Tell us about your background In a nutshell, I am a corporate businesswoman turned professional skydiver, yoga instructor, stuntwoman, and adventurer. What is the biggest challenge you have overcome in your life? What have you learnt from overcoming it? I’ve had some tragic things happen in my life. First, I became a widow at 25. […]
Everyone seems to be asking what the “new normal”, the world after covid will look like, and who will lead this new world. As we start to ask who are the ‘new leaders’ of our world, let me share highlights of a high level webinar hosted to review the extraordinary success of female political leaders […]
Tell us about your background and what it is you do? I worked in the field of education before setting up my own venture, Glinks International, which is one of the prominent international education service providers in the Middle East and India, headquartered in Dubai. I am currently working leading my organization as a CEO […]
As we start to welcome the New Year 2022, let us give ourselves a much deserved ‘creative break’ and reconnect with the true purpose of your life and your IKIGAI and lead with holistic intentions. The year 2021 tested the nerves and commitment of all entrepreneurs globally and we saw a huge number of entrepreneurial […]
Many organizations are today onboarded on transformation programs: changing their business model, digitalizing processes, or simply building a new corporate culture. The challenge for many leaders is that change doesn’t come easily – the biology of our brain makes it difficult to react positively to change and often we start procrastinating, having lower mental capacity […]
There is no doubt that companies that embrace gender diversity benefit greatly in terms of organizational effectiveness. Particularly, over the past few years, there has been much talk about gender diversity, pay equity and the lack of women in executive and leadership roles. However, women continue to hit the “glass ceiling” or drop off the […]
Welcome to the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world where the new scarcity is talent, specifically leadership talent according to the PwC Global CEO survey and Oxford economics Global talent 2021, which state that the number one priority for CEOs is leadership. Yes, you read correctly, leadership came in ahead of meeting with customers, […]
“I am the best leader in the world….better than the rest!” The world is filled with leaders. Or it seems. Leaders, who admit to themselves and the whole world that they are born this way. That they are the leader everyone aspires to be. I know why you are thinking you can’t be like them. […]
There are many recognised leadership styles supported by academically robust research models which play an integral role in leadership development. In general, all models and styles can be measured by performance and behavioral assessment, though what is evident is no one style can be considered the ‘best’. Each will have a positive and negative impact […]
Women are spending unnecessary hours and efforts to not fall under the category of “too assertive” or “difficult” and yet perform as a leader. They are expected to bring the right amount of feminine qualities of nurturing and yet are often dismissed for being too soft when they lead by nurturing. To add further woes, […]
