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Christine Tao on Coaching as an Effective Leadership Strategy

Christine Tao is the co-founder and CEO at Sounding Board, a Silicon Valley startup redefining how organizations are developing their leaders. Her extraordinarily rapid career growth to executive management in the media, mobile, and tech sectors of Silicon Valley became her inspiration for founding Sounding Board.Christine advises several startups, is a budding angel investor and is also a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow, a foundation dedicated to investing in the success and sustainability of women entrepreneurs.Prior to co-founding Sounding Board, Christine was a Senior Vice President of Developer Relations at Tapjoy, a venture-backed, leading mobile advertising & publishing network. She led the growth of Tapjoy’s publisher advertising business from 0 to over $100 million in revenues in less than 3 years. Prior to that she led e-commerce partnerships and strategy at YouTube. Christine holds an MBA in Marketing & Operations from Wharton and a BA in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.

Christine Tao

Talent leaders know that the career ladder can be slippery for women, but women don’t have to climb alone. By actively building a community—whether that’s based on cultural similarities or shared life and professional experiences—with talent leaders’ help, women can acquire the omnichannel support they need to advance.
In this intimate conversation, Sounding Board co-founder and CEO Christine Tao and Lean In senior vice president of programs and partnerships Archana Gilravi will discuss how their cultural and career commonalities helped to shape a foundation where they could better understand leadership challenges and identify solutions that propelled them up the career ladder (despite a few slippery rungs). They will also discuss the talent leader’s role in enabling this community building facet of leadership development.
During this event, attendees will discover:

How to identify who should be on your professional sounding board
How a spirit of service can enable more effective leadership
Why leadership skill-building and support are so integral for organizational and professional success
Resources they can bring back to their organizations to build a more inclusive workplace


How to Move From Awareness to Action as a Female Leader

Organizations that want to develop female leaders at all levels through coaching should consider these steps.

Making the Business Case for Leadership Coaching for Women

As budgets decrease and the world increases in volatility and complexity, learning and development departments must creatively adapt. However, finding the right solutions does not necessarily mean compromising on objectives and impact. Join this session to discover strategies for checking items off your leadership wish list in 2024.
During this event, you will:

Discover trends in leadership development, including the capabilities and capacities organizations actively need now.
Explore strategies to address these needs.
Gain a deeper understanding of how to build, scale, and manage leadership development programs. 

Primary Capability Covered: Career and Leadership Development
Participation in this event, either live or viewing the recording, can be reported for one (1) continuing education point on an application for initial certification eligibility or recertification of the APTD or CPTD credential. 
 

The 2024 Leadership Wish List

The global pandemic completely changed the way we work. HR has played a significant role throughout the crisis, but our work is just beginning. We must prepare for the hybrid workforce. This new way of working requires a different approach to talent development to ensure that leaders have the skills and experience to be effective. Join a panel of industry leaders sharing their perspectives on the hybrid workforce and leadership skills required to navigate this changing business landscape.
During this webinar, you will learn:

How the pandemic has changed the way organizations think about leadership
About the critical leadership skills for the hybrid workforce
How to accelerate leadership development to meet the moment
 


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