Episode 47

47 Candid Conversations with Phenomenal Executive Women: Khadija Usman

This week, we have the immense pleasure of having a candid conversation with the phenomenal Khadija Usman!

Khadija is a serial Entrepreneur and a Community builder with a decade’s, on-ground experience, in ‘Entrepreneurship’.

Her ventures are backed by Market Research – with the strong values of Trust, Inclusion, Diversity, and Contribution. Her own struggles, as an Entrepreneur led her to create an all working women’s Community – Fempreneur. Through the Community, she has mentored many small women-led businesses. Fempreneur’s journey led her to initiate Grit Coaches & Consultants; stemming out of the desire to do more and serve women running businesses and people at large; through the wonderful self-development tool called ‘Coaching’.

Through Grit Coaches, she envisions a Platform that:

  •  Helps Coaches & Consultants get clients.
  •  Helps Solopreneurs/Startup Entrepreneurs get relevant Coaching.
  •  Helps the Youth to be better equipped to deal with real-life challenges.
  •  Helps people to become better versions of themselves.


She believes that continuous improvement, is the only recipe to success and through Grit Coaches, she is on a mission to help people and organizations realize that perfection is a journey, there will always be room for improvement – keep growing with Grit!

What You Learn:

  • All about the beginnings of Grit Coaching and what Grit does
  • Khadija’s journey as an entrepreneur, and the inception of Fempreneur
  • Having support and help is essential for entrepreneurs building a business
  • How clients can relate to coaches from different cultures

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Anita Charlot

Wellness & Retention Strategist | Corporate Relationship Consultant | Board Member | Keynote Speaker | Executive Coach for Black and Brown Women | Award-Winning Founder and CEO

Creator of The Happy Executive Woman®, the Conversations in Color™ Corporate Workshop, and the Coloring Her Dreams™ coloring book series, and author of The 5 Phases of Dating ~ The Grown A** Woman's Guide to Attracting and Maintaining Authentic Relationships. All were created to empower, uplift, and support the emotional well-being of Black and Brown women in the workplace and their allies, mentally and emotionally.