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HR Professional |🎙LinkedIn Top Voice | Inclusive Talent Development |🏅Helen-Keller Awardee | LinkedIn Creator Accelerator Program - Top 200 Creators, India 2022

About

Transforming workplaces through Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Early Career and Gen-Z Talent, Women Talent Development, and Inclusion-led Capability Building. I partner with business leaders, HR leaders, and people managers to design and scale learning journeys that strengthen leadership pipelines, accelerate workforce capability, and improve employee experience and EVP across diverse talent cohorts. My experience spans: • Leadership Development & Manager Capability Building • Early Career, Young Talent & Gen-Z Workforce Programs • Women Talent Development & Inclusive Leadership • Learning Strategy, Capability Building & Continuous Learning Journeys • Adult Learning Principles, Experiential Learning • Employee Engagement, Mentoring & Leadership Accessibility • Inclusion-led Culture Transformation & Psychological Safety • Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Collaboration & Change Enablement • Data-driven Learning Interventions focused on engagement, retention, readiness, and business outcomes. I have designed and delivered structured development journeys for diverse talent cohorts, integrating blended learning, mentoring ecosystems, leadership connects, reverse mentoring, and experiential learning approaches. My work is rooted in the belief that learning creates impact when it is embedded into business rhythms, aligned to workforce capability needs, and translated into measurable outcomes. As an FMS Delhi alumnus and LinkedIn Top Voice 2022, I bring a strategic lens that combines business understanding, people development, and inclusive leadership to build future-ready workplaces and meaningful employee experiences. Culture is built through the experiences people have every day.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

Work experience

National Manager at Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, Oct 2022 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Driving strategic alignment, talent development, learning & inclusion led workplace initiatives - partnering with senior leadership, business leaders and HR teams. Leadership Development & Capability Building - Scaled inclusive leadership capabilities for 400+ managers through workshops on bias, inclusive behaviors, equitable talent management and micro learning journeys. - Women’s Dev Program supporting 170+ early- and mid-career professionals through structured learning & mentoring. Early Career Talent Development - Architected & launched an Accelerator Program for campus recruits, a structured blended learning journey with leader connects, mentorship, functional trainings, to nurture future sales leaders. - Led Gen-Z focussed Young Talent development, enabling seamless corporate integration and capability building. - Coached hiring managers to engage diverse, multicultural talent pools, focussed on retention, & engagement. - Partnered with business heads, HRBPs to accelerate integration, reduce time-to-productivity, Employee Resource Groups Leadership - Championed Women’s ERG initiatives, driving senior leadership connects, mentorship programs, and cross-level visibility. - Launched young talent 'Next Gen' ERG for learning and development, with reverse mentoring, leadership connects, regular feedback sessions. Strategic Leadership - DEI strategy with sr leaders, business leaders, shaping a 3-year inclusion roadmap tied to business gaols. - Driving workplace investigations as IC member, POSH, leading awareness initiatives, policy reinforcement for safety and compliance. - Comprehensive workplace policy review & design ensuring equity, legal compliance, psychological safety & cultural alignment across a workforce of 3500+ Employee Well-Being & Mental Health Learning - Launched the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with enhanced mental health resources & org-wide awareness campaigns, normalising dialogue and increasing utilization.

Independent Consultant at Inclusion Digest, Jul 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, - Advised business heads, and HR leaders across marquee organizations on learning strategy, leadership development, and culture transformation, impacting 5,000+ employees. - Designed and facilitated custom leadership development programs for C‑suite and senior leaders on Inclusive Leadership, Managing Diverse & Generational Workforces, Allyship, and Unconscious Bias. - Delivered high‑impact learning interventions for Goldman Sachs, Publicis Sapient, LinkedIn, Intuit, Thomson Reuters, HP, Intel, and BSH, achieving 95%+ satisfaction scores and measurable shifts in leadership behaviors. - Facilitated experiential workshops for 250+ senior leaders and 2,500+ employees, blending case‑based learning, reflection, and action planning. - Built trusted advisor relationships through consultative engagement and outcome‑driven delivery, achieving 85%+ repeat client engagement. Recognition: - LinkedIn Top Voice 2022, Built a global thought‑leadership and collaborative learning community of 14,000+ followers focused on leadership, learning, and talent development - Featured in LinkedIn Top 200 Creators India (2022) and LinkedIn Accelerator Creator Program - Recipient, Helen Keller Award (2021) – National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, for advancing employment opportunities for persons with disabilities

Senior Program Manager at GiftAbled, Mar 2017 - Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, - Helping organizations in their D&I journey - policies and practices as part of the organizational culture - Provide expertise in strategy development and execution, planning of Diversity & Inclusion programmmes for Sensitization & Employee engagement. -Achieved 100% client satisfaction index by supporting the process involved in conceptualizing organizational level strategies - Successfully facilitated 20+ senior leaders workshops & 25+ sessions and 30+ Employee Engagements.... touching 2000+ individuals - Design and facilitation of Training and Development programs for D&I, including learning activities, materials and lesson plans for giant organisations. (Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn , SAP and the likes) - Content writing and periodic reviews & revisions to GiftAbled Editorials. -Editor, Inclusion Times- The D&I Newsletter

Marketing, ENU at WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Jul 2012 - Jan 2013 · 7 mos, Responsible for marketing all solutions w.r.t Energy, Natural Gas, Utilities sector, Enhanced the quality of processes by communicating USP to the prospects and customers Enhanced company representation at 20+ international events Responsible for all content w.r.t ENU

Software Engineer at Cerner Corporation, Jul 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, Full Time Batch, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) - University of Delhi

Pune university

Public links

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@https://youtube.com/@talentinclusionwithsasha?si=4jDYYhSyziW1KKuF