As a Life and Leadership Coach, I help people connect better, be aware of their greatness & and build strong personal and professional relationships. As a GROWTH CATALYST I help people grow from good to great | PCC | #IamtheHEROofmylife | Former President, ICF Mumbai | Author I was the Chairperson of the ICF India Coaching Conclave 2022, 24-27 August, a virtual hub for all things coaching, with the central theme - It's time to RISE! I have held C-suite positions for over 20 years of my 30-year work life in Financial Services, Media, FMCG, and Education. I am now an ICF credentialed Professional Certified Coach and a growth catalyst. I help individuals, teams, organizations, and systems lead, communicate, sell better, and grow from good to great. I am also a personal brand builder for C-suite executives and am the author of JUNGEE: A Warrior’s Journey. I’d often scribble ‘all the people’ through my growing years, was always good with communication and listening, and was a ‘builder-upper’ for friends, colleagues, and family. I intuitively saw and made people aware of their strengths and inspired them in their moments of vulnerability, to have the courage and emerge stronger and happier – I am proud to be called a growth catalyst! When the proverbial milestone of 50 arrived, I felt an urgent need for conscious change. I embraced the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship and learned to become a professional coach. Our core need after food, clothing, and shelter is to CONNECT with people. I believe that COMMUNICATION DONE RIGHT BUILDS CONNECTION. Like a catalyst, I enhance the process of change, by helping my clients communicate better. And like the bank of a river, I stay with them, through their transitions until, they are ready to merge into the ocean on their own. My transformation to being present in the here and now and to love myself and everyone with ABUNDANCE happened, over several stages of my life... • I successfully managed a conflicted team • I broke through the glass ceiling & and navigated contemptuous peers • My narcissistic boss took pleasure in showing off my work as his • I got laid off and desperately looked for a job to pay my EMI • I quit work for 6 years to be a mother - BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!!! • I fulfilled a teenage dream of summiting EBC at 53! • I wrote and published JUNGEE: A warrior's journey, in September 2020 My purpose today is to inspire people to become self-aware and say with humility #IamtheHEROofmylife I can best be reached at priyasharmashaikh@gmail.com | www.coachpriya.com