ARE YOU AN EARLY CAREER WOMAN OF COLOR,
ready to break stereotypes and advance in your career without compromising your core values or personal goals?
ARE YOU READY TO STOP TRYING TO FIT INTO SYSTEMS
THAT WERE NEVER DESIGNED FOR YOU?
I Want to PERSONALLY Help You Navigate Your Career With Confidence!
YES! Iām Ready to TAKE UP SPACE!
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From The Desk Of Dr. Qaali Hussein, Trauma Surgeon, Mom of Six,
Founder/CEO Defiance Academy, Arizona.
Listen, I know talking about workplace culture and the experiences you go through including discrimination and isolation can be triggering. You’re made to feel Iike it’s all in your head and that your experiences aren’t real.
So, before you keep scrolling, I just wanted you to know that I SEE YOU.
You are POWERFUL beyond measure, and are designed and created to WIN! You just need the right tools and resources to help you along the way. The journey to navigating and advancing in your career as your authentic self without compromising your values and personal goals is within your grasp, but you have to take the first step. Invest and trust in YOURSELF!
Get ready to Take UP Space.
Can't wait to meet you on the other side!
PREVIEW WHAT'S INSIDE...
Did you know?
Bullying
79 million people are affected by bullying in the workplace
67% of bullies are men
Women target other women 65% of the time
Discrimination
24% of Black and Hispanic employees reported experiencing discrimination at work
16% of Asian and 15% of white employees did the same
Retaliation is the most common form of discrimination, accounting for 56% of cases
You find yourself dreaming of being successful in a high-powered career but you’re tired of being reminded of how difficult, if not impossible, it will be for someone like you.
- “We didn’t think you were interested in leadership.”
- “Are you sure you’re up to the task? This is a very competitive field!”
- “You’ve got Black, woman, and Muslim going against you. And now you’re pregnant? What were you thinking?”
You’re ambitious and have a great work ethic but you’re sick and tired of being limited to gendered roles and stereotypes.
And despite your achievements, you’re tired of facing discrimination and not having any guidance on how to navigate these systems.
You want to break away from these stereotypes and chart your own path. You want to advance your career despite the obstacles in your way.
And most importantly, you want to do so without compromising your core values or your personal goals.
IT'S TIME TO STOP HOPING FOR A MIRACLE.
IT'S TIME TO GET STRATEGIC WITH YOUR CAREER AND
TAKE UP SPACE AS YOU ARE!
Relax,
a solution is at your fingertips. And not just any solution, but one that is EFFECTIVE! When it comes to creating an equitable workplace for women in STEM careers, marginalized and historically excluded women miss out. Decision makers recruit us without creating a truly inclusive workplace. When we encounter a workplace that remains exclusionary and hostile and we try to speak up, retaliation ensues and the system pushes us out. Retention remains low and the cycle repeats itself to further increase recruitment without acknowledging the underlying cause. Imagine having the tools to navigate whatever obstacles you face including racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination.
Taking UP Space is the Course to help you break stereotypes, overcome obstacles, and advance your career without compromising your core values or personal goals.
What’s inside?
AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
Upon signing up for Taking UP Space you will gain:
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Lifetime access to 5 modules:
The exact steps to strategically maneuver through obstacles and achieve your career and life goals
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Get exclusive access to the hands- on experiential personal development workbook.
No more wandering aimlessly through your career. Get strategic about your career and life goals and make a plan!
Bonus
- Get access to quarterly group career coaching sessions with Dr. Hussein and learn strategies to maneuver through the system and advance in your career
- Gain access to a Facebook group for students to connect and learn alongside peers and receive answers to your most pressing questions from Dr. Qaali Hussein and the Defiance Academy team."
HOW DOES IT WORK
- As soon as you sign up you can start binge-watching all the content and start implementing. Everything is available as soon as you enroll.
- You'll have daily access to the private Facebook Community where you can seek feedback, ask questions + be supported as you continue to process the content.
- You'll get access to quarterly career coaching sessions with Dr. Hussein and learn strategies to maneuver through the system and advance in your career.
Begin your journey with Taking UP Space, the Foundational course of the Defiant Career Strategy. With this novel career strategy, you will go against the grain, unlearn common and harmful myths that hold you back while gaining the tools to overcome artificial barriers that maintain the status quo.
Through this tiered approach, you'll be Taking UP Space by building a solid foundation grounded in reality. You'll build on this foundation by Dominating Your Space and focusing on your career growth. You'll then steer your career strategically to Owning Your Space by building leadership skills and building a legacy for you and your loved ones.
