Arise Leadership 

Online leadership programs to retain high-potential women from Fortune 500 companies. Our women's leadership accelerator, is an online, cohort-based program which equips participants with the practical skills to have a voice at the table and take on increased responsibility. 

Participants have used the program learnings to drive results and move up at companies like Google,  Amazon, Salesforce, Cisco, Accenture, Uber, Starbucks, Pandora, AbbVie, Coca-Cola, and many more. 

🔥 98% retention of graduates from Arise Leadership 
🔥 3.7x more likely to get promoted compared to peers

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Coaching

1:1 coaching and corporate workshops to help women excel in their career. Topics include leadership skills, communication and career development.

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Product Lead

Sr. Product Manager

Intercom

Designed, launched and owned a down-market product offering to acquire seed stage startups as customers. Defined and executed a scalable go-to-market strategy including positioning, packaging and partnerships; conducted customer interviews and analyzed market trends to improve strategy. Created a tiered partner strategy and developed partnerships with top startup organizations. Led a cross-functional team across Engineering, Customer Support, Marketing, Finance and Analytics to identify and execute product and operational changes. Collaborated with Marketing to create and refine messaging, localize language on landing pages and share curated content with target prospects.

New Business, Self-Serve

Determined the annual plans pricing strategy including the pricing model and structure. Collaborated with Engineering and Design to scope, prioritize and implement changes in billing product experience to support annual plans. Led a cross-functional team across Sales, Engineering, Finance and Analytics to implement new pricing, create churn mitigation plans and train Sales team on new selling approach.

Monetization, Growth

Led and executed revenue growth and sales enablement initiatives at a series B stage enterprise startup. I identified new upsell opportunities and quantified incremental revenue opportunity by leveraging SQL and data analysis. I also developed methods to forecast and track sales performance and headcount growth. Supported nascent sales team in creating a more efficient sales process. Mentored co-workers on presentation, leadership and communication issues. Worked with the Customer Success team and responded to questions from customers about the product.

Business Intern

PayPal

Spent nearly 3 years on the evolving Corporate Development team focusing on M&A and investment efforts for the organization. Helped spearhead PayPal's acquisition of Braintree (incl. Venmo), a transaction which redefined the company and one of the most successful Silicon Valley acquisitions in recent years. A majority of my experience at PayPal was as part of a two-person Corporate Development division (comprised of myself and the Head of Global Corp Dev), which allowed me significant exposure and opportunity to impact the org. 

During my time at PayPal, my greatest strengths were managing, influencing and activating large teams and senior leaders around strategic initiatives. I developed strategy, evaluated and executed investment and acquisition opportunities in the financial technology and adjacent industries (e.g. Order Ahead, SMB Services), both domestically and in key international markets. I worked directly with the Head of Corp Dev and product teams to formulate strategies for new payments initiatives and develop businesses cases to determine if M&A was the best option for the relevant product teams. Managed hiring and onboarding processes. I received an early promotion to Manager from Associate Manager. Key deal experience includes Braintree acquisition ($800M) and JV with Softbank.

Corporate Development

Credit Suisse

Developed valuation analysis, performed due diligence, prepared offering memoranda, and advised companies across various sectors within the technology industry on strategic alternatives and financing. Completed market landscape and analyses to identify potential acquisition targets.

Investment Banking, Technology Group

Lehman Brothers

Investment banking intern in the Financial Sponsors and Financial Institutions groups.

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

Arbor Advisors

Investment Banking Summer Intern

Shivani writes a weekly newsletter with 11,500+ subscribers. She provides practical and vulnerable advice to help you get promoted into leadership, combat imposter syndrome, get buy-in from difficult stakeholders, and thrive as a working mom. 

Shivani has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and First Round Review. LinkedIn recognized her as the Top Voice for Leadership. She is a LinkedIn Learning instructor. 

Shivani is the CEO & Founder of Arise Leadership, a women’s leadership accelerator (virtual). Fortune 500 companies & tech leaders leverage the accelerator to help retain 98% and level up high-potential women (3.7x more promotions for program graduates).

Their mission is to elevate 1M women into leadership. 

Shivani has an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is an experienced leader at top tech companies and knows firsthand the challenges of advocating for yourself, effectively influencing, and raising kids while moving up in your career. She's made an impact on her teams, executives and company's Board of Directors. Mama to Reya.

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The most important decision I've made was at 18.

(Warning: gushy emo post 😉).

I met my future partner on the first day at UCLA. I didn't know then but we'd get married 10 years later.

I knew he was a keeper when I was 20.

I was the first in our class to receive an investment banking internship.

He was as excited for me as he was for himself when he got his offer. No ego.

