
When the Clients Who Loved You, Turn On You
Client insurrections arrive on a predictable schedule. Here’s why they come for women hardest — and what the playbook looks like.
Strategic analysis of how cultural influence actually works—decoded for entrepreneurs building frameworks that shape how people think, work, and live. By Kelly Diels
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Client insurrections arrive on a predictable schedule. Here’s why they come for women hardest — and what the playbook looks like.

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I say this in nearly every training I teach these days and it reliably stops the room: your audience is not your client.

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