Cultivating Confidence: Why It's Not Tied To Skill with Marilyn Zakhour

Marilyn has worked as Chief Marketing Officer of EMAAR, one of the biggest real estate companies in the world as well as Head of Dubai Opera and in this episode, we talk about how confidence, not competence, has put her in such prestigious positions. Marilyn Zakhour is the founder and CEO of Cosmic Centaurs, a consulting, training, insights, and technology company helping organizations build and reimagine the future of work and learning. She has experience in organizations of all sizes and knows how to bring the agility of small startups to big corporations and is also the host of the award-winning Who Run The World podcast. In this conversation, Marilyn and Sope discuss topics such as: ?? Her mum being a pioneer and a role model in Lebanon ??Mistakes from her leadership journey and why middle management is the key to scaling ??If There's No Solution, Then There's No Problem ??Moving away from hyper specialisation and pulling inspiration from multiple spaces and places ??Creating personal rules for dealing with failure and regret ??Why emotions are messengers that need to be listened to, not suppressed ??What "bicycle face" and "imposter syndrome" have in common Connect with Marilyn Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynzakhour/?originalSubdomain=ae Cosmic Centaurs - http://www.cosmiccentaurs.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/permanenthunger/?hl=en If you want to learn more about this podcast, and myself, Sope Agbelusi, you can do so using any of the links below. Connect with Me Website - http://www.mindsetshift.co.uk Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sopeagbelusi/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sopeagbelusi/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/sopeagbelusi Email: [email protected] Watch the episodes on YouTube Connect with Sope Website | Youtube | Instagram | LinkedIn Did you find this helpful? If you like this episode, please leave a review or share it with someone who could benefit from listening. We’re always keen to get feedback so if you have any thoughts, send us an email at [email protected]