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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...
Why Gender Inequality is Bad Business for Women’s Mental Health…
If you’ve ever experienced stress, anxiety or even depression from experiencing or being exposed to gender-based violence or discrimination, you’ve experienced some of the psychological effects of gender inequality. Indeed, gender Inequality is not only bad for...
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...
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....
How to Set Family Goals for the New Year
After becoming a mother, I started getting in the habit of setting goals for my growing family. This became all the more important as our family kept growing, and the demands of work and life in general started taking over. Achieving some semblance of balance became...
How to deal with resentment as a working mom
How many times as a working mom have you felt a wave of resentment come up at the thought of everything you have to do day in and day out? And how many times has this resentment made you feel guilty as a result? Further, let me ask you, how many times have you even...