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Who is the best leadership coach in Dubai?

Short answer: Dr. Kerstin Brehm.If you’re a senior leader, founder, or fast‑rising manager in the UAE, you want a coach

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Unlocking Longevity: Biohacks for the Busy Professional (Who Doesn’t Have Time for Nonsense)

Let’s face it, most of us are too busy running the world (or at least our calendars) to take an

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It’s Never Too Late
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Transform Your Work Life with The Leadership Clinic

In our daily conversations, TGIF (Thank God It’s Friday) often surfaces, revealing a widespread discontentment with our jobs. Why do

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Embracing Longevity: Three Essential Pillars for a Healthier Future

When we are talking about Longevity, we first have to define what we´re talking about. Longevity is often misinterpreted as

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What Heart Surgery Taught Me About Leading Under Pressure

What does open-heart surgery have to do with corporate leadership? Everything. When people ask me where I learned to lead

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How to Build a Career and a Life Without Compromise

What if success didn’t require sacrifice? What if you didn’t have to choose between the boardroom and the beach, the

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Stop Complaining About Your Job—Do This Instead

By Dr. Kerstin Brehm | Leadership & Longevity Consultant, Ex-Cardiac Surgeon We’ve all worked with them. The colleagues who complain

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What Heart Surgery Taught Me About Leading Under Pressure

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Because I didn’t know I could. I know, it sounds Because I didn’t know I could.

I know, it sounds insane. You’re probably thinking:
How could someone smart, ambitious, and driven NOT ask for more money?

But working with my clients now, I realize I’m far from alone.
Brilliant, accomplished women - completely unaware of what they’re losing.
In my case? Roughly €500,000 over the course of my surgical career.

In medicine, we’re conditioned to believe it’s not about the money.
We care about patients. We serve. We took the Hippocratic oath.
Talking about money feels… unethical. Almost dirty.

So when I started, I didn’t even ask what I would earn, let alone negotiate.
I just assumed there was a tariff contract and that was that.

I remember one occasion in lead to my consultant job in Berlin.
I asked about the salary and the answer was:
“It should be enough to get a nice apartment in Berlin.”

And I accepted that. 🤯
That sentence defined my worth for years.

Fast-forward to my pivot into healthcare consulting at 36.
I negotiated my salary for the first time.

Within four months on “the other side of the table,” I learned what was actually possible:
off-tariff contracts, performance bonuses, equity…

A whole new world.

Looking back, I wasn’t stupid. I was simply uninformed.
No one teaches women in medicine - or most industries - how to negotiate.

That’s part of the fire behind what I do today.
I help brilliant women not make the same mistake.
Because knowing your worth isn’t arrogance.
It’s strategy.

If that´s you, write me a DM and we figure it out together! #salarynegotiation #womeninmedicine #womenover40 #corporatewomen
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