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Becoming a successful lawyer demands grit and grace. What gives you an edge is becoming recognised not just for WHAT you do, but HOW you do it.

How do you differentiate yourself amongst a sea of experts?

How do you stay on top of your game?

How do you continue to grow and learn, when you're already the 'expert'?

How do you use your voice as a leader?

We often tie our identity, values and sense of self-worth to our careers. Who you are and how you show up influences your relationships and how you are perceived by others. Managing and investing in your career means managing and investing in yourself. After all, you haven't come this far to merely survive. You deserve to thrive.

Knowing is not enough. We must APPLY. Willing is not enough.

We must DO.

Bruce Lee

Success stories

Shehara supported me and played as an honest mirror ...she has helped me realise that my diverse vision of leadership is my power and not my weakness..I feel her constant support and back-up which is for me the essence of a good coach that helps you build your strength without leaving you alone.

Partner, Dubai

How I can help

CLARITY. FOCUS. CONFIDENCE. PERSPECTIVE. PRESENCE. RESULTS.

Success stories

Like a number of people, I was sceptical about the benefits of coaching at first, but now I am fully converted. I have been able use the skills that I learned from Shehara to great effect and managed to really connect deeply with my colleagues and help them to achieve their potential. As to Shehara, she is a brilliant teacher and coach. She is also very knowledgeable, patient and trustworthy. She was able to challenge me a lot, which I found very beneficial.

Partner, Dubai

Meet Shehara

High quality relationships. Transformational results.

Hi, I'm Shehara and I'm an accredited executive coach and facilitator based in Dubai. I coach legal professionals who want to flourish in their careers with greater confidence, resilience and impact.

My philosophy

I believe that great coaching outcomes are those that are transformational, and they stem from great coaching relationships. My practice is grounded in my values of trust, ethics, integrity, authenticity and connection. My approach is simple and non-directive. Through appreciative inquiry, supportive challenge and a range of coaching models, I help my clients find better alignment between their intentions and actions.

Honouring my client's individuality is important to me. I encourage them to work through discomfort, expand their ways of knowing and explore values, assumptions and beliefs. I hold them accountable to their actions. To achieve this, I create a safe and inclusive thinking environment where my clients feel seen, heard and valued.

I am committed to my own personal development to ensure that I bring my best self to each of my coaching relationships and create a positive and memorable learning experience.

My professional and personal experience

With over 10 years' experience supporting and developing legal professionals, I understand the personal and organisational challenges my clients need to navigate. In my former role as Regional Learning & Development Manager (Middle East & Africa) at Clyde & Co Dubai, I drove a culture of continuous learning by shaping and delivering high quality learning initiatives. My most successful leadership programme 'Leader as Coach' won the 2021 CIPD Middle East Award for 'Best Coaching and Mentoring Initiative', building the firm's internal coaching capability and increasing access to coaching.

Having gone through my own transitions, changing careers and moving countries a number of times, I know what it's like to face new beginnings, let go of endings and plough through the messy middle. As a working parent, I understand the internal conflict between career & family ambitions. Being a solopreneur, I recognise the mindset required to embrace risk, deal with rejection and become disciplined.

Success stories

Shehara was able to not only address the topics I brought to the session but added a forward-thinking element in respect of what I will need to think about and consider as my career in law progresses. I came away from each session with something I had not previously considered, and often a shift in my own mindset. In short, the sessions were highly valuable and I would recommend professional coaching (and specifically Shehara), to anyone on the fence.

Associate, UK

Success stories

During my sessions with Shehara, she helped me to view numerous difficulties I had experienced in a

different light and assisted me to reframe the way I thought about certain situations. I was

able to take practical solutions and exercises away from which I was able to implement into

my daily working life and which ultimately enabled me to broaden my horizons. I thoroughly

enjoyed working with Shehara as she has a calming presence and her coaching style is not

to teach or lecture you, but rather to guide you to find the answers yourself. She is able to

provide a holistic overview to your situation and does not simply focus on one area, but

rather how that one area impacts on all the other areas of performance. I would

recommend her services to anyone who may be feeling lost in their career or anyone is who

looking to upskill their overall performance.

Senior Associate, South Africa

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