Exploring the world through servant leadership
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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 comes to leadership. Only 6 …
Women Hold up Half the Sky Read MoreBorders 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 I did not fully acknowledge …
Border as a Tangible Reality Read MoreLast 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 Women’s Day. This year, I …
Sleepless but Social in Seattle Read MorePlease 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 student ever (Jake Fischer). While …
The Guardian: Learning from Servant Leaders Read MoreYou 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 can’t see any raindrops on …
10 Surprising Facts about Phoenix Read MoreTraveling 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 sidewalks, the weather, etc. but …
My Inner Voice Can’t Stop Comparing Read MoreIn 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 Union speech, I felt very …
USA: A Bad Example for Emerging Democracies? Read MoreLast 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 as a merchant and owned …
Boundaries and Balance between Work and Family Read More“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 Maxwell defines: “leading …
Be the Leader You Want to See In the World Read MorePublished 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 and experience on leadership, case …
“The leader must…..” Read More