Featured Leader, Preethy Padmanabhan
Posted on Tue, Nov 24, 2009 @ 10:51 AM
Preethy is one of the 2009 FWL-Become a Fearless Entrepreneur Alumni and Team Leader at Cisco. As our host, you can meet her at the Become a Fearless Entrepreneur Informational South Bay Session.
:: Current Title & Company
Co-Founder, GloSmart
:: Online Profiles
Join Preethy on LinkedIn
::Favorite Book?
Celebrating Silence - Sri Sri Ravishankar
Leadership and Self Deception - Arbinger Institute
::Woman Leader That Inspires You?
Indra Nooyi - CEO of PepsiCo
Padmasree Warrior - CTO of Cisco
::Who Was Your Best Manager? Why?
My best manager was Richard Faubert, my hiring manager at Cisco, San Jose. He encouraged me to grow from an individual contributor to a Program manager and it was my first step towards confidence and developing management skills.
::Your First "Real" Job?
My first Real job was at Hughes Software Systems in Bangalore, India. I started as a Software developer for Voice over IP.
::Where Do You Do Your Best Thinking?
More relevant - "When do I do my best thinking" - Right after my meditation, yoga or a relaxing activity
::What Do you Value Most in Employees? Colleagues?
I value employees, colleagues who honor their commitments, are straight talkers and honestly inform me both good and bad news.
::What Would you Like to Be The World's Best At?
I would rather be good at many things than best at one thing. That is why I chose to experiment with Entrepreneurship as it will give me a taste of everything I can do and I love variety.
::What Do You Consider Your Greatest Achievement?
Winning the Hughes Best student award in my final year at Undergrad competing against 50 top applicants from my university BITS Piliani, India.
::What is Your Personal Mission Statement?
My personal mission/ goal is to live in the present moment and focus on how to make a difference each day to myself, my family, my business and my world. My heart is full, my mind is clear and my body is relaxed. My intuition is guiding me to my ultimate destiny.