Sihame El Kaouakibi
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330 appearances
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1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard May 2025
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And certainly if you have a family you're accountable for, you need to put yourself in them first because otherwise you cannot fight for the people. That's just the thing. And sometimes... I think it's about timing. For me, it wasn't the right timing. I made an ego-driven decision and it was a messiah complex.
And of course, believe I had everything like potential and talents to do something, to drive change. Otherwise, there was no focus from political opponents. So that I know, but it was too soon, too early without a foundation, a community standing next to me, beside me, standing for this bigger project. And that's okay. It's a hard lesson learned. And my motivation was legit.
And yeah, all the rest is trying to keep driving change as an advocate for change, as an entrepreneur, as an impact consultant. That's actually what I do better. So that's my position now.
Beautiful. Yeah, I can relate. I can relate. The environment is everything. If you feel you're surviving instead of thriving, you need to quit. You need to leave. Because a lot of women that I guide now, some of them really start, they're really these beautiful, amazing women, high positions.
And they're still sometimes like in this environment with these political games, toxic leadership, and they stay. I'm like, okay, what's the plan? And the strange thing is that they cling, they're just holding this situation, holding...
it's holding them back they're just stuck and sometimes it's better to accept the rejection than feeling stuck i think so if the environment the toxic environment feels like a rejection maybe it's better rejection can be redirection and it's sometimes better to just leave and i think the most liberating decision can be to move on
And like you said, you need to find your tribe, you need to find your environment so you can try. But it's confronting, right? Being rejected. Why is someone toxic? It's like, for example, for women. Of course, more and more women go into leadership positions. They're needed, okay? And feminine leadership is actually based on empathy, emotional intelligence, also inclusivity.
And I know that, and I was one of them, that... It's no longer true that women need to like mimic masculine or male leaders. No. I think we should embrace our strength, lead with our authentic selves. And I think we can relate.
I don't know if you experienced, but I've experienced so many times called being irritated or too emotional after just being me in stating my points in a meeting with a lot of fashion. But it does affect you as a woman, as a person, as a human. You lose your genuine, vulnerable self because of it. And so I think when the moment you have to choose and you have to
be someone that you're not, yeah, you lose your authenticity. And that's so important in a leading position that you actually not only leading position for everyone to be able to lean into your authenticity. And that's not possible in a toxic work environment.
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