We live above all in our world of thought, which holds us in its spell. Reality plays a subordinate role since our inner world influences how we perceive reality, so our thoughts are superpowers to tap into. As a kid, my father used to tell me stories of a fictional German nobleman, which were created…
Building Resilience When Life Throws You A Plot Twist
Every so often life throws us a plot twist that can send us reeling. Whether it’s a work challenge, a relationship obstacle, or unexpected financial difficulties, when things don’t go the way we planned, or when we’re thrown off balance by the unexpected, it’s often the case that we start to doubt ourselves. It’s at…
How Women Rise – How much is too much? (Habit #10)
When it comes to showing up emotionally in the workplace, women are often perplexed by their reputation for showing too much emotion or, in some cases, not showing enough. This expectation and pursuit of a wonderfully balanced and consistently applied emotional demonstration seems to be more prominent for female employees than males and can put…
4 weeks in the life of the Women@Work and TAG Career Accelerator Program High achieving women often get to a point in their career where they have a niggling feeling that they want more for themselves. They know deep down that they are capable of more and yet something is holding them back. Sometimes, it…
How Women Rise – Failing to enlist Allies (Habit #5)
The circle of trust Spoiler Alert! If you planned to watch Shrek The Third, here comes a spoiler and you should stop reading now. Dreamwork launched the movie over ten years ago and it is a great example of why we need to enlist allies around ourselves. In a nutshell, Princess Fiona is locked in…
How Women Rise – Leveraging Relationships (Habit #4)
Professional women naturally have strong networks now it is time to pull in the favors One of the greatest strengths of women in all settings and communities is their ability to build rapport with people. Rapport is the foundation of trust within a relationship, this naturally leads to the conclusion that it is highly probable…
How Women Rise – Overvaluing Expertise (Habit #3)
As we continue with the insightful overview of the “How Women Rise” habits from the award-winning author Sally Helgesen, this month we look at Overvaluing Expertise and redefining our expertise… Redefine what we do What is the expertise? The Cambridge Dictionary defines it as a high level of knowledge or skill. When do you reach…
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The Choice of Excellence Zayed University has a distinguished reputation as one of UAE’s leading public universities to educate future leaders and prepare them for success in their chosen careers. Since its inception in 1998, the emphasis at Zayed University has always been on challenging, guiding, and supporting students to be the very best that…
Get Unstuck: Activate Your Career
The recent world events have caused a lot of people to rethink their idea of what the perfect career is. Industries will change greatly due to layoffs, redundancies, and people’s habits changing in reaction to having to stay at home, etc. In addition, the XYZ generations are thankfully not tied to the concept of following…
How Women Rise – Expecting others to see your contributions (Habit #2)
Speak up on behalf of your own contributions. There is no surprise that women are often the preferred foot soldiers when there is a job that needs to be driven across the line efficiently and effectively. Do you find yourself being the foot soldier on the ground? Often, being a very enthusiastic contributor with a…