IAM434- Career Strategist and International Speaker Empowers Women in Their Careers

Rita Kakati Shah is an award-winning diversity, inclusion, and career strategist, and international speaker, and currently helms Uma – an International platform that empowers women looking to return to work, as well as helps companies attract, retain, and develop female talent in the workplace via diversity, inclusion and retention strategies. Rita started her career at Goldman Sachs in London where she was awarded the Excellence in Citizenship and Diversity Award during her 10-year career there.

She is also a recipient of the King's College London Distinguished Alumni Award. Rita transitioned into the healthcare industry, relocated to New York City where she took an almost 4-year career hiatus to raise her two children, and founded Uma in response to her personal journey. Rita is also a regularly invited speaker at various academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies as well as global diversity and inclusion forums, such as UNESCO in Paris, Woman Who Matters in Moscow, Women in Finance in London, Women in Politics in Los Angeles, and High Water Women in New York.

• CEO Hack: Being organized and scheduling off with my calendar
• CEO Nugget: Budget things out and have a business plan in place
• CEO Defined: Being in charge of my decisions

Website: https://www.beboldbeuma.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/beboldbeuma
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uma—-be-bold.-be-you.-be-uma.

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Intro 0:02

Do you want to learn effective ways to build relationships, generate sales, and grow your business from successful entrepreneurs, startups, and CEOs without listening to a long, long, long interview? If so, you've come to the right place. Gresham Harkless values your time and is ready to share with you precisely the information you're in search of. This is the I AM CEO Podcast.

Gresham Harkless 0:29

Hello, this is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast and I have a very, very special guest on the show today. I've Rita Kakati Shah of Uma, Rita, it's awesome to have you on the show.

Rita Kakati Shah 0:38

Nice to be here. Gresh Thank you for having me.

Gresham Harkless 0:40

No problem. Super excited to have you on him. What I wanted to do is just read a little bit more about Rita so you can hear about all the awesome things that she's doing. Rita is an award-winning Diversity, Inclusion, and Career Strategist, and international speaker and currently helms Uma, an international platform that empowers women looking to return to work, as well as helps companies attract, retain, and develop female talent in the workplace via diversity, inclusion and retention strategies.

Rita started her career at Goldman Sachs in London, where she was awarded the Excellent Citizenship and Diversity Award during her tenure career there. She is a recipient of the King's College, London Distinguished Alumni Award, ready to transition into the healthcare industry relocated to New York City where she took an almost four-year career hiatus to raise her two children and founded Uma in response to her personal journey.

Rita is also a regularly invited speaker at various academic institutions, fortune 500 companies as well as global diversity and inclusion forums, such as UNESCO in Paris, Woman Who Matters in Moscow, Women in Finance in London, Women in Politics in Los Angeles, and High Water Women in New York. Rita, are you ready to speak to the I AM CEO community?