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Part of being successful in business is embracing yourself and sharing your identity and skills with others. Your identity is important in how you lead and leverage every opportunity that is crucial in growing your business.
In this week’s episode, we’ll hear how Zaakirah Muhammad built her photography and branding business to empower other minority-owned businesses. She has more than 10 years of professional photography and branding experience and empowers people to step out of their comfort zone through her gift of visual storytelling. She’s also the CEO and founder of Phocus Media Group which empowers and supports the growth of minority-owned businesses.
Zaakirah developed a love for photography as a child after surviving a rare childhood eye cancer and taught herself social media, which later gave rise to her business. She explains how she leveraged automation and delegation to ease work and grow her business as a new entrepreneur.
Listen in to learn the importance of embracing your leadership style to your advantage rather than seeing it as a weakness.
Key Takeaways:
- The value of automation and delegation as a business owner to make your work easier.
- The power of having and leveraging a network to grow your business.
- How to use your natural abilities to enhance your leadership style.
- How not to allow the noise to stop you from becoming the leader you yearn to be.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- [2:55] Zaakirah on her personal and career background and how she helps businesses with branding.
- [4:59] How she helps startups understand the power of social media and how it all came to be.
- [7:22] How she manages her clients as a consultant and stays on top of industry trends.
- [9:02] She explains why your network is your net worth as a businesswoman.
- [13:44] Zaakirah’s intuitive and empathetic leadership style and how it has become her superpower.
- [15:46] Her word of advice for young leaders plus some rapid-fire questions.
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Get In Touch:
- Website: http://phocusedmediagroup.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/illuminousone/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/illuminousone
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/illuminousone/
- TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@zaakirahnayyar
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaakirahmuhammad/
- Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@zaakirahnayyar
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NayyarPhotography/?sub_confirmation=1
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