Women Hold up Half the Sky
Chinese proverb says “women hold up half the sky” but women are still far from holding half of the leadership positions. There is still a huge gender gap when it …
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Border as a Tangible Reality
Borders are a reality. I knew it before I had visited a town on the Syrian border on the south-east of Turkey almost 10 years ago. I knew it but …
Border as a Tangible Reality Read MoreSleepless but Social in Seattle
Last year, I was at a march with my colleagues at Women for Women’s Human Rights-New Ways and many other women activists in my hometown -Istanbul, Turkey- on the International …
Sleepless but Social in Seattle Read MoreThe Guardian: Learning from Servant Leaders
Please note that this post includes spoilers. The Guardian is not a movie about ships, it is the story of an experienced top rescue swimmer (Ben Randall) and his best …
The Guardian: Learning from Servant Leaders Read More10 Surprising Facts about Phoenix
You are likely to see more people in the middle of the desert on a hiking trail than downtown Phoenix on a Sunday afternoon. It is a place where you …
10 Surprising Facts about Phoenix Read MoreMy Inner Voice Can’t Stop Comparing
Traveling makes you learn and question. Whenever I am outside of Turkey, I can’t stop myself comparing just everything and anything: the way people greet each other, the width of …
My Inner Voice Can’t Stop Comparing Read MoreUSA: A Bad Example for Emerging Democracies?
In Turkey, it is very common to see politicians trying to legitimize their actions -mostly- with some irrelevant examples from Western countries. When I heard President Obama’s State of the …
USA: A Bad Example for Emerging Democracies? Read MoreBoundaries and Balance between Work and Family
Last semester, I interviewed a family member, Cemal Ayilmaz, for my leadership style paper. Cemal is married to my aunt for more than 45 years now. He started his career …
Boundaries and Balance between Work and Family Read MoreBe the Leader You Want to See In the World
“Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.” Jim Rohn As a young professional with an entrepreneurial spirit, I had a chance to experience different levels of leadership as John …
Be the Leader You Want to See In the World Read More“The leader must…..”
Published for the first time in 1989, “On Becoming a Leader” is a classical and well-known leadership book by Warren Bennis. The book is a combination of Bennis’s own insights …
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