Journalism Body of Work
Before she coached high-impact leaders, Chitra shaped national conversations as a journalist for mainstream media including National Public Radio and U.S. News & World Report.
Today, she continues to write and publish her opinion pieces across platforms, offering a unique, often counterintuitive perspective on power, status, and perception in leadership.
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Op-eds, Columns, and Investigative Reporting
Recent Articles
Psychology Today
How to Power Through Your Power-Through Mindset
Psychology Today
A Simple Mind Trick to Help You Succeed
Kristi Noem Is a Case Study in How a Person Loses Power and Influence When They Don't Protect Their Status
How to Power Through Your Power-Through Mindset
A Simple Mind Trick to Help You Succeed
How to Win by Lowering the Stakes
Why Kamala Harris Needed Tim Walz at Her CNN Interview
How Sunk Cost Fallacy Impacts 2024 Political Decision-Making
Leading With Influence and Impact
What Fani Willis's Pyrrhic Win Teaches All Working Women
Alexei Navalny's Use of Subtext and Symbolism Lives On
Op-eds/Columns
Kristi Noem Is a Case Study in How a Person Loses Power and Influence When They Don't Protect Their Status
“Mar-a-Gaza” vs. Hamas Inc—Trump’s ‘Mar-a-Gaza’ vision faces one roadblock: the Hamas Inc. brand that’s survived the destruction
My Critics Have It Wrong. Talking About Kamala Harris’ Style Isn’t Sexist—It’s Strategy
Kamala Harris Is Well-Suited for President--but Poorly Dressed
Harris must flex her muscles on national security — and fast
Kamala needs to ‘man up’ for her debate against Trump
Why Kamala Harris needs a 'competent' white man to win
Biden and his backers are falling for the sunk cost fallacy
As Fani Willis shows, dominant, ambitious women leaders pay price
Kamala Harris has a credibility crisis. She could use some urgent media un-training
What Kevin McCarthy Really Lost in Congress and the Corporate Executive Challenge He Now Faces
Elon Musk Needs a Twittervention
How the Media Fell for SBF's Con Game-Again and Again and Again
U.S. News Cover Articles
FBI Inc.
June 18, 2001
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