Interview Question: What is Your Biggest Weakness?

In this post, I will talk about one of the interviewers’ favorite questions – What is your biggest weakness? The question may come in many forms:

  • What is your greatest weakness?
  • What would your manager say is your key area of improvement?
  • If there was one thing you could change about yourself, what would it be?
  • Etc.

I will expand on what the interviewer is really asking for, how to answer and how not to answer this question, as well as walk you through a sample answer, that you can use to tailor for your specific situation.

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7 Secrets of Highly Productive Women

I work full-time in a pretty demanding role. At work, I lead a large team of professionals and interact with clients across the globe to support a diverse portfolio of projects. At home, I transition into my second full-time job as a mother of two very young children, who dislike to eat and sleep. In the last four years, both me and my husband also did our MBA while working. I therefore have little to no time to bring my office work back to my home, meaning I must make the best of the 8 hours I spend at work everyday.  

In this post, I want to share with you my 7 best kept secrets of how I manage to be highly productive at work. Some of these tricks I have learnt through experience and some through a very useful leadership course for first time managers. I still don’t perfectly execute them, but everyday is a new day, and I try again! 

So here goes…

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Top Five Leadership Books for Women That Shaped My Career

I love to read! Ever since I learned to read, I devoured books. As I transitioned from being a student to a frequent traveler for work, to a busy mom of two, I have graduated from reading my favorites on paperback, to scrolling them on kindle and finally to listening to them on audio. The genre I enjoy reading has also matured over time. As I have grown in my career, I have shifted from being a passionate lover of historical fiction to learning more about leadership skills and emotional intelligence. 

Through this post, I want to share with you my list of five favorite leadership books for women that have shaped my career. This is not at all an exhaustive list, I already have several other books on my reading list (which I would love to share with you in a future post). However, I found these five to be a great resource, especially for young and rising women leaders, as they define their leadership style and grow their tribe. 

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