Episodes

  • Coaching Corner : Becoming A Fearless Leader | Sheryl Kline
    Jun 22 2025

    My guest today is Sheryl Kline.

    She is a mental toughness and high performance coach.

    For the last 25 years, Sheryl has been working with female leaders and world-class athletes to help them master their mindset and influence, so they can speak up, be heard and unlock their next level of impact,

    Sheryl is also the author of Amazon #1 Best Seller “Zoned In” and more recently “The Fearless Female Leader”.

    Sheryl and I talk about:

    1. Who gets to decide you are good enough?
    2. How to talk to yourself?
    3. How switching from judging to observing gives us power?
    4. Myths about influence?

    Reach out to Sheryl on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherylklinema/

    Explore Sheryl’s work : https://www.sherylkline.com/

    Get Sheryl’s book : www.sherylkline.com/fflbook1


    About Bridge to Leadership:

    Bridge to Leadership is a platform connecting mid to senior executives with marquee coaches who help leaders navigate the challenging landscape in business and career.

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    About the host:

    Neha Singh is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS space with nearly 2 decades of experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding Comscore Technologies in India. Currently she is the Principal Customer Success Manager at Adobe.

    Neha is passionate about exploring what makes impactful leaders and shares her learnings through Bridge to Leadership. She also mentors and coaches customer success professionals.

    Connect with her on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/nehajsingh


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    37 mins
  • Coaching Corner : The Stories We Tell Ourselves | Michele Calderigi
    May 18 2025

    My guest today is Michele Calderigi.

    She is an excutive coach who helps driven executives break through roadblocks, lead with confidence, and navigate career transitions with purpose.

    As a former Chief Human Resource Officer, Michele developed corporate HR strategies for hiring and retaining the right people in the right jobs to ensure the company achieved its goals. To help employees grow and evolve, she began coaching individuals.

    Michele and I talk about:

    1. What are the stories we tell ourselves and their impact

    2. How a leader’s story impacts her environment?

    3. Can we do away with these stories and stay only in reality?

    4. How do we replace disempowering stories with empowering ones?

    Books Mentioned: Change your questions, change your life by Marilee Adams

    Reach out to Michele on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcalderigi/

    Know more about NextCareer : https://nextcareer.coach


    About Bridge To Leadership

    Bridge to Leadership is a platform connecting mid to senior executives with marquee coaches who help leaders navigate the challenging landscape in business and career.

    Explore coaches, articles, books and podcasts on : https://bridgetoleadership.in/

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    About the Host:

    Neha Singh is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS space with nearly 2 decades of experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expandingComscore Technologies in India. Currently she is Principal Customer Success Manager at Adobe.

    Neha is passionate about exploring what makes impactful leaders and shares her learnings through Bridge to Leadership.

    Connect with Neha on Linkedin

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    50 mins
  • The Resilient Leader's Playbook | Anurag Dayal
    Mar 28 2025

    My guest today is Anurag Dayal. Anurag is the head of business solutions at MRCC, a company that develops and delivers tailored learning and publishing solutions globally.

    With more than 2 decades of experience crafting strategies for organisation development intervention, business critical learning solution, training, consulting, and Content Development for leadership development, he has experienced resilience being built and practiced first hand.

    Anurag and I talk about:

    1. What is resilience and why is it important?
    2. Practical steps one can take to start buildingresilience.
    3. How can a leader be resilient and also beauthentic about her vulnerabilities?
    4. Difference between vulnerability and weakness
    5. Myths surrounding resilience

    Books mentioned : Rising Strong by Brene Brown

    Reach out to Anurag on Linkedin

    Know more about MRCC

    About Bridge To Leadership

    Bridge to Leadership is a platform connecting mid to senior executives with marquee coaches who help leaders navigate the challenging landscape in business and career.

    Explore coaches, articles, books and podcasts on : https://bridgetoleadership.in/

    Sign up to never miss an update : https://bridgetoleadership.in/become-a-member/

    About the Host:

    Neha Singh is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS space with nearly 2 decades of experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expandingComscore Technologies in India. Currently she is Principal Customer Success at Adobe.

    Neha is passionate about exploring what makes impactful leaders and shares her learnings through Bridge to Leadership. She also mentors and coaches customer successprofessionals.

    Connect with Neha on Linkedin


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    37 mins
  • Coaching Corner : From Chaos to Clarity | April Rinne
    Feb 28 2025

    My guest today is April Rinne.