Through this career strategy, you'll learn to move past the "being given a seat at the table" narrative that continues to exclude you from the best opportunities available. You'll gain clarity of purpose, confidence and be in charge of deciding the direction of your career and life goals.
Completing the TAKING UP SPACE COURSE you will:
- Be able to pursue your audacious goals without being affected by the naysayers.
- Have the tools to navigate whatever obstacles you face including racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination.
- Have the confidence to bring your whole self to the table.
without compromising my core values or personal Goals!
Why TAKE UP SPACE?
Listen, you can spend your life in a toxic work environment, overworked, underpaid, subjected to all types of discrimination, feeling unhappy and unfulfilled OR you can invest in learning the skills TO PURSUE YOUR PASSION WHILE STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF. TO LIVE LIFE ON YOUR TERMS, NOT BY SOCIETY'S STANDARDS.
- Do you need a STRATEGIC ROAD MAP AND SUPPORT to help you break stereotypes and achieve your big audacious career and life goals?
- You're ready to get out of the box society keeps putting you in and are ready to Take UP Space?
You're ambitious about your education, career, and your personal goals but tired of being forced to compromise your values
You're tired of navigating on your own through systems not designed for you.
You would love the support of someone who's been through the system and can make your journey easier.
YES! Iām Ready to TAKE UP SPACE!What You'll Learn?
MODULE ONE
MINDSET SHIFT
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Identifying the reality of rampant discrimination and violation of civil rights in higher education and the workplace
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Introducing the Defiant Career Strategy
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Viewing setbacks as opportunities to learn and grow
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Recognizing the importance of discipline and healthy habits in achieving success
MODULE TWO
DEEPEN YOUR ROOTS
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Solidifying who you are and what core values keep you grounded
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Creating a powerful vision for your future
MODULE THREE
THE NEW UNSPOKEN RULES
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Discovering the hidden curriculum and how it's holding you back
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Learning about the Myth of Meritocracy and how to strategize around it
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Defining the New Unspoken Rules to being Defiant in Your Career
MODULE FOUR
THE DEFIANT PATH TO
SUCCESS
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Introducing the Defiant Path to Success
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Learning to acknowledge current reality
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Setting Your Destination - Beginning with the end in mind
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Planning your Defiant Path to Success
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Resident Physician
MODULE FIVE
FILTERING THE FEEDBACK
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Learn the types of feedback that hinder career advancement
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Learn the importance of managing expectations in dealing with feedback
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Introduce the Defiant AF2 Strategy for using negative feedback to your advantage
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Demonstrate the importance of being proactive about feedback
BONUS
Taking UP Space Workbook
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Hands-on experiential learning
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Discover your core values and plan your ambitious goals through Journaling
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Have resources at your fingertips and directly engage with course content
BONUS
QUARTERLY CAREER
COACHING WITH DR. HUSSEIN
Let's be real. Almost all personal development courses teach abstract ideas in achieving success without real- life examples of challenging systems that exclude people. They certainly don't provide the tools to overcome these obstacles. In this course, you have access to quarterly group career coaching sessions with :Dr..Hussein-who will answer your questions and coach you based on her lived experiences of challenging these systems to change.
BONUS
Support
When you sign up for Taking UP Space, you'll access to the private Facebook group to network with other students, get support, and have your questions answered by Dr. Hussein and the Defiance Academy team.
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IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF IN YOUR WORKPLACE?
Meet Dr. QAALI HUSSEIN,
Founder of Defiance Academy & Creator of The Taking Up Space Course
I was in high school the first time I was told that my dream of becoming a surgeon was impossible. That as long as I wanted to wear my hijab and have a family, being a surgeon was out of the question for me. And no matter how much I excelled academically, the only way I could get close to pursuing surgery was by compromising how I practice my faith and sacrificing the goal of having children.
I burnt myself out trying to prove to everyone that I could do it all. In the end, I learned that I was navigating my personal and professional life playing by society’s rules.
But when I stopped playing by those rules, everything changed. I started to believe in myself and my abilities. I stopped looking to others for validation and approval. I stopped asking for permission. I learned to Take UP Space as myself. And I learned to negotiate the changes needed to accommodate me and those who look like me entering worlds and systems that were not designed with our needs in mind.
Today, I’m a full-time trauma surgeon, wife, mom of six, motivational speaker, Founder and CEO of Defiance Academy. Through my own journey, I’ve become inspired to teach others how to defy social norms and standards to Take UP Space and thrive as their authentic selves. I’m here to help you overcome whatever obstacles are getting in the way of your audacious goals.
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