Ep 102: Preparing High Performing Leaders for Executive Positions with Samia Qamar

In this episode, guest Samia Qamar emphasizes the importance of surrounding yourself with people who both challenge and support you and the need to strategically spend time with individuals who can provide valuable help, advice, and advocacy.

Samia is a Pakistani citizen with a rich experience of more than 16 years in Human Resources of multinational companies with multiple industries, which includes Healthcare, Management Consultancy,

Hospitality and Financial Services. In her most recent role, she’s working as a trusted partner for business.

Her purpose is nurturing talent for scalable business and sustainable planet. She cultivates workplaces by guiding leaders to engage, lead high performance teams, create Employee Value Proposition by building a competitive advantage, drive cultural transformations, and develop talent and leadership pipeline to deliver sustainable profits.

She has an innate passion for philanthropy through community outreach.

Samia’s Awards and Recognitions Include:

 Listed in the “South Asia’s Top 100 Power Women” –South Asian Business Excellence Awards (2022)

 Inducted into the WAW Hall Of Fame at the 5th annual WAW – Women Appreciating Women prestigious conference (2021)

 Inducted into The Global Library of Female Authors with 99 inspirational women (2020).

 Recognized by Women Economic Forum as “Exceptional Woman of Excellence” in Cairo (2020).

 Appointed as Global Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan (2019).

Samia is a member of LEAD Alumni community for Stanford GSB. Also, she's a Senior Certified

Professional from Society for Human Resources Management, US.

MAIN TAKEAWAYS:

[00:01:30] Podcast's popularity and success.

[00:04:37] Growing up in Pakistan

[00:08:23] Disparity between men and women

[00:13:41] Bigger sense of purpose

[00:18:26] Confidence is your best accessory

[00:20:09] Asking for opportunities

[00:24:01] Professional development practices

[00:27:59] Prioritizing time for career exploration

[00:31:06] Taking action to reach goals.

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