The Unspoken Truths for Women's Career Success

The Utah Women & Leadership Project invites you step into a world of inspiration and empowerment by joining our 2025 ten-part webinar “Women in Leadership Executive Speaker Series.” This series is a celebration of dynamic and influential women who have shattered the glass ceiling landscape in Utah.

For our second webinar in this series, Dr. Susan R. Madsen will interview Tessa White, a highly acclaimed expert on building career strategies and re-engaging people in the workplace today. She recently published a book titled “The Unspoken Truths for Career Success: Navigating Pay, Promotions, and Power at Work,” with Stephen M. R. Covey stating it was a “terrific read for the new generations rising in the workforce—and for their leaders.” Dr. Madsen will ask Tessa questions about a variety of topics in her book and how her advice might be crafted specifically for women. This engaging discussion will focus on a variety of topics, including the truths about pay, promotions, loyalty, burnout, and office politics and power. Tessa believes that mastering these unspoken truths can help women receive greater recognition, increase opportunities for pay and promotions, and provide a path to greater influence and power.

Sponsors: Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University & Utah State University Extension

Panelist

Tessa White is founder of The Job Doctor, a practice dedicated to building career strategies and re-engage people in the workplace. She is a former Fortune 50 executive, and a 25-year HR executive helping companies with fast growth and aggressive merger/acquisition strategies. Her career began with Stephen R. Covey, acclaimed leadership expert. She has used his principles throughout her career to create award winning people strategies. She was recently named in Disruptor Magazine as one of the top female entrepreneurs to watch in 2021 and in USA Today and one of the top speakers to watch in 2022. Her thought leadership on the modern workplace makes her a frequent guest on national television shows and in top tier publications. She has amassed more than 1 million followers on social media, and she is ranked in the top 2% of creators on her LIVE career sessions on TikTok.

Moderator

Dr. Susan R. Madsen is considered one of the top global scholars and thought leaders on the topic of women’s leadership, has authored or edited nine books, and has published hundreds of articles, chapters, and reports. Her research has been cited in the U.S. News and World Report, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Parenting Magazine, Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Washington Post. She is also a regular contributor to Forbes and other local and state newspapers. Professor Madsen is the Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and serves on many nonprofit and community boards. She is also the Founding Director of the Utah Women & Leadership Project, the visionary behind Utah’s A Bolder Way Forward, and her passion is to strengthen the impact of girls and women in Utah and worldwide.

Host or Publisher Utah Women & Leadership Project