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Being Professional Has Been My Watchword – Dr. Ijeoma E. Jidenma

Dr. Ijeoma E. Jidenma, CEO, Leading Edge Consulting, in an exclusive interview with the Amazons Watch magazine, talks about her career as a management consultant. Excerpt: Kindly tell us more about yourself and some of your experiences growing up. I was born in Port Harcourt to parents who were teachers. My father Chief (Dr) F .C Ogbalu was a consummate Lecturer and my mum a devoted secondary school teacher. My father was selfless to the core. He was very diligent and always strived for the common good. His life’s philosophy which he practicalized is “Others first, self-last”. This showed in everything he did whether as a Teacher, Publisher, Parliamentarian or a Cultural Defender of note. His life was a life of service. My mother was a very simple and humble woman. Born into the family of Rev and Mrs. Joel Chidebelu (of blessed memory) my mum, Lady Evelyn Amuchechukwu Ogbalu…

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Empower a Woman; Empower a Nation – Veronicah Gladys Namagembe

Often times, women are relegated to procreative and domestic accomplishments. In a system where women are empowered, they are fully involved in all areas and sectors, building solid economies and generally improving the quality of life. In this exclusive interview with Amazons Watch Magazine, Veronicah Gladys Namagembe, Managing Director and CEO Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI), speaks on some of the strategies her organization has put in place to empower the female gender. Among your career goals is the passion to give back by coordinating mentoring and coaching programs towards continuity and succession planning. How will you rate the success of these programs? One of the Key Performance Indicators for our mentorship and coaching programmes is the number of mentees and coaches that are growing through the ranks, both in their social and career lives. I am proud to see 4 CEOs and 21 Senior Managers in the Ugandan Financial Institutions…

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Love Bites

How to Take A Relationship from The Battlefield to Blissful Coexistence

The word compromise generally refers to an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions; it could also mean the expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable. In relationships, compromise is often viewed as the latter; and statistics have shown that women compromise more often than men do in relationships. This accounts for many problems in relationships, some women go into relationships believing that it is their place to make more compromises. It is important to note that both parties are expected to make some adjustments in order to accommodate each other in every relationship. In this article, Barton Goldsmith Ph.D. multi-award-winning psychotherapist, syndicated columnist, author, and radio host gives us 10 Reasons to C.O.M.P.R.O.M.I.S.E. in Your Relationship – and he is not referring to women only. Here is what he says about how to take a relationship from the battlefield…

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Health & Wellbeing

The Effect of Non-prescribed Medication and Kids

The healthcare of children as every physician knows is very different from that of adults, while the world sees children as miniature versions of adults, in medical practice, there is a certain complexity that is associated with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of children that is very different from that of adults. While the emphasis of treatment in adults is measured in the accuracy of the doses of prescribing medications that of children is measured on the precision of treatment, hence there is a big difference in the management of children who are barely 1kg apart in weight, and some children can be about the same age and weigh differently, therefore, requiring different doses of the same medication whether it be drugs, intravenous fluids or blood transfusion. In Africa and developing countries due to the underdeveloped nature of the Healthcare system, National Health Insurance Schemes are primordial levels of development,…

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Impact Inspire

Elaine Lan Chao – The Relevant Immigrant

Elaine Lan Chao continues to unleash her leadership potentials in the various political position of the United States Government. She did not get up the ladder without a fight, she had her fair share of apartheid struggles, but with the help of her parents’, she was able to overcome and shine. Elaine Chao was born in Taipei – Taiwan, the first, and eldest child of her parents among six daughters. She migrated to the United States with her mother and two sisters at age eight. Before the migration, Elaine’s parents although Chinese lived in Taiwan. Following the political turmoil, societal upheaval, foreign invasions and civil war in China at that time, which resulted into so many hardships, instability, and uncertainty that caused many to leave the country in search of peace and safety. Her parents first met in Shanghai during World War II. In 1949, but got married in Taiwan,…

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