4 - The glass ceiling before the CEO role - Roopa Kudva on Leadership Beyond the Playbook

Roopa Kudva speaks about how leaders need to have a healthy combination of humility and self-awareness to ensure that they don’t carried away by their success.

Roopa lays out 4 approaches to purpose. 1) Seek alignment between your personal purpose and organizational purpose 2) Learn from role models 3) Find purpose in the day to day 4) Use privilege as a platform to find purpose

Roopa Kudva speaks about how she made decisions given she had a high caliber team at Omidyar Network India. She also highlights the criticality of breaking down the “why” behind a decision so that the team members feel “heard”.

Roopa Kudva speaks about the criticality of peers, not just in driving your agenda in the organization but also as people who often hold the keys to your career momentum.

Roopa Kudva speaks about how she toggled between the bird’s eye view and the worm’s eye view as a leader depending on the business context and the people she was leading.

Roopa Kudva speaks about how entrepreneurs scale up their leadership as the organization grows.

Roopa Kudva speaks about how leaders can harness the various strengths that different generations bring to the work force.

Roopa Kudva speaks about how leaders need to balance their gut and the data that is available to them and know when to make a decision and when not to.

Roopa Kudva speaks about how Venture Investors have two opposing forces to deal with. One is the speed of change and the need to be nimble. The other is the growing depth in a space where there is a track record and experience. Balancing the two is a fine art indeed.