OVERLOOKED NO MORE CHALLENGE

The 5-Day Professional Women's Breakthrough Challenge

For Professional Women Who Keep Delivering Results but Keep Getting Passed Over.

You work hard. You deliver results. So why aren't you getting the recognition, influence and career advancement you deserve?

Mon 23 – Fri 27 Nov 2026
Live on Zoom

2 PM EST (US/CA) · 7 PM GMT (UK) · 8 PM CET (EU) · 90 minutes daily · Interactive sessions

Founding cohort: $97

I'M DONE BEING OVERLOOKED

Risk-free. Attend the first three days. If it's not worth it, get every cent back.

Does This Sound Familiar?

You're good at what you do. Everyone says so. So why does it keep happening?

Your ideas are ignored until someone else repeats them. You make a suggestion in a meeting. Silence. A few minutes later, a colleague says practically the same thing, and suddenly everyone is listening.

You're trusted with the problems but overlooked for the opportunities.

When something goes wrong, you're the person everyone calls. But when a leadership position opens, your name rarely comes up.

Your performance is exceptional. Your rewards don't reflect it.

Your review praises your contribution, but your pay rise, bonus or recognition tells a very different story.

Every year, you're told you're almost ready.

You've heard "not quite ready" so many times that you're beginning to wonder what more you must prove.

Every year, you're told you're almost ready.

You've heard "not quite ready" so many times that you're beginning to wonder what more you must prove.

You can't seem to get it right.

When you stay quiet, you're told to speak up. When you speak confidently, you're called too aggressive or too outspoken.

You're doing the work of the next level without getting the recognition of the next level.

You train new colleagues, take on extra responsibilities, fix problems and keep things running. Yet your career remains in the same place.

You've done what you were told. You worked harder. You got the extra qualification. You said yes to more.

And you still find yourself asking: what more do I have to do?

Here's the honest answer. Probably not more. Something different.

You're Not the Problem. You're Missing the Rules.

Let's be clear about something. You are not broken, and this is not another programme telling you to fix yourself.

Careers don't move on hard work alone. They move through a system: who knows your work, how your value is described, who says your name when you're not in the room, and when and how you ask.

Most women were never shown how that system works. They were told to work hard and wait to be noticed.

30%

WOMEN HOLD JUST 30% of MANAGERIAL POSITIONS WORLDWIDE.

That means 7 out of every 10 managerial positions are held by men.

International Labour Organization, 2025

Some of that is structural, and it isn't your job to carry it alone. But the system has rules, and rules can be learned. Once you can see them, you stop guessing and start choosing.

That's what the next five days are about: seeing the system, then learning to work it, without becoming someone you're not.

"Why Is a Man Running This?"

Fair question. You should ask it.

I'm not here to tell you what it feels like to be a woman at work. You know that far better than I ever will.

What I can tell you is what happens on the other side of the table.

For nearly two decades, I've worked with CEOs and senior leaders, the people who decide who gets the next role. I've sat in the rooms where talent is discussed and names are put forward, or quietly passed over. I've heard how capable women get described when they're not there to answer:

"She's not quite ready."

"She needs to be more strategic."

"She's excellent, but… not sure she can handle it."

Most of those women never knew those conversations happened.

I've also seen the other side. Over the years, I've coached many women through my executive and MBA programmes who went on to step into senior roles. What changed for them was rarely their talent. It was how they made their value visible, how they used their voice, and who they had behind them.

That's what this challenge gives you: what I've seen from that side of the table, so your work walks into those rooms before you do, and you walk in ready.

Your Five Days

Each day builds on the one before. First you see what's keeping you stuck. Then you make your value visible, get your voice heard and get the right people behind you. Finally, you build a plan that makes the change last.

DAY 1Monday 23 November
Find Out What's Really Keeping You Stuck
The habits that helped you get noticed early in your career are often the same ones holding you back now. Today you'll find out which ones are yours.
- How capable women get stuck, and where you are right now
- Why we hold on to habits even when we know they're not working
- The 12 habits that most often hold talented women back
- The perfection trap: why waiting until everything is flawless keeps you invisible
- Ruminating: how replaying every mistake drains the energy you need to move forward
You'll leave with: your personal 12-Habits Assessment, and the one habit you'll work on first.
DAY 2Tuesday 24 November
Make Your Value Visible
Now that you know your patterns, we start with the one that costs women the most: hoping great work will speak for itself.
- Claiming your achievements without feeling like you're bragging
- Expecting others to notice and reward you: why waiting quietly leaves your career in other people's hands
- Overvaluing expertise: why being the best at your current job isn't the same as being ready for the next one
You'll leave with: a Wins File template, so your next review writes itself, and your own 3-sentence impact statement.
DAY 3Wednesday 25 November
Speak So the Room Listens
Your value is clear now. Today is about how you put it across in meetings, in emails and in the moment.
- The disease to please: how saying yes to everyone weakens your influence
- Minimising: the small words, apologies and hesitations that make you sound less sure than you are
- Too much: when too many words, too much detail or too much emotion buries your point
- Disagreeing without being labelled "difficult," and what to say when someone takes credit for your idea
You'll leave with: word-for-word scripts for the moments that matter most.
DAY 4Thursday 26 November
Get Your Name Into the Right Rooms
You're visible and you're heard. Now you make sure the right people are saying your name when you're not in the room.
- Building rather than leveraging relationships: making your network work for your goals, not just everyone else's
- Failing to enlist allies from day one: why waiting to ask for support costs you
- Putting your job before your career: loyalty to your role vs. ownership of your future
- Mentors vs. sponsors, and how to get both
You'll leave with: your Sponsor Map, showing who decides, who influences and who already knows your work, plus a script for the "here's what I want next" conversation.
DAY 5Friday 27 November
Turn Your Breakthrough into Action
Most people know what to change. Few manage to make it last. Today you build the plan that does.
- Letting your radar distract you: turning your awareness of everyone and everything into focus on what matters for you
- Start with one thing: why changing one habit beats trying to fix everything at once
- Don't do it alone: choosing the people who'll notice your progress and keep you honest
- Let go of judgement: changing without beating yourself up along the way
- Remember what got you here: keeping the strengths that brought you this far while you let go of what no longer serves you
You'll leave with: your 30-Day Professional Breakthrough Plan, built around your one habit, your allies and your milestones, plus your promotion-conversation script.

