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TCS Podcast Episode 34: Lead like a woman!
Welcome back to the TCS podcast! In episode 34 of the podcast, I'm starting a series on "leading like women". Here, I'm chatting about what characterizes women's leadership, and how to embrace it to lead authentically and powerfully. This podcast refers to...
Leading like women: Redefining leadership as working women
During a workshop I had the pleasure of leading on working with purpose, most of the women in the group listed the same or similar strengths. Among these, were innovation, creativity, effective crisis management, to cite just a few. As we looked at each other, we not...
Hyper-sensitive? How to turn your hyper-sensitivity into an asset at work
Do you get overwhelmed when you have a lot to do in a short amount of time? Do you feel the need to take breaks during busy days to get some relief? As a child, were you perceived as “shy”, sensitive or introverted by your famiy and friends? If you’re reading the...
3 Ways People-pleasing Negatively Affects Your Career (and What to Do About It)
Do you have the tendency to put others’ needs before your own? Do you feel like in order to gain acceptance, approval and even love from others, you must bend over backwards for them? Or do you overly focus on others more than you do on yourself? If you’ve nodded...
12 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes to Inspire You to Reach Higher
Embed from Getty Images I remember walking around Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to the Terrou Bi hotel in my native city of Dakar, Senegal, a continent away from where one of the most influential Black leaders in history lived and died. As a young African girl...
2016, It’s Been Real: 7 Life Lessons this Past Year Taught Me
As I write this post, we're a few days away from 2017, and for so many of us, that means reflecting back on the past year. I have to say, 2016 has been quite the year, from everything that's happened around, to the many lessons I've personally learnt this year. As...
7 Steps to Plan Your Exit From Big Corporate
So it just hits you one day...After years in Big Corporate, doing the 9-to-5 thing, you’re finally ready to make the big JUMP into full-time entrepreneurship. Maybe up until now, you’ve been doing the side hustle thing here and there to lay the groundwork. But now,...
#NoMoreResolutions: 3 Simple Questions To Ask Yourself Before the New Year
We’re a few weeks/days away from the start of another year, and the New Year's Resolutions/Goals Machine, as I like to call it, is in full swing. Resolutions are being made, gym memberships are being shopped around, and goals are being set everywhere… But after a...
TCS Podcast Episode 39: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Goals for 2023
In this episode, I discuss 10 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals for 2023, as part of our professional goals. Here are some of the book resources cited in this episode: The Leaders’ Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection and...
6 Best Ways Women Can Avoid the Inflated ‘Pink Tax’
Although it is not a tax, the "pink tax" refers to a pricing structure favoring women's goods and services. According to BALANCE, women pay around 13 percent more for personal care items like body wash, shampoo, lotions, and perfume than men. Even razors targeted at...
How to fight weaponized incompetence at work and home
Let me ask you: When was the last time you decided to tidy up the kitchen yourself because no one else at home would do it, or do it right for that matter? How about taking over the task of organizing lunches and get-togethers in your department at work? Or even...
TCS Podcast episode 38: Less Resolutions, More Consistency in 2023!
In this podcast episode, the first in the new year 2023, I discuss skipping the usual resolutions and instead going for consistency in 2023! If you're like me, you may pick a word of the year at the beginning of each year to give your year more focus and direction....