Fareeda Ahmed has seen her share of sexist environments. She got her MBA at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, worked on Wall Street and most recently joined Arthur D. Little, a global consulting firm, to advise Hollywood firms on technology. The Consulting Report named her one of 2023’s top 25 digital transformation leaders: She was one of only five women on the list, and she can tell you why.
“Consulting can be a really difficult industry for women,” she told TheWrap for this week’s Office With a View. “Women, including myself, go through impostor syndrome, undercutting ourselves and apologizing before we give answers can undermine the trust that’s required for successful consulting engagements.