EWF Forums CONNECT Networking Series – Ascending Leaders

Owning Your Narrative: Confidence as the Key to Successful Mid-Year Reviews

Talking about your accomplishments can feel like walking a fine line between confidence and arrogance. This session explores how to “brag” in a way that feels authentic, professional, and well-received. It focuses on grounding achievements in facts, outcomes, and team impact rather than exaggeration or self-promotion for its own sake. By using specific examples, giving credit to collaborators, and tying contributions to broader goals, individuals can communicate their value without alienating others. The approach reframes bragging as clear, respectful self-advocacy—an essential skill for career growth, performance reviews, and everyday professional conversations.

Please join us as special guest speaker, Kara Schlageter, shares tips on how confidence can be used to build trust, highlight impact, and set a compelling course toward success for the remainder of the year.

About the Ascending Leaders Forum

The EWF Ascending Leaders Forum offers women leaders in cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, audit, and privacy an empowering space to grow personally and professionally, tackle challenges in real-time, and explore future trends in the industry. Through webinars, in-person and virtual networking events, peer-to-peer activities, and online groups and resources, mid-level women leaders have the opportunity to learn, evolve, and collaborate with one another.

If you are interested in joining the Ascending Leaders Forum, please complete the interest form on our website.