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Hosted by Sonali Sambhus
Board Director/Startup & Venture Advisor at Formerly at Square
Sonali Sambhus is a highly experienced tech executive with 20+ years of experience leading engineering and product organizations in startups and mid-sized companies. As a VP at Square, she transformed the company's platformization efforts, while leading a cross-functional org of product, engineering, and data. Her extensive experience has enabled her to become a respected advisor for the Executive Leadership Program at CSUs. She was recently appointed as an Independent Board of Director for AvidXchange, a market leader in B2B payment automation, where she brings in technology strategy oversight and innovative transformation efforts.
Sonali has been passionate about paying-it-forward and has coached 100s of leaders over the last decade. Her knowledge and passion for organizational success make her an invaluable resource to lead this Circle.
Sonali will be donating all of her proceeds from this initiative towards a non-profit Snehalaya (https://www.snehalaya.org/), which provides rescue, rights, and rehabilitative services to girls and women in underprivileged communities in India.
Circle Description
In today’s poly-crisis environment, there is increased pressure on leaders to maximize efficiency and reduce costs while still innovating. This Circle will help Engineering Directors/VPs/CTOs leading teams of 30+ grow their leadership skills and maximize the impact of their organizations as they plan for 2023. Participants will learn strategies and tools for organizing their teams for success. Participants will also learn how to demonstrate and quantify the impact of their teams. Finally, participants will walk away with actionable techniques for establishing themselves as thought leaders. The Circle will include four sessions and the first session will be free.
Limited to 12 spots
Total Cost: $1,200
Pay with your L&D budgetWorking with Sonali has been one of the highlights of my career. Her leadership has transformed the team working in silos to one strong unit. Her passion and positive approach towards work is unbeatable. She brings in tremendous energy and drive in the responsibilities she takes. While she is able to give her best to the current priorities, at the same time she doesn't lose focus on the long term goals and maintain persistence in realizing them. Sonali has always inspired me with her style of "soft spoken but firm", "good listener but quick decision maker" !!
She is a visionary and a role model in leadership. She is a great mentor and excellent leader. She had shown exemplary management skills in a highly stressful and challenging situations. She has a great attention to detail and is known to make the right business decisions.
Shubhangi Kale - Head Delivery Management @ FIGmd
I think I made the best decision of my career to work with Sonali. Everything she mentioned to me that was a possibility ended up being true. She provided me with the leadership opportunities and challenges I was looking for, stretched my abilities and grew me in multiple dimensions, and at present I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my career.
Sonali has instilled in her teams the core tenets of being customer focused, impact driven, and being nimble in execution. She has elevated our operational effectiveness through various means including but not limited to:
More effective execution through better processes and frameworks
More effective stakeholder engagement and communication through multiple tools
Increased accountability through multiple effective processes
She has provided me with the right level of guidance in each project that my teams and I took on. In the early days, for example, she would sit in with me in important meetings and guide me through important decisions. She provided me with guidance to effectively manage large projects across multiple orgs, more effectively communicate with stakeholders, and provided valuable insights in terms of multiple important technical decisions. I have also learned to be more assertive observing her work and interacting with multiple executives.
This probably extends more generally to her effective communication skills. Through direct feedback and observing how she interacts with executives and develops her proposals, I have improved my written communication. This has not only resulted in stylistic improvements but also in a more organized way of thinking. She also coached me to be resilient and not take rejections personally. She coached me on how I could effectively keep stakeholders informed, develop a process for easier signup, then streamline it further.
I’m grateful to have such an amazing manager
Korhan Bircan - Director @ Square
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