Shailvi Wakhlu | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Shailvi Wakhlu is an Author, International Keynote Speaker, and Technology Leader. She is the former Head of Data & Analytics at Strava and Komodo Health. Her sixteen-year data and engineering career has included companies such as Salesforce, Fitbit, and a software startup she co-founded. Shailvi’s self-advocacy expertise comes from being a practitioner at tech startups and large companies across three continents.

Wakhlu speaks on self-advocacy and data at twenty-five or more global conferences and Fortune 500 corporate events each year. She also teaches online courses on these subjects to a global audience.

Wakhlu offers individual and group coaching. She has helped hundreds of people grow their self-advocacy skills and reach important career milestones faster. She is also an investor and advisor to several high-growth startups.

Wakhlu grew up in India and studied Computer Engineering at Illinois Tech in Chicago. She loves to travel and has visited thirty-two countries. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and their sixty plants.

Current position (2)

Head of Data

Ex-Strava, Ex-Salesforce

Solopreneur

Achievements (1)

Published Author

My book on Self-Advocacy is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ44XNZG

It reached the #6 peak bestseller ranking spot on Amazon within a week of the launch in Sept 2023.

Degrees (1)

BS in Computer Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology

2004 to 2007

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Mastering Self-Advocacy: A Blueprint

In the modern workplace, self-advocacy is the cornerstone of success. This session unveils a pragmatic blueprint for honing your self-advocacy prowess, delivering benefits for your personal growth. Learn about what self-advocacy skills can unlock for you, the ways to reframe limiting beliefs, and tactical ways to frame wins in a way that leads to your desired outcomes. Break free from self-doubt, seize the reins of your potential, and sculpt a future brimming with accomplishments and empowerment.

This topic is great if you want to enable high-ownership employees equipped with self-advocacy skills.

The audience will leave with:
- An in-depth understanding of self-advocacy and its importance for career & business success
- Tools to reframe limiting beliefs around advocacy
- A framework to strategically unleash your authentic voice for your self-interest
- An actionable set of advocacy challenges to hold yourself accountable and practice your skills

Empowering Teams: The Self-Advocacy Revolution

Discover the keys to business triumph by empowering and aligning your workforce. In this session, I unveil a straightforward framework for bolstering self-advocacy skills within your team, promising enhanced results for your business. Explore the transformative potential of normalizing self-advocacy, cultivate a resilient team dynamic, and proactively mitigate business risks while gaining profound insights into your team's motivations. Unleash your organization's full potential by fostering enhanced psychological safety, and witness the substantial benefits it bestows upon your business output.

This topic is great for building psychologically safe & high advocacy cultures.

The audience will leave with:
-Understanding of self-advocacy & why teams that hone that skill succeed
-Tools to understand and reframe the challenges your team faces in self-advocating
-A framework to create personalized blueprints that can help individuals unleash their authentic voice
-Actionable execution plan

Data & Building Products

I speak on multiple topics:
- Preventing, Diagnosing, and Curing Bad Data (Data quality talk covering actionable methodologies and concepts)
- Data Fitness for a Healthy Business (Data quality concepts for business leaders and XFN partners)
- Data Storytelling (Deep-dive of data, visualization, and narrative techniques to influence decisions)
- Debiasing the Data Lifecycle (Proactive ways to prevent and address bias throughout the data lifecycle)
- Building an Effective Data Strategy (The why, what, and how for building an effective data strategy)
- Thoughtful Analytics (A mix of technical and business concepts related to analytics methodologies)
- Data-driven Product Success (Measuring success and building alignment for your product roadmap)
- V2MOM Planning (Establishing a V2MOM planning process in your company)

Career Growth

I speak on multiple topics:
- Get a "Yes" for your Job Promotion (Effective pitching for getting promoted at work)
- Personal Branding (Creating and leveraging your personal brand)
- Career Values (Aligning personal values with a company mission)

Leadership

I speak on multiple topics:
- Intersectionality (What it is, why it matters, how to do it)
- DEI Strategies (How leaders can create actionable plans for DEI)
- Hiring & Retention Done Right (How to hire, grow, and retain an amazing team)
- Running Impactful Teams (Getting the best out of your team through effective goal-setting and clear communication)
- Intro to Management (Frameworks, strategies, and tips for first-time managers)

Past talks (1)

Various - please check link for full details

More than 20/year for the last few years

In-person & Virtual