Sampada Inamdar

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DISC Type : CD

Founder Director at Trikaya Leadership

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Sampada Inamdar is an Executive Coach and the Founder of Trikaya Leadership, with over 25 years of experience leading talent and culture transformation at companies like Tata Motors. An alumna of Oxfords Saïd Business School, colleagues describe her as insightful, committed, and a motivating, people-oriented leader.

She has a diverse educational background with a post-graduate degree in Personnel Management, an undergraduate degree in Zoology, and a diploma in the Russian language. She is deeply interested in the intersection of technology and humanity, particularly the societal impacts of Artificial Intelligence.

Unique fact: Sampada is the Chair for Research at the Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches, leading studies on the future of coaching in the age of AI.

Personality Overview

Thorough Evaluator

Precise But Practical

Fast But Analytical

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.  They respond well to strong and respectful communication. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Topics They Care About

AI in Coaching
As Research Chair for the Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches, she leads multi-country research on the readiness, ethics, and cultural nuances of integrating AI into the coaching profession.
Organizational Culture
Focuses on building cultures of inclusion, collaboration, and innovation, implementing practices like "Imagineering" to encourage out-of-the-box thinking at all organizational levels.
Future of Learning
Advocates for 'learning in the flow of work' using AI-enabled platforms and led discussions on AI Edtech's role in Learning & Development at the 2023 GlobalCCU Forum.

Media Appearances

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Work History

2-2025
Founder Director at Trikaya Leadership
12-2024
Chair for Research at Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches
8-2015
Board Member Scientific Committee at GlobalCCU, Global Council of Corporate Universities
4-2022 - 12-2024
Head Talent and Culture Transformation at Tata Motors
4-2013 - 4-2022
Group Learning and Talent Head at Anand Group India

Education

2018 - 2018
Oxford Advanced management and leadership program from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
5-2014 - 7-2015
Visionary Leadership For Manufacturing Excellence (VLFM) from Confederation of Indian Industries CII

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Insights For Selling To Sampada

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Objectively showcase the impact that your product creates
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Avoid being too verbose

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sampada is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sampada

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sampada move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Sampada take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Sampada

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