Thinking About Leadership

I was thrilled to be invited to be a guest lecturer at an east coast American University to deliver a "Fundamentals of Leadership" course in February.   As I reflected on what message to deliver, I decided to merge some of my thoughts…
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Recipe for Career Success – The Top 15 ingredients

As the graduation season began across the world, I was asked to leave a comment on a post on LinkedIn. What advice that I would give to the Class of 2022? From a perspective of an executive coach who has been a Global HR Leader in Fortune 100…
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Top 150 Women

March 8 - A day to remember and thank all the incredible women I met throughout my life Early Life Starting with my childhood, I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great example was my mother, who started her own business at 40.…

Happy New Year

"Every new year is like a sunrise.   A new day. A new opportunity. A new light. It is like we reset the previous year and set new goals new hopes. So we have new wishes for ourselves and our loved ones." – Yaprak Sapanli Gorur.   This…

Change it, Accept it, or Leave it.

I was reading the tweet from Eckhart Tolle: "Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it." This…

Personal Board of Directors

Leadership is surrounded by crowds yet also can be such a lonely position to be. Massive crowds will surround the leader. The leader becomes the center of attention. Those crowds whistle to the leader's ears: advice, input, feedback,…

Happy New Year!

Many people say that 2020 was a malicious year, they are hopeful that it will pass soon in a few hour's time and the nightmare will be over. As I reflect, it was a time to be paralyzed with fear, and yet also a time to slow down. It was also…
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We have a long way to go…

I did not understand the real diversity challenge and what is happening in the US before relocating to the US. And I still don't know what it feels to be African American. I have never been into African American women or man's shoes. And, therefore,…
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Imagine a World with No Glass Ceiling

(3 min read) Yesterday I was reading an article in the Economist. Not the first one addressing the world's current challenges and most likely will not be the last one.   And I started to reflect on this chart. (https://www.economist.com/business/2020/03/07/go-north-young-woman) I…
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Leaders Who Inspire

'Lead like the great conductors' TEDGlobal 2009, Itay Talgam https://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors   This ted-talk is one of my favorite videos. Itay Talgam uses the metaphor of an orchestra and…