Najah Al Atassi
DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE AND
TAKE THE POSSIBLE STEPS TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS
I help women, especially immigrant, refugee, and first-generation women (and anyone who wants to learn and be inspired by an immigrant mentality) design their boldest 10-year career plan, build a portfolio of in-demand skills, elevate their personal brand, and connect them with the right network and tribe. In ten years, your highest peak today will be just the valley you’ve started from. Let’s climb to your next summit.
Whether you’re an aspiring leader aiming to be the next VP or CEO, a career shifter seeking an industry that fuels your ambitions, an entrepreneur with a million-dollar idea, a tech innovator unafraid of AI — or all of the above — I’m here to guide you.
Canada 's population growth is largely driven by immigration . Projections from 2021-2024 indicates that around 20% of the Canadian populating was born outside Canada. We are an asset to the country. Let us achieve our Canadian Dreams together.
About Najah MBA, PMP, CSCP
Najah is a proud Syrian immigrant, Canadian citizen, mom, wife, career strategist, and business leader. She believes in the power of knowledge and the power of aiming high. Najah had her first kid when she was a student at the University of Calgary and ended her first semester as a mom with a 4.0 GPA.
Najah is the founder of the Al-Atassi Leadership Consulting and its Peaks Program. A program that helps immigrant, refugee, and first-generation women thrive in Canada
She has an MBA from the University of Calgary, a Project Management Professional certification (PMP), and a Supply Chain Professional certification from the Association for Supply Chain Management (CSCP) and over 15 years of experience in the Canadian market
Podcasts & Media
Unapologetic with Erin Davis
Some leaders don’t just navigate systems—they survive them. In this episode, Najah Al-Atassi and Erin explore what it means to lead when the system wasn’t built for you. From immigration and identity to equity and belonging, they unpack the realities many leaders are navigating—but few are naming. This conversation holds both truth and hope—and invites listeners to rethink what leadership really requires.
Hearth 2 Heart with Gayathri Shukla
What does it take to thrive as an immigrant woman—not just survive? In this episode Gayathri speaks with Najah Al-Atassi, founder of Al-Atassi Leadership Consulting and its Peaks Program, about the emotional resilience, bold dreaming, and grit it takes to build a life—and leadership—on your own terms in Canada.
Najah's Latest Article
Who decided that intelligence and femininity are somehow competing forces? Who benefits when women are expected to hide parts of themselves in order to be taken seriously?
And perhaps the more important question: why are we still following these rules?
These questions inspired my contribution to an upcoming anthology. Through fiction, I wanted to explore what happens when a woman refuses to divide herself into acceptable pieces. What happens when she claims all of who she is—her intelligence, her ambition, her beauty, her femininity, her strength, and her vulnerability?