February 2022 WNO Meeting

Join us Monday, February 28 2022 for our monthly WNO meeting! This month's topic: Breaking Through the Stress Barrier for Transitioning Professionals, featuring Desi Tahiraj. 

Please register by 02/28/2022 - 2:00 PM EDT to ensure receipt of the meeting link.

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My first-grade teacher once told me that change is the only constant in life. That’s certainly true for my journey, in which I spent the better part of my life working tirelessly to discover change for the better. You can see evidence of that for yourself in my published books. 

As we go through career transitions, or the changes when a business is reinvented, it is critical to reevaluate and redefine our values, our mission, and the steps to reskill, reevaluate, and reinvent! This is an ever-changing process. In the volatile world we live in today, we need to readjust, making short- and long-term career goals, while planning how we will achieve them. 

In this process, not everyone is at the same speed and level of awareness - therefore we react and approach it differently. Many of us see that as a threat, and we do everything we can to avoid it. 

My focus is on our response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job - and especially during career change as transitioning professionals. What I'd love to share with you are powerful tools and tips to break the cycle of constant tension that exists for survivors, reinventing and achieving your career goals without stress and burden. 

As you may know, deep emotional stress, anger, and resentment can seriously damage your health. I realized that all the heart problems and high blood pressure problems are often the result of the emotional pain that we call stress! When the stressors on our brain are continuously triggered, neurons in our brain fire together on the same patterns; they wire together and our well being declines. 

We know that the weather changes, the seasons change, our bodies change over time. Everything is on the move. Why not accept career change and embrace it as a way that business is done today!

With over two decades of professional experience, Desi has certainly proven herself as an expert in many fields. As a dynamic, results-driven leader, Desi has demonstrated success not only as a Transformational Coach and Success Principles Trainer but also as an HR business consultant, Leadership Development, international speaker, and author of four books: “Fail, Get Up & Never Give Up”, “Burnout – What’s Next?”, "Our Human Race" and "The Legend of the Unbreakable Deal!". She was recently selected as Top Transformational Coach of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her outstanding leadership and commitment to the profession.

Desi’s areas of expertise include but are not limited to executive coaching, hiring and leadership development, organizational change, mentoring, team building, staff development, personnel management, employee engagement and development, and culture change. 

Before embarking on her professional career path, Desi studied Law at the University of Tirana, Albania. Upon traveling to the U.S., she began her work as a trusted Human Resources Recruiter and Academic Affairs Manager at Columbia University in New York. She completed her Professional Development Program through the University of Navarra and is a licensed and certified Canfield Business Trainer. Desi also holds licenses in Executive Education and Driving Performance Change both accredited by Columbia University. 

Throughout her career Desi has received awards, accolades and has been recognized for her outstanding leadership and commitment to those she serves. This year she will be considered for a feature article in TIP (Top Industry Professional Magazine) by (IAOTP). She is also being considered for the Empowered Woman Award for 2021. Desi has been recognized and given an Award for Distinguished Service while in her Management position at Columbia University. Recently, she was recognized by Marquis Who’s Who for their Lifetime Achievement Award. 

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