Women in the workplace

Gender diversity is a key focus of most organizations today. There is enough and more data to support the premise that a diverse workforce is good for the bottom line. But while the organization invests in hiring and supporting women one of the key challenges that they face is women holding themselves back. This program is about working with women and empowering them to optimize their excellence

Confessions of some real women at work

• I juggle multiple responsibilities between home and work and am constantly short on time.
• I am often overwhelmed by the feeling of having too much on my plate. Even when I have time I run out of energy to do things.
• In the constant rush to complete stuff I often feel lost and disconnected from the “real” me.
• Taking on additional responsibilities or initiatives at work just feels like too much to do.
• I fear that making bold career choices will impact my work-life priorities.
• I struggle to ask for what I need or say no to people. I do not like to deal with conflict or upsetting people. When I do speak up you feel I may be perceived as arrogant or bossy.
• I am afraid to fail so you avoid risks altogether
• Networking is not something I do actively. I believe it is difficult and time-consuming.

The challenges for women in the workplace lie not just within the workplace but also within themselves

***The myth about superwomen: The media constantly flaunts images of women who have it all – career, family, health, beauty. But in reality, the superwoman is a myth and does not exist. What she does manage to do however is create feelings of inadequacy and the need to do more at the cost of happiness and health. Every woman’s choices are her own and true success lies in living by what is important to her.

Here is how I can help 

Working with me is the difference between “doing your best” and “achieving your best”? I believe people are extremely resourceful and creativity thrives when noise is removed from a person’s mind. In the group Coaching Program, I help women

1. Building a clear picture of the best version of themselves.
2. Get clarity on their individual priorities and what matters to THEM
3. Getting clarity on where they are now vs where they want to be.
4. Get their fears, apprehensions, and roadblocks out in open and create strategies to address them.
5. Understand limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours at a conscious and subconscious level.
6. Build a step by step, a manageable action plan with an accountability system.

Think of yourself as a rubber band. When you stretch a rubber band it can expand and hold the tension. That is why we use rubber bands to tie and hold things together. Now when this same rubber band is stretched beyond capacity it breaks. The way our mind works is not much different. We can only tax it in so much. The key to getting lasting success is to work at optimal performance. Sure we need to stretch and do extra at some times but in the long run remember your life and career are a marathon and not a sprint. It is important to your time, effort and resources wisely.

• You know you are capable of more but inspite of working hard you feel you are not using all of your potential or getting the success you should.
• You are mostly proud of your success but just sometimes exhaustion and doubts creep in.
• Your success causes you and others to sometimes set unrealistic expectations for you which you then feel obligated to meet.
• You have too many things on your plate and sometimes it is overwhelming to keep track of everything.
• You constantly keep pushing yourself for the next big thing, sometimes at the cost of not being able to enjoy your current success.
• You worry about the impact of your work on your relationships, health and stress levels but then push it to the back of your mind.
• You struggle to connect with the purpose of what you do?

If any of this sounds like you maybe you are operating at maximum performance and not optimal performance.

“Optimal Performance is about honoring your strengths and using them to achieve your goals.”

At this point, you may be thinking that this is about a good work-life balance. Believe me it is not. In my opinion, there is no such thing as work-life balance. Your priorities are decided by what is important to you not by some formula of a perfect life. Because let’s face it- life wasn’t meant to be perfect. Instead, it is meant for us to make the most of our resources and our resourcefulness.

The good news is that just by making minor shifts in beliefs and behaviours you can get quantum shifts in result

There are 3 things that impact Optimal Performance

1. How clear you are on your priorities
2. How many of the things you spend time on align to your priorities
3. How many of the things you do are done because you feel you should do them and not because they align with who you are and what your strengths are.

We often spend time developing skills and doing tasks and acting a certain way because they are supposed to be the right things to do.  What if instead, you took the time to honour your own priorities, uniqueness and potential and built your success from there.

Working with me is the difference between “doing your best” and “achieving your best”? I believe people are extremely resourceful and creativity thrives when noise is removed from a person’s mind.  I do not intend to change or fix you. I will help you achieve the “best ever version of you and your life” by connecting you with what you do best.

Through Optimising Performance Excellence Coaching we will:

1. Start with getting clarity on your goals and priorities
2. Understand where you are now vs where you want to be
3. Helping you get all your fears, apprehensions and roadblocks out in open.
4. Remove clutter and noise.
5. Understand limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviours at a conscious and subconscious level
6. Build a step by step, a manageable action plan with an accountability system.