Name: Manbir Kaur
Age: 41 years
City: Gurgaon, India
Occupation: Executive & Leadership Coach
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ST: Please tell us briefly about you.
Manbir: I am an
Executive and Leadership Coach. I am also a Conversational Intelligence
Enhanced Practitioner.
Executive and Leadership Coach. I am also a Conversational Intelligence
Enhanced Practitioner.
I help business leaders and professionals to unlock their
potential and tap into their power of leadership. I specialize working with leaders from
technology organizations and women leaders. I have recently authored a book “Are You The Leader You Want To Be?”
with another coach Kathy Mitchell.
potential and tap into their power of leadership. I specialize working with leaders from
technology organizations and women leaders. I have recently authored a book “Are You The Leader You Want To Be?”
with another coach Kathy Mitchell.
ST: Who is a woman that inspires you the most and why?
Manbir: Michelle Obama! Michelle Obama is a leader in her own right, she did not sit
quietly beside her husband but working beside him. She created a space and
identity for herself and never let the shadow of her husband overwhelm her.
Michelle Obama is a highly educated, intelligent and passionate working mother
of two. Her work and passions have helped to solidify women’s role in politics.
She has encouraged women to speak in order to be heard.
quietly beside her husband but working beside him. She created a space and
identity for herself and never let the shadow of her husband overwhelm her.
Michelle Obama is a highly educated, intelligent and passionate working mother
of two. Her work and passions have helped to solidify women’s role in politics.
She has encouraged women to speak in order to be heard.
ST: How are you celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day?
Manbir: I am speaking to woman leaders at two organizations
and my topic is about navigating the path to success by investing in
themselves.
and my topic is about navigating the path to success by investing in
themselves.
ST: What is the most important message you want to send out to all the
women around the world on this occasion?
women around the world on this occasion?
Manbir: We don’t have the time to complain that we don’t have
the role models, it is the time to step up and be the role model.
the role models, it is the time to step up and be the role model.
ST: What according to you is ‘women empowerment’?
Manbir: The only person which can empower you is the one in
the mirror. Women need to realise the power within themselves, they need to tap
into their own potential and that itself is empowerment to me. No one
externally can help unless they are ready to dream and work hard for their
dreams.
the mirror. Women need to realise the power within themselves, they need to tap
into their own potential and that itself is empowerment to me. No one
externally can help unless they are ready to dream and work hard for their
dreams.
ST: What would you say are the main challenges facing women at present
in India?
in India?
Manbir: The biggest challenge is that women deprioritize
themselves, they have to give more importance to their own self. They need to
be committed to self, their own growth and goals.
themselves, they have to give more importance to their own self. They need to
be committed to self, their own growth and goals.
ST: Where do you want to see yourself in next 5 years?
Manbir: I coach people to be better leaders and I have written
the book ‘Are You The Leader You Want To Be?’ to share my learnings in order to
make leaders more successful. I want to continue to share more with leaders
worldwide to help them be more successful. I am aiming to help at-least a million
leaders in next 5 years.
the book ‘Are You The Leader You Want To Be?’ to share my learnings in order to
make leaders more successful. I want to continue to share more with leaders
worldwide to help them be more successful. I am aiming to help at-least a million
leaders in next 5 years.
Congrats Manbir
Great interview
Indeed woman is not a person or object but an institution. A woman has multiple roles in Nation building and family bondage
God bless each one of them