Sirisha Kuchimanchi

Ascending to Leadership: A 5-Step Blueprint

Transitioning beyond technical specialization into organization-wide senior authority requires leveling up key emotional intelligence, collaboration, oversight and communication abilities that widen responsibility spans. This high-impact leadership workshop prepares management to broaden teams coached, leverage cross-functional partners under complex uncertainty and make decisions conferring competitive advantage.

Takeaways: 

• Adopt “T-shaped” skills with both broad perspective and specialized depth
  Building Executive Presence and Gravitas
• Techniques to showcase vision, empathy, confidence and decisiveness
• Stakeholder mapping tips to get buy-in and scale impact
• Coaching frameworks that develop middle managers into force multipliers
• Methods for data storytelling and expressing outcomes aligned to strategy

The focus would be on elevating key areas like mindsets, executive persona, strategic influence, team leadership and measuring business impact required in larger management roles.

Mastering Negotiation: Securing Your Ideal Role and Salary

“Mastering Negotiation: Securing Your Ideal Role and Salary” is a comprehensive guide to effectively negotiate for the position you want and the compensation you deserve. This session explores the strategies, tactics, and mindset needed to navigate the negotiation process successfully. Whether you’re aiming for a leadership role or seeking fair compensation, this workshop will equip you with the skills to achieve your goals.

Takeaways:

• Understanding Negotiation Dynamics: Learn the key principles of negotiation and how to apply them to your advantage.
• Preparing for Success: Discover how to research market rates, evaluate your worth, and set realistic yet ambitious goals for the negotiation.
• Building Your Negotiation Strategy: Develop a personalized negotiation plan that aligns with your career goals and values.
• Effective Communication Techniques: Master the art of persuasive communication to convey your value proposition confidently and convincingly.
• Navigating Common Challenges: Gain insights into handling objections, dealing with counteroffers, and maintaining a positive negotiation atmosphere.
• Securing Your Ideal Role and Salary: Walk away with actionable strategies to secure not only the position you desire but also a competitive salary package.

Cultivating Elite Teams: Fueling Excellence and Wellbeing

The demands on today’s business leaders to foster consistently high results with lean resources while maintaining positive cultures can seem daunting. However, with tested frameworks, the goal of developing autonomous, energized teams who accomplish shared objectives is achievable.

In this practical session, we will:

• Evaluate current dynamics: strengths, needs and work preferences to maximize
• Instill trust and psychological safety to encourage creative collaboration
• Distribute ownership and accountability to unlock potential
• Architect efficient systems, priorities and boundaries for sustainability
• Celebrate collective wins feeding individual growth

Leaders will gain actionable models to spread empowerment, prevent dysfunction, support work-life harmony and guide teams to remarkable outcomes with minimal oversight. Attendees leave equipped to nurture cohesive, self-governing groups marked by purposeful effort, resilience and work-life wellness.

The Art of Receiving and Responding to Feedback

Delivering and internalizing constructive input pushes professionals outside comfort zones. Without proper frameworks, feedback can discourage rather than develop talent. Leaders must master navigating these vital conversations.

In this practical session, we will:

• Leveraging Feedback for Growth: Learn how to solicit and utilize feedback effectively to improve your performance and achieve positive results.
• Providing Constructive Feedback: Develop skills to deliver feedback to others in a way that is helpful, respectful, and promotes growth.
• Fostering Engagement and Innovation: Discover how to use feedback as a tool to engage your team, stimulate innovation, and drive continuous improvement.
• Soliciting Feedback as a Manager: Explore strategies for managers to create a culture of open feedback, including specific techniques for soliciting feedback from team members on their own performance.

Leaders and individuals will gain communication tools, emotional intelligence and best practices for reciprocating meaningful feedback that converts tension into positive individual and organizational progress.

Inclusive Leadership: Breaking Barriers and Fostering Allyship

Presentation that delves into the latest research findings on workplace inclusivity, particularly focusing on obstacles faced by women. This session explores practical strategies for providing access and support, including allyship, sponsorship, and mentorship programs. It also examines how hiring decisions and engagement practices can be optimized to create a more inclusive and innovative work environment.

Takeaways:

• Understanding Research Insights: Gain valuable insights from research on workplace inclusivity, especially regarding obstacles that women encounter.
• Removing Obstacles and Providing Access: Learn actionable strategies for removing barriers and providing access to opportunities for all employees.
• Allyship, Sponsorship, and Mentorship: Explore the importance of allyship and how sponsorship and mentorship programs can be leveraged to support colleagues.
• Optimizing Hiring Decisions: Understand how hiring decisions can be made more inclusive to attract and retain diverse talent.
• Enhancing Engagement and Innovation: Discover how fostering a culture of inclusivity can drive engagement, innovation, and overall organizational success.

Building the Future of AI Chips- An Inside Look at the Semiconductor Ecosystem

This talk will delve into the semiconductor cycle, from R&D through production, highlighting the complexity of semiconductor technology and its critical role in driving technological advancements. We will explore the diverse markets, applications, and industries impacted by AI chips, and discuss the future of the semiconductor industry, both in terms of technical advancements and geographical considerations.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the semiconductor cycle, from R&D to production, and its significance in the development of AI chips.
• Appreciate the complexity of semiconductor technology and its role in driving advancements in AI.
• Recognize the critical role of AI chips in various markets, applications, and industries.
• Gain insights into the future of the semiconductor industry, including technical advancements and geographical trends.

Future-Proofing Careers and Finances in Uncertain Times

From economic fluctuations to industry disruption, external factors constantly shape career and financial trajectories. By proactively upskilling, expanding networks and building financial buffers, professionals sustain impact during uncertain times.

In this seminar, we will:

• Evaluate financial health and career benchmarks to set goals
• Spot emerging personal/professional growth opportunities
• Adopt flexible mindsets to expect and capitalize on change
• Refine external-facing personal brands and elevator pitches
• Develop future-proofing plans detailing upskilling, savings and visibility

Individuals will gain actionable plans – strengthening career trajectories and financial resilience despite inevitable disruptors that derail the unprepared. Attendees leave equipped with tools to convert uncertainty into opportunities enabling new career and financial heights based on individual measures of prosperity.