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I am super fun (and funny - former comic!!) and I will tell you how it is - what is going on and why - and why it's not you. It's them! Since it's always them, I will help you figure out what you can do to get past them, and win. "Negotiation is the art of letting the other side have your way." - some old white guy said that in the 1700s. I modernize that expression so that it can apply for anyone, not just the old white guys.
Lakshmi’s Executive Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Executive
100+ Executive Coaching clients
Welcome to my profile! With a rich background in academia and industry, I bring a unique blend of experience to executive coaching. As a tenured professor at Babson College and a lecturer at Harvard University, I've spent years teaching negotiation, conflict resolution, and entrepreneurship, equipping leaders - with a particular expertise helping women leaders - with the skills they need to excel. My work as an Innovation Fellow with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Economic Development Administration has honed my expertise in innovation and entrepreneurship policy and the non-profit / NGO sector. I've coached over 100 executives, helping them navigate complex challenges and achieve their professional goals. Let's connect to explore how I can support your leadership journey!
Lakshmi can help with:
Board Relations
Communication Skills
Decision Making
Leadership Development
Team Management
Why do I coach?
I have been a teacher/professor for 20+ years. I started teaching in MBA classrooms to share my expertise, but I find that I make a much bigger impact through coaching, in one-on-one settings. I love telling stories when I teach (and coach), because I love hearing stories, which I only get the chance to do through coaching. All of progress is through conversation, and I find coaching - and the resulting conversation - is the best way to make progress for anyone!
Work Experience
Innovation Fellow
National Science Foundation
August 2021 - August 2022
Designed and directed innovation and entrepreneurship policy for the Technology, Innovation, Partnerships Directorate
Innovation Fellow
U.S. Economic Development Administration
August 2021 - August 2023
Designed and implemented $60B Tech Hubs program and other Entrepreneurship and Innovation regional support programs, led cross-agency Council for Inclusive Innovation Team on Entrepreneurship Policy
Lecturer
Harvard University
June 2006 - Present
PhD lecturer, recruited to teach Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Improvisation and currently also Entrepreneurship
Professor
Babson College
May 2006 - October 2024
Tenured professor of Entrepreneurship, focus on gender bias, entrepreneur pitches and venture capital investor decision-making
Associate
Citizens Financial Group
June 1998 - November 2000
Associate for $100 Venture Capital investment team of Citizens Bank (Citizens Capital, Inc.). Led due diligence and pitch/plan review for prospective series A and B investments.
Education
Carroll School of Management
PhD, Management - Organizational Behavior
2006 - 2011
Awarded research fellowships from Kauffman Foundation and Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation
University of Chicago
BA, Environmental Studies/Economics
1991 - 1995
MIT Sloan
MBA, With Master’s Research - Improvisation
1991 - 1995
Co-President of Sloan Women in Management, acapella group, wrote a master’s research thesis, created and taught a course on Improvisation for Leadership, hired as faculty at MIT Sloan after graduation.
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