Neeraj has been my biggest cheerleader.

He's the one who encouraged me to quit my cushy tech job & start Arise Leadership  

The biggest career choice you'll make is who you marry.

You can be the smartest, most ambitious woman, but...

Your partner's support still matters the most.

Especially once you have kids.

I couldn't be sustainably achieving my career goals while having kids if I didn't have a supportive partner.

That's the unsaid reality.

Because I can rely on him to:

↳ Handle the housework with me,
↳ Treat my career needs with equal weight,
↳ Take care of our kids without waiting for my direction.

He's the primary cook.

He gives me a shoulder to lean on.
He removes some of the mental load.
He gives me the space to achieve my career goals.

All of the above should be a given but sadly it isn't.

This doesn't solve all the barriers we face as women in the workplace but it's a big factor that's more in our control.

I’m grateful that my children have Neeraj as a role model for what they should expect from their future partners.❤️

P.S. Neeraj hates being in the spotlight so let's give him some extra love 😂.

Tag a person in your support system who enables you to achieve your dreams. 👇
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She dropped out of college at 19 to become a billionaire.

Melanie Perkins, one of the youngest female CEOs of a tech start-up, was born in 1987 in Perth, Australia.

Growing up, she wanted to be a professional figure skater.

But at 14, she started her first business, selling handmade scarves.

This experience sparked her love for entrepreneurship.

In 2007, Melanie co-founded Fusion Books.

Fusion Books let students design school yearbooks.

She saw how much work went into yearbooks and thought her idea could be helpful.

With her partner, Cliff Obrecht, she called schools to get clients.

Soon, Fusion Books became the largest yearbook company in Australia.

This experience inspired Melanie's new business idea.

Although she faced rejection from over 100 local investors, she didn't quit.

In 2011, she pitched her idea.

She didn’t get funding at first, but she kept meeting other investors, and Canva was founded in 2013.

Today, Melanie is the CEO of Canva.

Forbes estimated her net worth at $3.6 billion in 2023.

She is one of the few women CEOs in tech.

Melanie promotes diversity in hiring and has a strong female representation at Canva.

In 2020, Forbes named Melanie as one of the world's "Top Under 30 of the Decade".

Melanie’s story is a true inspiration to always follow your dreams.

Because - everyone faces rejection.

But only those who constantly keep trying will succeed.

Melanie, congratulations on your amazing achievements!

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She lost her run for Congress but won something better.

This loss is a success story of Reshma Saujani.

Saujani was born in Chicago in 1975.

She received a Master of Public Policy at Harvard University in 1999, and her Juris Doctor at Yale Law School in 2002.

In 2010, Suaujani decided to run for Congress.

Unfortunately, she didn’t win.

But campaigning for Congress got her to visit schools and become aware of the gender disparity in computing.

This experience was life-changing for Saujani.

She was inspired to start Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization that works to close the gender gap in tech.

Saujani was so passionate about this topic that she spoke at the 2016 TED Conference.

She encouraged young girls to learn to program.

Saujani is married and a mom of 2 kids.

So, she realized that to finish the fight for gender equality, she had to win the fight for moms.

In December 2021, she founded Moms First.

The movement fights to get moms the support they deserve: childcare, paid leave, and equal pay.

This year, Moms First set off to elevate child care in the national conversation.

The goal was to secure commitments from both presidential candidates that they would pass affordable child care.

Moms First put together a plan to make child care impossible to ignore.

And it worked.

Both presidential candidates and their running mates have openly committed to tackling the childcare crisis.

Saujani is the author of 4 books, including:

- Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World
- Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, & Live Bolder

Her books support all the girls around the world.

With this success, Saujani was named to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 list.

Reshma Saujani is an inspiration for all young girls.

And a role model for all working women and moms.

This world needs more women to lift each other.

And Reshma Saujani showed us her path.

P.S. Did you pay attention to the recent talks about childcare?
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This Halloween, I salute all of you working parents.

I've never been more aware of how amazing you are.

Parents who have back-to-back meetings while crafting Halloween costumes and managing candy chaos.

Parents who leave work early to go trick-or-treating and create lifelong memories with their kids.

And after a night of fun, many of us go back online to finish our work.

I see how hard you all work, and you are amazing at juggling so many things at once.

I hope you get to enjoy your favorite candy today!

(I know I’m hoping Reya brings me multiple Snickers.)

Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

P.S. Seriously now: what's your favorite candy?

I'm a CEO and a mom, so unpredictable things happen.

Especially when it comes to taking care of my kid.

Recently, I had to bring my daughter to a meeting.

When childcare plans change and work still needs to be done - there is nothing left to do but let my daughter learn how to do 1:1 meetings firsthand.

