{"id":761,"date":"2019-03-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/2019\/03\/21\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/"},"modified":"2020-09-03T17:57:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T17:57:36","slug":"superwoman-101-sarata-kone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPERWOMAN 101 &#8211; SARATA KONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpFirst\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">Meet<br \/>\nSarata, a very smart, confident and hardworking leader with a good sense of<br \/>\nhumour. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpFirst\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE-1024x1024.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE-1024x1024.jpeg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpFirst\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">After<br \/>\nher Master\u2019s Degree, Sarata returned to Cote d\u2019Ivoire with intentions to work<br \/>\nwith the Central Bank. However, she started an internship in Abidjan, and that<br \/>\nmarked the beginning of her now 20-year long career in the banking sector. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">She<br \/>\nis an accomplished and highly experienced specialist in risk management,<br \/>\nbusiness development, and now, shoulders the responsibility of leading UBA\u2019s<br \/>\noperations in Cote d\u2019Ivoire. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">In<br \/>\nthis interview, she speaks about balancing work and personal life and also<br \/>\nbeing successful.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022How<br \/>\nhave you balanced work and personal life in becoming successful?\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">This<br \/>\nis a daily challenge as I have to consciously share my time based on priorities<br \/>\nof the moment. It&#8217;s not every time we are busy at work or at home, I optimise<br \/>\neach by remaining focused on the task at work and getting the best quality time<br \/>\nwith family when I am at home too.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022<br \/>\n<b>To be a great leader, what are some essential traits women should have?<\/b> <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">You<br \/>\nhave to remain focused on the goal, be truthful to yourself and to your team,<br \/>\napply emotional intelligence in your management style, acknowledge failure and<br \/>\nmove to the next option. You have to be persistent, provide solutions and<br \/>\nguidance. Do it yourself as and when required. Lead by example.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022<br \/>\nWhat more do you think can be done to promote women&#8217;s development in the<br \/>\nworkplace? <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">In<br \/>\nany organisation, members of top management should be open minded and avoid<br \/>\ndiscrimination especially at recruitment. Also to ensure that Promotion is<br \/>\ngiven to the best staff and <b>not take gender into consideration<\/b>. Female<br \/>\nstaff with high <b>potential<\/b> should be groomed so that they are examples of<br \/>\nsuccess for other women. Promote excellence in all they do.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022<br \/>\nAfter all the success, what do you struggle with now? <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">Success<br \/>\nis all relative. What I know for sure is that one needs to always grow by<br \/>\nchallenging oneself and <b>improve <\/b>on their past challenge. So <b>m<\/b>y<br \/>\nstruggle is to ensure I am constantly improving on my previous self and<b>,<\/b><br \/>\nthat I challenge my processes and conviction so they remain relevant and on<br \/>\npoint in order to lead successfully.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022<br \/>\nWhat advice would you give to your younger self and other young women? <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">Believe<br \/>\nin yourself always no matter what, build on your knowledge with you<b>r <\/b>experience<br \/>\nand other experiences. Take lessons from all good and bad experiences and move<br \/>\nforward. There is no need to dwell on failure, rather acknowledge them and<br \/>\nensure they are lessons for the future. Persevere in your projects and goals<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">\u2022How<br \/>\nwould you describe yourself in 3 words?<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: normal;margin-bottom: 0in\"><span style=\"font-family: 'century gothic' , sans-serif\">This<br \/>\nis a tough one<b>. I\u2019d say<\/b> <b>d<\/b>edicated, ethical and patient.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Sarata, a very smart, confident and hardworking leader with a good sense of humour. \u00a0 \u00a0 After her Master\u2019s Degree, Sarata returned to Cote d\u2019Ivoire with intentions to work with the Central Bank. However, she started an internship in Abidjan, and that marked the beginning of her now 20-year long career in the banking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,384],"tags":[233,69,234],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lion-king","category-news","tag-girlpower-thefutureisfemale","tag-happiness","tag-internationalwomens-day-superwoman-thefutureisfemale"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE | UBA Lion King Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet Sarata, a very smart, confident and hardworking leader with a good sense of humour. \u00a0 \u00a0 After her Master\u2019s Degree, Sarata returned to Cote d\u2019Ivoire with intentions to work with the Central Bank. However, she started an internship in Abidjan, and that marked the beginning of her now 20-year long career in the banking [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UBA Lion King Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-03T17:57:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"abioduncoker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"abioduncoker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/\",\"name\":\"SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE | UBA Lion King Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-03T17:57:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/e0e91b207665c9c9d9b0eff0cec3b8db\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SUPERWOMAN 101 &#8211; SARATA KONE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/\",\"name\":\"UBA Lion King Blog\",\"description\":\"UBA Official Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/e0e91b207665c9c9d9b0eff0cec3b8db\",\"name\":\"abioduncoker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f27ae81b202c8e665e3be03f6028c651?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f27ae81b202c8e665e3be03f6028c651?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"abioduncoker\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/author\/abioduncoker\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE | UBA Lion King Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE","og_description":"Meet Sarata, a very smart, confident and hardworking leader with a good sense of humour. \u00a0 \u00a0 After her Master\u2019s Degree, Sarata returned to Cote d\u2019Ivoire with intentions to work with the Central Bank. However, she started an internship in Abidjan, and that marked the beginning of her now 20-year long career in the banking [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/","og_site_name":"UBA Lion King Blog","article_published_time":"2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-03T17:57:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"abioduncoker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"abioduncoker","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/","name":"SUPERWOMAN 101 - SARATA KONE | UBA Lion King Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg","datePublished":"2019-03-21T07:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-03T17:57:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/e0e91b207665c9c9d9b0eff0cec3b8db"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/SARATAKONE.jpeg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/superwoman-101-sarata-kone\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SUPERWOMAN 101 &#8211; SARATA KONE"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/","name":"UBA Lion King Blog","description":"UBA Official Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/e0e91b207665c9c9d9b0eff0cec3b8db","name":"abioduncoker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f27ae81b202c8e665e3be03f6028c651?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f27ae81b202c8e665e3be03f6028c651?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"abioduncoker"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/author\/abioduncoker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4290,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/4290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/57-marina\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}