Is This for You?

This is for you if:

You have years of experience and a proven track record, yet your career progression hasn't reflected the value you bring.
You're ready for management or senior leadership, but you struggle to get decision-makers to see you as the obvious choice.
You consistently deliver results, take on additional responsibilities and go beyond expectations, yet your title, pay or influence remain unchanged.
You're tired of being told to "speak up", "be more visible" or "show more leadership" without anyone explaining how to do it effectively.
You're ready to stop leaving your professional advancement to chance and take intentional steps to communicate your value, strengthen your influence and position yourself for the next level.

This is not for you if:

You expect someone to guarantee you a promotion or a new leadership position in just five days.
You're looking for temporary motivation rather than practical strategies you are willing to put into action.
You believe your organisation should recognise your value without you taking an active role in communicating it and positioning yourself.

Meet Your Facilitator

“He trains the people who decide who gets promoted.”

10,000+ leaders trainedGold Mastery, Systems ThinkingTrained Nigerian Navy senior officers6,500+ master's students

Obianuju (Uju) Onwuzulike

Global Strategy Consultant · Leadership Expert · Executive Development Coach

Meet Your Facilitator on LinkedIn

For nearly two decades, Uju has worked with CEOs, senior executives and decision-makers, the people who sit in the rooms where careers are shaped. He has trained more than 10,000 leaders and executives around the world. Many of the women he has coached through his executive and MBA programmes have gone on to step into senior roles.

He trained under the late Steve Haines, the American strategist and systems thinker. In 2010 he became a global partner of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management in California. He holds Gold Mastery in Strategic Management and Systems Thinking, and is the second African and the first Nigerian to reach it.

In 2012, the Nigerian Navy brought him in to train its senior officers in systems thinking and strategy aboard NNS Aradu, then the Navy's flagship. He was the first African to do so.

Today he teaches Strategic Management, Strategic Leadership and Innovation at Rome Business School and Docenti Global Business School, where he has taught more than 6,500 master's students. He is Founder and CEO of Mentoring Consult Ltd and Valcrest Advisory OÜ in Tallinn, Estonia. He created the world first Systems Leadership Index™ and is the author of the forthcoming book The Accountability Paradox.

Why this challenge? Working alongside the people who make promotion decisions, Uju has seen the same pattern again and again: capable women doing outstanding work, and still being passed over. The Overlooked No More Challenge is his answer.

Be Part of Something That Moves Your Career Forward.

This is your opportunity to take a deliberate step towards the professional recognition, influence and career advancement you deserve.

You will be guided by an experienced strategy consultant, leadership expert and executive development coach who has trained more than 10,000 leaders.

This is not about promising you a promotion in five days. It is about giving you practical tools, strategies and a clear action plan to help you communicate your value, strengthen your influence and position yourself for the next level.

And because this is the founding cohort, you get to join at a special introductory price of $97.

What is staying overlooked costing you?

Imagine delivering results year after year, yet watching others receive the promotions you have worked so hard to earn.

A promotion with a $10,000 annual salary increase could mean an extra $50,000 over five years. What could that mean for your future?

The real cost of being overlooked goes beyond today's salary. It affects your earning potential, influence and career growth.

For just $97, join the Overlooked No More Challenge and learn to communicate your value, strengthen your influence and position yourself for the next level.

Your next chapter starts with the decision to act.

Everything you get

5 live sessions on Zoom, 90 minutes each (7.5 hours in total)
Replays of every session, so a busy day never means missing out
Your 12-Habits Assessment, and the one habit you'll work on first
Your Wins File template and 3-sentence impact statement
Word-for-word scripts for meetings, credit-taking and disagreement
Your Sponsor Map
Your 30-Day Breakthrough Plan and promotion-conversation script
Daily exercises and a workbook

Founding cohort investment

Worth: $1,500 but pay

$97

One payment. Five days. 7.5 hours that could change how your next year goes.

Founding registration closes Sunday 22 November. This price won't be offered again.

I'M DONE BEING OVERLOOKED — JOIN FOR ONLY $97

3-Day
Guarantee

The 3-Day Breakthrough Guarantee

Try it first. Decide after.

Come to the first three sessions. Do the exercises. If, by the end of Day 3 (Wednesday 25 November), you don't feel it's worth far more than $97, send us an email before Day 4 starts and we'll refund every cent.

No forms. No awkward questions. No fine print.

Questions You Might Have

Monday 23 to Friday 27 November 2026, live on Zoom, 90 minutes a day: 2 PM EST · 7 PM GMT · 8 PM CET.

You've Been Patient Long Enough.

You could keep doing what you've always done, working harder and hoping someone eventually notices.

Or you could give yourself five evenings to learn the rules, find your words and walk away with a plan.

Your work is already good enough. Now it's time for it to be seen.

Monday 23 – Friday 27 November 2026 · Live on Zoom · Replays included

Founding cohort investment: $97 · Full refund if it's not worth it after Day 3