Show Your Worth: Leading Intentionally with Shelmina Babai Abji

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It takes courage to become a great leader, and it’s up to us to dare to step up. But we can only become a leader by knowing our worth and showing up to bring our value.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview Shelmina Babai Abji. Shelmina is a TEDx speaker, board member, former vice president at IBM, and an angel investor. She started her career as a software engineer and then moved into sales and sales leadership, leading global teams to deliver over $1B in annual revenues and serving as a key decision maker in hiring and promoting hundreds of professionals. In our conversation, Shelmina talks about the power of knowing your worth, showing up and leading intentionally.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the peak of her career, she left IBM to share her strategies with other women to accelerate their  professional success. Through mentoring thousands of women and speaking at corporations, colleges, and conferences globally, she realized that women are still struggling with the same challenges she faced during her career.  looking for a plan to prove themselves and rise to the ranks of leadership.  These women inspired her to write her book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">SHOW YOUR WORTH: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders At Work.</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Shelmina has degrees in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, and Mathematics from Wadia College in Pune, India. As part of IBM’s top talent, she received extensive leadership training at IBM and Harvard.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things you will also learn in this episode:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What “Transformational Value” is and how it guides your career</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-