For years I helped run teams, sat in the big meetings, carried the title, and still some quiet part of me wondered whether I was actually a leader. Because like most people, I thought leadership was something you are handed. A manager title, a team, a bigger office, a seat at the table. I had […]
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A personal story about the moment my body stopped me, and the framework I have used with leaders ever since. Most of us think inner strength is something we have to go and find. We look for it in a book, in a course, in a conversation with someone we hope will hand it to
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In today’s world, we no longer have talking mirrors. Now, we have to talk to ourselves. This morning at breakfast, I was having a conversation about perception. One of my colleagues, a director, is often seen by people around him as someone who constantly challenges others and keeps pushing everyone toward the company’s objectives. He
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From magic 5, we became four. I was 16 when my father died. Until that moment, my mother was a simple housewife. My father supported her in every way. She was shy, a little timid, someone who stayed close to home and close to us. Then life hit. And overnight, the woman I thought I
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The most common question I hear from almost every client who comes to me is this. They think I will be helping them look for a new job, and how to get their dream job. I always wish I had a magic wand. Alas, I am just a coach, and very human. They expect me
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My husband never said it to hurt me. He said it because he believed it. “You are already coaching people. You just haven’t called it that yet.” He was right, though it took me a long time to admit it. Looking back, the signs had been there for years. Back in 2019, I was not
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Saloni once asked me to do something unusual. She asked me to write down my fears, all of them, on paper, and then burn them. I sat with that idea for a while, because when I actually put pen to paper that night, the fears were bigger than I had expected. There was self doubt.
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Two years into coaching, and I was still doubting myself. I was still unable to reach out to people about my work, and I was still carrying the same quiet critic inside me. Saloni noticed. She didn’t push, and she didn’t lecture. She simply said, write a forgiveness journal. Forgive yourself, for everything, and come
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November 2025. The chemo was done. The surgery was done. The radiation was done. My body was finding its rhythm again. And for the first time in almost a year, I had space to think. I sat with that space for a while. Not rushing to fill it. Just sitting. And when I looked back
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I thought I was a great manager. I was wrong. It was 2013. I had just been appointed Recruitment Manager at a large firm in Qatar. New role. New team. A lot of pressure to succeed. I wanted to prove myself. So I did what many first-time managers do. I controlled everything. Daily meetings. Tight
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