    She helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux.

    April and I talk about:

    1. What Flux Mindset and what happensin its absence
    2. Flipping the script – transformingold stories that we have clung to so far
    3. How slowing down your inner paceenables you to navigate the faced paced world
    4. Portfolio career and multipleearning streams

      About April Rinne:

      She is ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a graduate of Harvard Law School.

      She helps individuals and organisations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux


      Reach out to April on Linkedin

      Know more about April

      Deep Dive into the Flux Mindset

      Buy "Flux - 8 Super Powers for Thriving in Constant Change" on Amazon


      About Bridge to Leadership:

      Bridge to Leadership is a platform connecting mid to senior level executives with marquee coaches who help leaders navigate the challenging landscape in business and career.

      Explore coaches, articles, books and podcasts on - www.bridgetoleadership.in

      Sign up to never miss an update : https://bridgetoleadership.in/become-a-member/


      About the host:

      Neha Singh is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS space with 18 years of work experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding Comscore Technologies in India. Currently she is Principal Customer Success at Adobe.

      She mentors customer success professionals and shares her leadership learnings through Bridge to Leadership.









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      1 hr and 7 mins
    1. Coaching Corner : T Shaped Leadership | Neeraja Ganesh
      Jan 10 2025

      My guest on this episode is Neeraja Ganesh, Neeraja is a well-known leadership coach who has done some amazing work in the space of leadership, gender diversity, storytelling and aligning education with industry requirements.

      During our conversation, Neeraja and I discuss:

      • What is T Shaped Leadership and why do we need it
      • How to develop T Shaped leadership skills
      • How to balance honoring existing commitments and investing in learning skills
      • Can one overdo developing T shaped skills?


      About Neeraja:

      Neeraja has had a successful career in the Information Technology industry managing large teams, delivery of IT projects, Operational excellence and customer delight for large banking captives for 25 years before she pivoted to mentoring and developing leaders.

      She is a TEDx speaker and has shared her wisdom through talks on platforms like Lean In, TIE, nasscom and the likes.

      Reach out to Neeraja on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeraja-ganesh/


      About Bridge to Leadership:

      Bridge to Leadership is a platform connecting mid to senior level executives with marquee coaches who help leaders navigate the challenging landscape in business and career. Explore coaches, articles, books and podcasts on - www.bridgetoleadership.in

      Sign up to never miss an update : https://bridgetoleadership.in/become-a-member/

      Follow Bridge to Leadership on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgetoleadership/


      About the host:

      Neha is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS space with more than 16 years of work experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding Comscore Technologies in India. She currently mentors customer success professionals and shares her leadership learnings through Bridge to Leadership.

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      45 mins
    2. Coaching Corner : Downsizing with Dignity | Lindsay Witcher
      Sep 13 2024

      My guest on this episode is Lindsay Witcher, Global Managing Director, RiseSmart - part of Randstad Enterprise encompassing career transition, coaching, career development and social welfare programs around the world.

      During our conversation, Lindsay and I discuss:

      • State of corporate severance globally
      • The foundational elements companies need to address when planning downsizing
      • Mistakes organizations make during layoffs
      • Areas of focus of people once they are let go
      • How RiseSmart helps organisations and professionals during the difficult phase of downsizing.

      About Lindsay Witcher

      Lindsay Witcher is the Global Managing Director of Randstad RiseSmart, a global leader driving talent development and transition strategies for the world’s most successful employers.

      A deep subject matter expert in career transition and coaching, Lindsay is dedicated to empowering people to bring their whole selves to work as she partners with organizations of all sizes to strengthen their brands, improve retention, re-engage talent and facilitate positive employee transitions.

      Additional Resources

      Reach out to Lindsay on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsaywitcher/

      Website : https://www.randstadenterprise.com/randstad-risesmart/

      About Bridge to Leadership:

      Bridge to Leadership brings together resources and community that leaders need to navigate. Explore articles, featured coaches, featured books and podcasts on - www.bridgetoleadership.in

      Get access to exclusive content and offers like live discussions with world renowned coaches, discounts on world class training programs etc by signing up free : https://bridgetoleadership.in/become-a-member/

      Follow Bridge to Leadership on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgetoleadership/

      About the host:

      Neha is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS (MarTech) space with 16 years of work experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding Comscore Technologies India in Bangalore. She currently consults SaaS companies on their post sales customer strategy, mentors customer success professionals and shares her leadership learnings through Bridge to Leadership.

