Hi, this is Alie the Lict and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast where I brew fresh

career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out

in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it. Well, today's guest is going to teach you all about how to get a

leadership role. Shalmina Abji is someone who has had an incredible career in some of the toughest spaces. And her mission really

is to help career women maximize their leadership potential because she wants all of us to work

together to advance gender equality, especially in leadership roles. Shalmina is a speaker and best-selling

author of Show Your Work, Eight Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work.

And I love this topic specifically because we don't talk enough about what is required to make it to

the C-suite.

But Shalmina has an incredible background and experience. She started with humble beginnings in Tanzania and went from being first in her family

to graduate college to becoming one of the highest ranking women of color at IBM while

raising her two children as a single mom.

So Shalmina, welcome to leave your mark.

I'm so excited to have you here and to share your incredible journey.

Well, Lisa, thank you so much for having me.

I'm such a fan of yours.

And I'm honored to be here with you.

Well, I appreciate that.

So first of all, you are the first to graduate in your family

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