(She's an amazing assistant already.)

But what I wanted to tell you is:

I’m beyond grateful for the amazing people I work with.

Amy welcomed Reya so warmly.
She embraced the situation without a blink.
And I felt a wave of relief I can’t even put into words.

So, I want to ask you:

Can we normalize empathizing with working parents?

If they have to bring their child to work, remember they’re already juggling more than most.

Understand their situation and welcome them.

Because that kind of support makes all the difference.

P.S. Have you ever brought your child to work with you?

Shivani Berry is in a meeting, with her daughter attending as well.

Sign of a tired mom: I was excited to visit my dentist.

I was in the chair for an hour and did nothing.

Of course, I've always hated going to the dentist, but...

For the last few weeks, I've been up since 5 a.m. and constantly in motion all day.

At the dentist, I finally got some rest.

It felt indulgent.

But it's also a sign that I need to rest more.

Funny how things that used to stress me out now seem so relaxing.

Here’s a photo of me “relaxing”. 😂

P.S. Do you hate going to the dentist?

Do you know what I wanted more than anything?

A pepperoni pizza and a chocolate cupcake.

When I was pregnant for the first time, I couldn’t stand the smell of food. I felt sick for months, and I could barely eat anything. I forced myself to eat.

But after hours of giving birth - I finally wanted to eat.

And I felt the joy of eating food again.

I saw this Burger King ad recently, and it spoke to me.

It's a clever ad and a reminder that moms need to take care of themselves too.

I know there are plenty of opinions on food moms should eat after giving birth, but... Let's be real.

One pepperoni pizza won't hurt.
One chocolate cupcake won't hurt.
A burger, pancakes, or fries won't hurt.

A mom who just used all her strength to bring one more human to the earth can definitely have a cheat day.

She deserves every bite. She deserves that joy.

And then she'll keep sacrificing for her baby for years.

Let her take a moment for herself, and don't judge her.

Instead, if it's a pizza or a cupcake, bring her plenty.

P.S. This ad seriously inspired me to think about what to eat after my next delivery. Any suggestions?

Burger King commercial - a mom eating a burger after just giving birth. 

She went from college entrepreneur to tech billionaire.

At only 22, Whitney Wolfe Herd co-founded one of the world’s most successful dating apps, Tinder.

She was vice president of marketing for Tinder.

But, she faced challenges with the company’s leadership, so she left.

Instead of stepping back, she used this setback as fuel.

Whitney could have stayed out of the dating industry.

But she founded Bumble in 2014.

She created a platform that flipped the script on online dating.

This time: women made the 1st move.

This concept resonated with millions.

But Whitney's path wasn’t easy.

She faced criticism, legal battles, and personal threats.

Still, she pushed forward and proved that struggles can fuel innovation.

Whitney was named as one of 2017's and 2018's Forbes 30 Under 30.

In 2018, she was named in the Time 100 List.

By 2021, she made history as the youngest female billionaire after Bumble went public.

At just 31, she became the youngest woman in U.S. history to take a company public.

Whitney’s success wasn’t just about building a billion-dollar company.

It was about challenging the status quo.

She created a space where women’s voices mattered.

Whitney's story shows how setbacks are not failures.

They're opportunities to reinvent and rise.

When you believe in your vision, keep pushing.

The world needs more bold thinkers like Whitney!
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Have you noticed this double standard?

We judge working moms while we admire working dads.

"Oh, what a great dad, no problem, we'll reschedule" - when a dad leaves early to take his kid to the doctor.

"Ugh, she's leaving early so we have to work around her schedule now" - when a mom does the same thing.

A working mom is "lucky" if the kids are with dad.
And a working dad "helps" his wife with kids.

A working dad is not expected to do chores.
A working mom is still required to do them.

We still don't see parents as parents.

We see them as moms and dads.

How about we work harder to change this? It's time.

P.S. Have you ever experienced this double standard?

I didn't send follow-up emails to avoid being annoying.

But this action has led to big opportunities for me.

Here's what I used to think:

Email sent →  No response = They're not interested.

But I learned that the reality is:

- ⁠they see your message,
- ⁠they mean to respond,
- ⁠life gets in the way.

That’s where follow-ups come in.

Follow-ups improve response rates by up to 90%.

I usually get: “Sorry, I’ve been meaning to get to this!”

But if you don’t ask, you miss the chance entirely.

I’ve connected with senior leaders.
I got introductions to people I admire.
I got new business growth opportunities...

All because I wasn’t afraid to send that follow-up.

Make the ask.
Send that second email.
Not as a push. As a reminder.

If they don’t respond, they don’t respond.

But more often, you'll get what you want.

Remember:

If you don’t ask, you miss 100% of the shots.

