Category Archives: Career Development

It is safe to be ambitious The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek – Joseph Campbell. When women decide to follow their ambition of expanding to the next level of leadership, impact and income. They have to go against what is, to this day, the collective idea of where a womanContinue reading “The cave you fear to enter….”

It is safe to allow others to make up their own minds about you One of the challenges that comes with being a first, which is usually the experience of Black women leaders is the feeling that the spotlight is on you. That your every move is being scrutinised, that people are holding their breathContinue reading “It is safe to let others make up their own minds about you”

It is safe to be in your power I recently had an opportunity to be a facilitator in a corporate event. I showed up strong, I’m in my confident, inspirational and charming self. I can feel the response from the participants, we are jelling, it’s all good. Then it hit me, ‘Busi you are beingContinue reading “It is safe to be in your power”

Replenish your toolbox It is natural and desirable for us as to learn from experiences, especially difficult and painful ones. However there is a danger of applying these lessons arbitrarily. You might have heard of the saying that goes something like; ‘when your only tool is a hammer every problem becomes a nail’. There’s aContinue reading “Replenish your toolbox”

This is how I experience you. I don’t see colour! This is a phrase that is often used as a defensive mechanism when accused of racism. Of course race is a construct but we are all socialised in a racialised society. White people have been socialised to see black people as inferior, Black people haveContinue reading “This is how I experience you”

I am where I am! When you make a decision to move to the next level, the next level of leadership, or up levelling how you show up; this decision will require that you become a different version of who you are. That can be emotionally unsettling. The contrast between where you are and whereContinue reading “I am where I am”

I was chatting to a friend recently about coaching and he, like many people thought that getting coached is a form of lack of confidence in their personal power. I tried to explain that coaches unlike mentors are not advisors or subject matter experts who will show you how things are done. A good coachContinue reading “Driving will always be more efficient than running”

All of your power is in this moment. The longer we live, the more we are in danger of failing to appreciate the power of a new day, of a new moment. We can let life be a drag of routine – routine behaviour, same old people, moods and ways of being. Same expectations andContinue reading “All of your power is in this moment.”

How can I see this differently? A friend just got an amazing promotion, and just a couple of years ago we were congratulating her on another major promotion. On hearing this news, I thought to myself, that this was the most logical thing in the world besides the fact that she is amazing (she reallyContinue reading “How can I see this differently?”

How am I doing that to myself ? It seems cruel when someone when things are not going well in your life and you are told that you create your own reality. Do you mean that ‘ I invite the bullies in my life, the haters, the success blockers in my life’? Do you meanContinue reading “How am I doing that to myself?”