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Welcome to Loud & Lifted — the podcast that names what other women-in-leadership shows won't. Toxic bosses. Glass walls. Salary gaps. The women who undermine you instead of lifting you. The things that are actually happening to you at work, said out loud.
Hosted by Betsy Hamm, former CEO, this isn't theory from someone who read a leadership book. It's the playbook from someone who had to figure it out in real time.
Every other Thursday, Betsy sits down with women who tell the truth about:
Toxic bosses, narcissists
Glass walls and workplace politics
Salary, raises, and the phrases that get you paid
Each interview is followed by a 10-minute Quick Lift — the tactical scripts, the specific moves, the part you can use.
No fake cheerleading. No fluff. Just the real conversation and what to do about it.
So you can be loud and lifted.
Rachel Druckenmiller is known for helping people get unmuted — to stop holding back, use their voice, and show up more fully in their lives and work.
But this conversation takes a different path.
Six years ago, Rachel was hit by a truck while out for a run and suffered a spinal fracture. In the months and years that followed, she had to rebuild her relationship with her body, her confidence, and her sense of trust in herself. She was presenting about hope and resilience while…
Betsy Hamm has spent 25 years on both sides of the table. As CEO, she scaled Duck Donuts from 20 stores to nearly 200 — making the calls on who got the raise, who got the promotion, and who got quietly passed over. She's also been the woman in the room second-guessing herself, holding back, and watching another woman get the credit she earned.
She started Loud & Lifted because the polite version of the women-in-leadership conversation wasn't helping anyone. The hardest part of the climb isn't the men at the top. It's the women who won't lift each other — and the voice in your own head telling you to play smaller. That's the real conversation, and it was happening in DMs and back channels instead of out loud. She decided to put it on a microphone.
She's also doing it for her two teenage daughters — and every young woman about to walk into a workplace that still hasn't figured this out. The goal isn't to warn them. It's to make sure the rules have changed by the time they get there.
Today, Betsy runs Betsy Hamm Lifted Studio, working with executives and emerging businesses on the things that actually move the needle. She's a keynote speaker, a lifelong learner, and done holding back.
The mic isn't for the loudest voice. It's for the realest one.
