Amy Sareeram, Leadership Coach & Instructor

About

Amy stands as a distinguished leader, using her deep knowledge to help clients overcome obstacles and succeed in their personal and professional goals. With an impressive track record, she has collaborated with hundreds of clients spanning the globe, adeptly tailoring her approach to accommodate diverse cultural nuances and organizational exigencies.

She leverages her leadership experience in individual and team coaching to implement leadership concepts, integrate diverse teams, and leverage emotional intelligence skills to improve performance, communication, and accountability. She creates an open, thought-provoking environment where clients can challenge existing assumptions, leverage strengths to identify new approaches, and create tangible action plans to have lasting success.

Amy's two decades of expertise in leading transformational change and building highly effective teams in both the public and private sectors gives her a unique perspective on the challenges individuals and teams confront. Within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, she led diverse teams addressing national security and criminal threats and successfully implemented two systemic organizational change management initiatives. Breaking barriers, she served as the first analyst in four senior leadership positions, leaving as the Deputy Assistant Director for Intelligence, where she was responsible for leading a team of over 350 individuals and a $100 million budget.

In the private sector, Amy served as the Managing Director of Aon’s Cyber Solutions Intelligence Practice where she led a global team conducting open, deep and dark web research and cyber investigations. Her practice routinely exceeded financial expectations through novel business development opportunities and team efficiencies.

Roles

Apr 2021–Present

Current role

Leadership Coach & Instructor

· Over 1,500 hours of leadership coaching ranging from senior executive to first-time leaders, with extensive time within federal and state government clients. Hold one-on-one coaching covering leadership concepts, interpersonal skills, effective communication, resilience, and decision-making.

· Conducted and debriefed leadership assessments results, identifying strengths and weaknesses to understand areas of focus for development to improve leaders’ self-awareness, communication, and emotional intelligence.

· Led team and group coaching programs to enhance team effectiveness, communication and collaboration. Adapted content and tailored style to unique organizational cultures. Sessions focused on trust, culture, communication, accountability, and leveraging unique strengths to reach maximum productivity.

· Developed and delivered leadership training focused on change management, emotional intelligence, effective communication, and developing highly-productive and thriving teams.

Jan 2018–Aug 2021

Former role

Managing Director

Aon

· Lead global team advising financial and technology companies on security and intelligence matters, including company and individual threat assessments, data security and fraud investigations, and employee insider risk.

· Developed and facilitated leadership and change management training. Provided one-on-one coaching to high potential individuals.

· Initiated and managed a new program. Developed a business case with financial plan, briefed and obtained corporate leadership approval, evaluated vendors, created marketing material, implemented a sales campaign globally, and trained personnel on new skills.

Jan 2015–Nov 2018

Former role

Deputy Assistant Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

· Led and implemented strategy development and execution affecting over 5,500 employees. Established strategic goals, objectives, and initiatives. Monitored operational and personnel performance data.

· Mentored and coached employees, managers, and executives, focusing on leadership styles, interpersonal skills, effective communication, and team dynamics. Provided one-on-one coaching to high potential individuals to build upon strengths and develop their professional career plan.

· Managed 350 personnel and $100 million budget, consistently adjusting to changing priorities to accomplish goals. Lead diverse workforce from different cultures speaking over 100 languages and dialects, balancing personnel placement throughout the United States based on mission need.

· Developed, implemented, and evaluated analyst training curriculum at the entry, mid-management, and executive level. Crafted training objectives with stakeholders, created interactive and relevant content, and led both large and small group sessions. Created career paths and established promotion criteria for 3,000 analysts.

· Served as expert briefer, articulating complex matters and answering pointed, controversial questions. Briefed White House and Congressional personnel on budget and programs, spoke at recruitment events and panels.