I’m sorry, but……… I just wanted to follow up……..I won’t take too much of your time……..you are invited to a short session…………. let’s have a quick call……maybe this sounds silly……it might not be important but ……you may have already thought of this…… How often do you catch yourself starting a sentence with these kinds of…
A curable disease-the disease to please
Many women start out in their early careers as very enthusiastic contributors. Saying yes to assignments, raising their hand to volunteer for projects that others may not want to take on, accepting assignments from their boss even in cases where it is clear to them that there is little or no benefit to themselves by…
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 – 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…
Join Zayed University in Fall 2020
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…
Overcoming Adversity
Overcoming adversity is something we’ll all have to do in our lifetime. Job loss. Health loss. Financial loss. Loss of loved ones. All real adversities to which none of us are immune. Of course, what is adversity to one person might not be adversity to the next. Everyone has a different threshold for stress and perception…
Mentors – Why every entrepreneur should have one…
Transforming yourself into a successful entrepreneur is like living in a thriller novel. Life is full of excitement, risk, difficult decisions and the twists and turns can leave even the most hardened business person breathless. When the hero (you!) eventually triumphs the sense of relief and achievement will be overwhelming. The protagonist in every good…