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Leadership Variations: Unfiltered

Leadership Variations: Unfiltered

De : Amy Bladen Shatto PhD PCC
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Season 1: Cracking the Code – From Underestimated to Undeniable spotlights senior women in STEM who’ve broken barriers and redefined success. If you’re a woman in science, tech, engineering, or math—or you lead teams in these fields—this series offers real stories, bold leadership, and hard-won insight you won’t hear anywhere else. These candid conversations go beyond inspiration—they offer career insight, leadership lessons, and visibility strategies for STEM women leaders navigating executive paths.

Each episode features unfiltered stories from women who’ve risen to executive roles in industries that weren’t built for them. We unpack how they navigated bias, burnout, reinvention, and visibility—without apology and without a playbook.

Leadership Variations: Unfiltered is a limited-series podcast exposing the messier side of leadership—the parts no one talks about, but every leader lives. Each series explores a different high-stakes topic: rising without apology as a woman in STEM, redefining success after burnout or reinvention, busting leadership myths that don’t hold up in the real world, making bold talent decisions without a clear playbook, and leading when the politics are real—but the guidance is vague.

If you’re leading through complexity, developing leaders others overlook, or navigating visibility at the top—this podcast is for you.

Hosted by Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto—a leadership strategist and executive coach with 25+ years of experience advising senior leaders and developing talent in high-growth and Fortune 100 companies


Learn more at www.leadershipvariations.com


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    • Cracking the Code: From Underestimated to Undeniable with Tara Hernandez, MONGODB
      Jan 20 2026

      What if the most important parts of leadership never show up on a résumé?

      In this episode of Leadership Variations: Unfiltered, Amy Blaydon sits down with Tara Hernandez, Vice President of Developer Productivity at MongoDB, for a candid conversation about what leadership in STEM actually demands—beyond credentials, titles, and technical brilliance.

      With a career spanning Netscape, Mozilla, Pixar, Google, and MongoDB, Tara reflects on why leadership success is less about solving technical problems and more about navigating people, alignment, credibility, and influence at scale.

      This conversation explores the invisible work of leadership:
      • Developing others as your true legacy
      • Transitioning from expert to people leader
      • Navigating credibility and bias in senior roles
      • Why sponsorship—not confidence—is the real accelerator
      • What senior leaders should optimize for as scope and complexity grow

      If you lead in STEM, manage senior talent, or are building leadership pipelines, this episode offers grounded insight into what actually moves organizations forward.

      🎧 Available on YouTube and all major podcast platforms
      📌 Subscribe for unfiltered conversations on leadership, credibility, and real behavior change


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      Highlights

      00:10 – About Tara

      02:10 – From Technical Expert to People Leader

      04:19 – Leadership Is a People Problem

      08:41 – Aligning Smart, Opinionated Teams

      10:57 – Credibility and Perception in STEM Leadership

      15:29 – Mentorship vs. Sponsorship

      18:07 – The Readiness Trap

      20:11 – What Senior Leaders Should Optimize For

      20:59 - Are You Ready Enough For The Role?

      23:33 – The Leadership Legacy That Matters Most


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      🎥 Watch this conversation and explore more Unfiltered leadership content:
      www.youtube.com/@leadershipvariations

      Work with Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto
      📈 Tired of being underestimated? Partner with a coach who specializes in helping leaders in STEM break barriers and accelerate impact. Book a consultation →
      https://calendly.com/abladenshatto/30min
      🌐 Learn more → https://www.leadershipvariations.com
      🔗 Connect on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybladenshatto
      🔗 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadvarunfiltered/
      🔗 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadvarunfiltered/

      About the Host
      Leadership Variations: Unfiltered is hosted by Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto, PhD, PCC, BCC — an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with over 25 years of experience helping organizations make faster, smarter leadership decisions. She specializes in science-based assessment, executive coaching, and leadership development strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.

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      26 min
    • Cracking the Code: From Underestimated to Undeniable with Dr. Natalie Crawford, DVM, Veterinary Pathologist, Operations EXEC, & Coach
      Dec 9 2025

      Leadership Variations: Unfiltered | Series 1, Episode 4

      Leadership Challenges & Growth with Dr. Natalie Crawford, DVM, Veterinary Pathologist, Operations EXEC, & Coach

      In this powerful episode of Leadership Variations: Unfiltered, Dr. Natalie Crawford shares the unfiltered truth about leadership growth, identity, and resilience as a woman of color in STEM. With 20+ years across animal health, pharma, and medical devices—and a rare blend of scientific rigor, operational leadership, and DEI expertise—Natalie reveals what real leadership looks like behind the résumé.