P.S. Do you avoid sending follow-ups?
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Imposter syndrome almost cost me a raise.

When I first got promoted to become a people manager, I didn’t immediately ask for a salary increase.

I was terrified they would see I wasn’t ready for the job.

I thought if they had to pay me more money, they would re-evaluate me and take it away.

Plus, I compared myself to my manager, who was a CTO with 20 years of experience.

A few months later, I was learning, leading, and supporting my team.

And only then did it hit me:

We're all new to people management in the beginning.

Yes, it was Day 1 for me in the new role. But it was a "new role". With new responsibilities. With a new value attached to my name and my team.

That's when I asked for the raise and got it.

I realized if I don't ask, I'm not gonna get what I deserve.

Trust yourself. No one starts out knowing it all.

You’re more capable than you give yourself credit for.

P.S. Have you ever felt imposter syndrome? How did you overcome yours?

Many women of Wall Street have 1 thing in common:

A "househusband".

In 2021, 18% of stay-at-home parents were dads (in 1989, it was 11%). In 2024, it's a whole conversation.

Women on Wall Street need to be on call constantly.

The long hours and constant travel make it hard for them to balance their careers with family life.

But some top women in finance have made it work in a surprising way.

They have husbands who stay home with the kids.

These men are the primary caregivers.

They allow their wives to focus on their careers.

And this is not always easy.

Men still get strange looks when they say they stay home with the children.

But per The Wall Street Journal, things are changing.

Nearly 50% of married women now earn as much as or more than their husbands in the U.S.

This has tripled over the past 50 years.

Women in high-powered careers are often competing against men whose partners stay home.

It's a tough challenge.

But these women are finding ways to make it work.

P.S. Are you or someone you know in this position?

"Househusbands" represent 18% of stay-at-home parents in the US. (2021 study)

👋 Morning to you who’ve been up since 4:45am on a Sunday
(was 5:45am before the time change) trying to get our kids back to sleep. 

Hope we all get a nap in today & tomorrow goes smoother as work starts. 🤞

This person made me embrace vulnerability as a strength instead of being scared of it.

Here's how Brené Brown changed her life with one talk.

Growing up in Texas, she experienced the typical struggles of childhood.

Through her academic journey, she wanted to understand shame, vulnerability, and courage.

She earned her PhD in social work and became a professor at the University of Houston. 

Her breakthrough came in 2010 with her TEDx talk, "The Power of Vulnerability."

The talk became one of the most viewed in TED history and changed her life forever.

She helped people understand their emotions better.

Brené has written 6 best-selling books, including "Daring Greatly" and "Atlas of the Heart."

She appears in the 2019 documentary 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦́ 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 on Netflix.

In 2020, she became the host of the original podcasts "Unlocking Us" and "Dare to Lead."

In 2022, HBO Max released a documentary series based on her book 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.

Brown regularly speaks at private events and businesses, including Alain de Botton's School of Life, Google, and Disney.

Her work continues to impact lives everywhere - my life included!

I used to feel like I couldn’t share when I was nervous or stressed.

That I always had to put on a brave front.

Now I realize I can and should be vulnerable.

It helps me be the leader I want to be.

It’s made me more comfortable sharing my struggles with you here.

She completely changed my perspective.

And you? Have you ever read any of her books or listened to her speak?

Do I need to say I highly recommend it?
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Great conversation with Aydin Mirzaee about my biggest learnings in my career and how to give feedback that actually sticks.

Thanks #Supermanagers for inviting me!

#1 AI Meeting Assistant | CEO @ Fellow.app |🎙 Supermanagers Podcast | Co-Founder: Fluidware (acquired by SurveyMonkey)

Getting feedback can be hard - giving it can be even harder.

I sat down with Shivani Berry, Founder of Arise Leadership , on #Supermanagers last week and we discussed all things leadership, feedback, and communication. Her advice? Make sure you are setting up the right environment where people feel comfortable giving you feedback.

For more of Shivani’s insights, listen to the full episode linked in the comments.

How do you turn skeptics into champions?

A leader's most powerful tool is strategic communication.

At DoorDash, Emma Forman had to align multiple teams with different priorities when tasked with launching a new AI data pipeline.

Rather than pushing forward with her own vision, Emma utilized learnings from Arise Leadership to:
1. Create space for each team to share their perspective
2. Use co-creation to turn individual concerns into shared solutions
3. Translate complex technical challenges into clear decisions

The result?

The pipeline didn't just launch - the teams became so invested that they started leading training sessions themselves.

But here's what's even better:
Emma's now scaling these collaboration techniques through Women's Circles at DoorDash, turning one project's success into company-wide impact.

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