Janei Holder is redefining what it looks like to thrive in your career and show up as your full self. The product manager turned style influencer is blending boardroom strategy with bold personal branding, and her latest project is a game-changer for women navigating corporate spaces.
With a background in software delivery, business analysis, and product management, Holder has spent years mastering how to move through male-dominated industries with clarity, confidence, and class. Now, she’s sharing that blueprint in her newly released ebook, The Boardroom Baddie Playbook, a guide created for ambitious women ready to elevate their careers without dimming their light.
“The version of you who’s confident, well-dressed, and unapologetically bold already exists,” Holder writes. “She just needs the room to show up. You don’t have to shrink to be taken seriously, you just have to know how to own the room.”
The Playbook dives into real-world strategies for career advancement, self-advocacy, and navigating workplace dynamics all through the lens of authenticity. It’s tailored for millennial and Gen Z women who are tired of choosing between being respected and being themselves. Readers have called it “the career pep talk I didn’t know I needed” and “the big sister advice I wish I had in my first job.”
Holder’s mission is deeply personal: to help women, especially women of color, lead with confidence, clarity, and style. Her platform is growing into a full suite of resources, including:
• The Polished Powerhouse Planner – a chic productivity tool designed for career-focused women
• Signature workbags and capsule collections – merging functionality with feminine professionalism
• Digital workshops and live events – on topics like personal branding, career pivots, and leadership development
Her upcoming appearances include podcast guest spots and a collaboration with the 2025 Empower Her event, where attendees will receive copies of The Boardroom Baddie Playbook.
“I want women to stop asking for a seat at the table and start building their own, complete with velvet chairs and gold place settings,” Holder says.
Her approach reflects a cultural shift happening in real-time: women are done playing small. They want tools that reflect their ambition and their identity. Holder’s platform offers both career strategy and confidence-building, style and substance.
If you’ve ever questioned whether you can be powerful and polished, professional and expressive, this is your sign that you can. And Janei Holder is here to help you do exactly that.
