"From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap"
"From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap"
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"From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap"
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"From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap"
"From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap"
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Session: From Execution to Strategy: How Women Break the “Trusted Doer” Trap
Many high-performing women find themselves consistently relied upon for execution, delivery, and problem-solving - yet overlooked when strategic roles or promotions are discussed. This session explores the “Trusted Doer” trap: a common but rarely named pattern where competence becomes a ceiling rather than a lever for advancement.Drawing on real-world experience working closely with executive leadership and decision-making forums, this talk explains how promotion and leadership readiness are evaluated beyond results alone. Participants will learn why performance does not automatically translate into strategic visibility, how leadership perception is formed, and what signals differentiate “reliable execution” from “strategic leadership”.
The panel/session offers practical guidance on how women can reposition their work, shift their leadership narrative, and move from being indispensable executors to recognized strategic leaders. Attendees will leave with concrete insights they can apply to break career stagnation and progress toward roles with greater scope, influence, and impact.
Key Takeaways
- A clear understanding of the “Trusted Doer” trap and why consistently strong execution can unintentionally limit access to strategic roles and opportunities
- Clarity on how leadership potential is evaluated in practice, beyond delivery quality and operational reliability
- The ability to identify the specific signals that distinguish strategic leaders from reliable executors in promotion and leadership discussions
- Practical guidance on how to reposition work and contributions to demonstrate strategic thinking without self-promotion or performative visibility
- Actionable steps to shift from execution-focused recognition to strategic impact, enabling greater influence, scope, and leadership trust
Bio
Panelists:Viktoriya Tsytsak is a senior strategy and transformation leader with 20+ years of experience across Big-4 consulting and global IT services organizations. She currently serves as Senior Director in the CEO Office at Intellias. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with founders and executive teams on strategy execution, governance, and enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
Viktoriya has extensive experience observing and shaping how leadership decisions, promotions, and strategic roles are formed in complex organizations. She is passionate about helping high-performing professionals transition from execution-heavy roles into positions of leadership impact.
Kehinde is a Principal Technical Business Analyst at Ofgem with over ten years of experience delivering complex transformation programmes. She specialises in bridging execution and strategy, working closely with senior leadership to shape operating models, drive organisational change, and enable strategic decision making. Passionate about empowering women in technology, Kehinde actively mentors and speaks on leadership, growth, and navigating career progression beyond delivery roles. She is currently part of a senior sponsorship programme, focused on progressing into senior civil service leadership.
Swati Sharma is the Global Business Information Security Officer for S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Organization, where she defines and executes security strategy to protect critical data assets and enable secure, compliant digital transformation. With 17 + years of experience in cybersecurity governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, cloud security, audits, and data protection, she brings deep expertise in financial data security and privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Before joining S&P Global, Swati spent nearly six years at Amazon and AWS, leading global information security governance and building scalable security frameworks across the enterprise. She holds a suite of industry recognised certifications—including CISSP, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CCSP, and others—and is a frequent author and speaker in international security magazines and conferences. A passionate advocate for cybersecurity education and diversity in STEM, Swati has trained over 5,000 professionals and regularly delivers engaging, business focused sessions on security awareness, secure by design engineering, and practical risk management. Her leadership fosters a culture of shared security responsibility across the organization.
Moderator:
Burçak Akbıyık is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience leading global, cross-functional teams in complex, international environments. Most recently, she served as Head of P&T PMO at Adevinta (Amsterdam), where she led global transformation initiatives, established PMO processes, and built an international project management community to strengthen collaboration and delivery across teams. Having worked closely with teams from multiple countries and cultures, she brings deep, hands-on experience in navigating cultural differences and communication challenges in global tech organizations.
Previously, Burçak managed and coached global teams in Ebay, Sanofi and Roche, fostered a strong growth and feedback culture across distributed teams. Her work focused on enabling high-performing, inclusive teams by improving communication, psychological safety, and alignment across cultures.
Burçak holds both a BSc in Computer Engineering and an MSc in Software Engineering Project Management from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She is passionate about leadership, team dynamics, and creating environments where diverse teams can collaborate effectively and thrive.
