Abstract:
In high-stakes environments — pitching to leadership, presenting your work to boards, or sharing project updates in team and EAQ reviews — facts alone rarely create connection. What truly lands is EQ-powered storytelling. A story carries emotion, intent, and clarity across the room, helping people not just understand your work, but feel its importance.
This 60-minute session shows women leaders how to use empathy, self-awareness, and authentic narrative to make their pitches memorable and influential. Participants learn how to frame their achievements through human moments, craft stories that build trust with senior leaders, and communicate in ways that create psychological safety and resonance in technical settings.
Through simple EQ frameworks and practical examples, the session teaches how stories transform routine updates into meaningful bridges — strengthening visibility, influence, and connection across circuits, teams, and leadership forums.
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About the Speaker
Preethi Guruswamy
CEO & Founder, Women in Tech India and Vision of Wisdom Leadership Boutique | Executive Coach
Preethi Guruswamy is an award-winning leadership architect, executive coach, and the CEO & Founder of Women in Tech India and Vision of Wisdom Leadership Boutique. Recognized among Asia’s Top 10 Coaches, she brings a unique blend of engineering depth, emotional intelligence, and human-centered leadership to her work with technology professionals across the globe.
With over 25 years of experience in the technology landscape, Preethi has contributed to and led impactful initiatives at Intuit, Oracle, CGI, and Informatica, shaping engineering cultures that value innovation, clarity, and psychological safety. Her career spans database technologies to AI-driven systems, giving her a panoramic understanding of how technical excellence and human connection must coexist.
Preethi is known for her ability to transform complex ideas into relatable stories — stories that build trust, elevate visibility, and create meaningful bridges between people, teams, and leaders. Her mission is to help women rise with authenticity, influence with empathy, and lead without fear.