Every year, companies invest millions of dollars on learning & development, manager training to help employees plan and develop their careers. And yet these aren’t effective, only 15% reports being confident in career growth.
Career development of an employee is a shared responsibility - the company (key functions like HR), direct manager and resources/tools for development. And yet, when everyone is lost in the organization chaos, career development it becomes the least priority, surprisingly even for the employee.
When dealt with ambiguity on career growth, you tend to seek a new opportunity. But when you quit your company, it resets the clock on personal growth, the need to rebuild your brand, foster new relationships and this might outweigh the tactical upgrade one may have opted for. It doesn’t have to be this way. Equip yourself to tackle this head on.
“You should and could be at the driver seat for your career.”
IT STARTS WITH YOU - INVESTING ON YOURSELF.
With experience came the wisdom that doing great work and delivering results is not enough, to secure the visibility and recognition I want in a company.
I started my career in New York, in a popular Wall street investment bank. I spent my early years, getting groomed in melting pot of organizational chaos, layoffs, recession and a culture of annual PIP (although it was not called Performance Improvement Process, as referred in tech companies). I quickly picked the ropes, earned a handsome salary, found great mentors and developed my own patterns to steer my career on my own terms. During my tenure, I also noticed many of my peers were left behind, for not having the right support and deprived of methods that were only shared through personal relationships.
Unless you were naturally gifted with high emotional intelligence and/or supported by right network of mentors, you are at the mercy of your manager and the company culture to be conducive to your personal growth.
Later I moved to the Bay Area, working in top tech companies in senior leadership capacity. I have built and scaled large global organization with significant business P/L. Managed multiple senior managers and grown many individual contributors to become first time managers through coaching. I applied many of my leadership wisdom and improved my methods through feedback from my teams. The power of coaching as direct manager, was evidently showcasing when my team would respond with personal growth and gratitude.
PAY FORWARD
Coaching became personal to me, and honestly, I derive energy from 1:1 conversations. There is a famous African saying, which quotes “Send the ladder down, when you get to the top”.
I help my clients with all the tools and develop a mindset to accelerate their career and navigate organizational obstacles. Whether you are a senior engineer, frontline manager or an organization leader - I’m optimistic that you will find my experience relevant and enabler for your growth.
Take the driver seat of your career, with a little help from me.
Motivation comes from within — and I’m here to help you activate it.
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