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The Story Trust Gap. Why women edit themselves and what it costs their business.
For entrepreneurs and business owners, next-generation leaders, and general corporate audiences.
Using real-life stories collected from female leaders across industries, this session names the Story Trust Gap and the pre-edit, the tiny adjustment women make before they speak. It then traces where it comes from and what it costs a business as well as an individual; invisible expertise, lost innovation, marketing that sounds like everyone else’s. The audience takes part in a silent three-sentence exercise that reveals their own gap, and the talk closes on one idea: be truer, not braver.
- A name for something women have felt but never named and permission to stop treating it as a personal flaw
- A clear sense of the personal and business cost of self-editing
- One practical exercise they can do to start to close the gap, something small enough to remember and specific enough to matter.
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About Hilary
Hilary Salzman is a business storytelling consultant, closing the gap between women’s truth and what they say without cost.
She's the author of The Roar of Her Story (shortlisted for Business Book Awards 2025). She spent 20 years in corporate marketing at major tech brands before launching her storytelling consultancy.
Hilary brings a unique and refreshing blend of professional storytelling and a personal journey that resonates powerfully with women.
She is candid about the twists and turns of her career and intimately understands the struggle of being authentic in a world clouded by self-doubt and limiting beliefs.
Hilary doesn't teach women to be louder or more polished. She shows them how to use their true voice and real experiences, even the messy bits, to build genuine connections, build a successful business and take up the space they truly deserve.
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