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      29 mins
    3. Coaching Corner : Power Dynamics | Gayatri Das Sharma
      Aug 30 2024

      My guest on this episode is Gayatri Das Sharma, Co – Founder Timshel Coaching & Consulting. Gayatri’s experience spans over 24 years in the space of talent consulting and executive coaching across India, US and China.

      During our conversation, Gayatri and I discuss:

      • What power means in the context or career and leadership?
      • What happens in the absence of power?
      • Our sources of power
      • How to step into power during difficult times?
      • How to manage the darker side of power within ourselves as well as others

      About Gayatri Das Sharma

      Gayatri has coached senior leaders with global responsibilities in organisations with different ownership patterns and cultures i.e. Multi-national corporations, family run business and public sector enterprises. She has worked with leaders in different stages of their career, thus supporting them from one stage of leadership to the next.Gayatri is a professionally certified coach and has completed my Advanced Coaching Certification from Columbia University, New York.

      In addition to being the Co-Founder of Timshel, Gayatri is an Ananta Aspen Fellow and visiting faculty at the Indian School of Business

      Reach out to Gayatri on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayatri-das-sharma-5206a426/

      About Bridge to Leadership:

      Bridge to Leadership brings together resources and community that leaders need to navigate. Explore articles, featured coaches, featured books and podcasts on - www.bridgetoleadership.in

      Get access to exclusive content and offers like live discussions with world renowned coaches, discounts on world class training programs etc by signing up free : ⁠https://bridgetoleadership.in/become-a-member/⁠

      Follow Bridge to Leadership on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgetoleadership/

      About the host:

      Neha is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS (MarTech) space with 16 years of work experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding Comscore Technologies India in Bangalore. She currently consults SaaS companies on their post sales customer strategy, mentors customer success professionals and shares her leadership learnings through Bridge to Leadership.

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      39 mins
    4. Coaching Corner : Leading Millennials and Gen Z | Susan Inouye PART-2
      Aug 9 2024

      My guest on the episode is Susan Inouye, an authority on leading millennials and Gen Z.

      As an executive coach, she has helped executives and managers make impact in business as well as outside by understanding how to engage and motivate this generation of unique talents.

      During our conversation, Susan and I discuss:

      • Making Millennials and Gen Z aware of their blind spots and turn them into strengths
      • Establishing an organisational culture rooted in Sawubona philosophy
      • How can organisations and leaders develop themselves so that their team members bring their whole selves to work.

      About Susan Inouye

      Susan has been instrumental in taking a revolutionary method that emerged from Gen Y into the corporate world. Today Sawubona Leadership (Zulu for “I see you”) is being used globally because of its capacity to unite all generations through their gifts, passions and purpose.

      SUSAN INOUYE’S proven track record in transformational change, has positively impacted over 600 businesses in 40 industries in nearly two decades of working with leaders and their organizations. She has helped leaders create dramatic turnarounds, cultural transformations, increased profitability, and executives living a more balanced and fulfilled life.

      Related Sources:

      1. Reach out to Susan on Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-inouye-083384b/
      2. Books by Susan - https://www.amazon.in/Leaderships-Perfect-Storm-Millennials-Possibilities-ebook/dp/B07HDVNH1J/ref=sr_1_1


      Offers from Susan

      • FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER OF SUSAN’S BOOK: Download a free sample chapter of Leadership’s Perfect Storm: What Millennials Are Teaching Us about Possibilities, Passion & Purpose - https://susaninouye.com/chapter-optin/
      • BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL: If you’re interested in learning more about Susan’s services, please contact & schedule a free 20-minute consultation with Susan - https://susaninouye.com/contact/
      • Purchase Susan’s Book. All proceeds are donated to the non-profit, Youth Mentoring Program - https://www.amazon.in/Leaderships-Perfect-Storm-Millennials-Possibilities-ebook/dp/B07HDVNH1J/ref=sr_1_1

      • About the Host : Neha is a Customer Success and Sales leader in SaaS (MarTech) space with 16 years of work experience. She spent the last decade of her career setting up and expanding customer success function for Comscore Technologies India in Bangalore. She currently consults SaaS companies on post sales customer strategy and mentors customer success professionals. Neha interviews marquee leadership coaches and authors to bring their thinking to the forefront through her platform Bridge to Leadership.

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      35 mins