicate with authority, and stay visible in a rapidly changing workplace, so you can lead confidently, stay relevant, and rise on your own terms.

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  • Creator
    ShAnita Miller - Career & Leadership Strategist
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    183
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