You're not an impostor.
You're just leading in a system that wasn't built for you.
Real & Worthy partners with mid- to senior-level professionals and faculty in higher education — and the institutions that serve them — to strengthen leadership, disrupt deficit narratives, and build organizational cultures where people can truly thrive.
The rules are different for women. Especially Women of Color. The strategy that works for some may not work for you, and if you've tried it, you've probably felt the cost. We can't lead the same way without paying a price that others simply don't have to pay.
This work is grounded in self, strategy, and systems, and designed to fit your actual needs, not a generic version of you.
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Every engagement is built around one belief: you already have what it takes. My job is to help you access it, trust it, and use it strategically and without self-abandonment.
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The Person Behind the Work
Nicole Pullian
Founder & CEO, Real & Worthy
Some of the most important people in my life call me Mommy. I'm a first-generation trailblazer, a tenured professor, and a Woman of Color who has spent over 20 years inside the very systems I now help others navigate.
I don't coach from the outside. I coach from experience because I've sat in those rooms, fought those fights, and learned what it actually takes to lead fully without leaving yourself behind.