      She opens up about:

      • Shifting from subject-matter expert to global leader
      • Learning to lead without being the “expert in the room”
      • Navigating identity, visibility, and underrepresentation in STEM
      • Why feedback, coaching, and a personal “board of directors” changed everything
      • How she overcame self-doubt, isolation, and high-stakes leadership pressure
      • And the one undeniable truth for women ready to rise into senior roles


      This episode is raw, insightful, and deeply grounding—a masterclass in leadership maturity for anyone advancing in STEM or navigating complex career transitions.


      Podcast Chapters:

      00:31- Meet Dr. Natalie Crawford

      02:01 - Leadership Skills You Don’t See on Resume

      03:54 - Leading During Difficult Moments

      07:26- From STEM Specialist to People Leader

      08:54 - The Identity Crisis of Leadership Advancement

      12:17 - How to Advocate for Your Own Coaching

      13:26 - Women of Color in STEM

      15:21 - Holding Identity Strong While Breaking Barriers

      18:20 - What She’d Do Differently (Or Not)

      20:07 - The Undeniable Take


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      🌐 Learn more: https://www.leadershipvariations.com
      🔗 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybladenshatto

      🔗 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadvarunfiltered/ 🔗Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadvarunfiltered

      Watch & Subscribe
      🎥 Watch this conversation and explore more Unfiltered leadership content:
      www.youtube.com/@leadershipvariations

      Work with Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto
      📈 Tired of being underestimated? Partner with a coach who specializes in helping leaders in STEM break barriers and accelerate impact. Book a consultation →
      https://calendly.com/abladenshatto/30min
      🌐 Learn more → https://www.leadershipvariations.com
      🔗 Connect on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybladenshatto

      About the Host
      Leadership Variations: Unfiltered is hosted by Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto, PhD, PCC, BCC — an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with over 25 years of experience helping organizations make faster, smarter leadership decisions. She specializes in science-based assessment, executive coaching, and leadership development strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.

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      23 min
    • Cracking the Code: From Underestimated to Undeniable with Jennifer Wipf, Ginko Bioworks
      Nov 11 2025

      Leadership Variations: Unfiltered | Series 1, Episode 3
      Leading Through Change & Authentic Leadership in STEM

      Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jennifer Webb, General Manager of the Biosolutes Business Unit at Ginkgo BioWorks, a pioneer in synthetic biology transforming diverse industries worldwide. With 7 years of leadership experience at Ginkgo, Jennifer shares her journey navigating massive organizational growth, restructuring, and the challenges and opportunities of leading in a high-change environment.

      In this episode, you’ll learn:

      • How Jennifer leveraged her technical and leadership strengths to succeed in a new general manager role
      • The complexities of guiding teams through disruptive change with empathy and excitement
      • Strategies for rebuilding trust with new and existing teams post-restructuring
      • The importance of authenticity in establishing leadership credibility and managing former peers who now report to you
      • A candid look at a difficult plant closure abroad - the leadership lessons it offered and how those challenges were turned into growth opportunities for her team
      • Career advice on embracing bold moves and recognizing that leadership trajectories are rarely linear
      • Empowering words for women leaders who feel underestimated and need help “cracking the code” for senior leadership success


      Podcast Chapters:

      00:19 Meet Jennifer Webb
      01:01 STEM Journey & Leadership Background
      02:25 Company Restructuring & New Role
      03:19 Navigating Change Management
      05:29 Building Trust with New Teams
      08:42 Authentic Leadership & Credibility
      12:48 Managing Plant Closure Abroad
      16:06 Empowering Teams Through Transition
      19:29 Career Growth & Bold Moves
      21:27 Advice for Underestimated Women Leaders

      Subscribe for more unfiltered leadership stories and practical insights from women breaking barriers in STEM and beyond.


      #WomenInSTEM #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutiveCoaching

      Watch & Subscribe
      🎥 Watch this conversation and explore more Unfiltered leadership content:
      www.youtube.com/@leadershipvariations

      Work with Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto
      📈 Tired of being underestimated? Partner with a coach who specializes in helping leaders in STEM break barriers and accelerate impact. Book a consultation →
      https://calendly.com/abladenshatto/30min
      🌐 Learn more → https://www.leadershipvariations.com
      🔗 Connect on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybladenshatto

      About the Host
      Leadership Variations: Unfiltered is hosted by Dr. Amy Bladen Shatto, PhD, PCC, BCC — an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with over 25 years of experience helping organizations make faster, smarter leadership decisions. She specializes in science-based assessment, executive coaching, and leadership development strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.

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      23 min
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