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## [Moving Obstacles, Building Workplaces Where Women Win (and that doesn’t mean men lose)](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/transforming-influence/moving-obstacles-building-workplaces-where-women-win-and-that-doesnt-mean-men-lose)

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 by [Dawn Yoder Graber](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/transforming-influence/author/dawn-yoder-graber)   
on August 25, 2025

Imagine pushing your hands out in front of you, as if against a strong force. That’s what it feels like for many women navigating systems still full of baked-in gender gaps. Pay. Leadership. ...

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[December 19, 2024 •  8 min read

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###### The Power of Listening: Unlocking Potential Through Connection and Opportunity

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[August 15, 2024 •  6 min read

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###### Coaching Cares

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[April 18, 2024 •  7 min read

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###### Why Build a Coaching Culture?

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[April 04, 2024 •  8 min read

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###### Get Wise, Equipped, & WIN as a Woman in Business

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[February 22, 2024 •  8 min read

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###### The Power of Self-Affirmation - Part 2

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[January 11, 2024 •  8 min read

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###### The Power of Self-Affirmation - Part 1

By Dawn Yoder Graber

](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/transforming-influence/the-power-of-self-affirmation-part-1)

[December 14, 2023 •  10 min read

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###### Women's Advances in 2023.

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[October 12, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### Women as self-negotiators. Yeah, we’re doing it.

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[September 14, 2023 •  8 min read

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###### Listening, Learning & Helping as a Team

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[August 24, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### Barbieland Versus the Real World

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[August 10, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### Self-Care: A Process AND A Practice, Part 2

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[June 08, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### Self-Care: A Process AND A Practice, Part 1

By Dawn Yoder Graber

](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/transforming-influence/self-care-a-process-and-a-practice-part-1)

[May 11, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### We Need Leaders Who Prioritize Mental Health For All…

By Dawn Yoder Graber

](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/transforming-influence/anxious-lonely-times-need-leaders-who-prioritize-mental-health-for-all)

[April 13, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### Meeting Mindfulness

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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[March 09, 2023 •  7 min read

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###### It’s 2023. And yes, women’s work is… (Part 2)

By Dawn Yoder Graber

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