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Happy Holidays!
Can you believe it's almost the end of the year already? As 2025 comes to an end, I’ve been thinking about this past year and all the defining moments it has held. The growth. The surprises. The hard decisions. The quiet realizations that have shaped many of us right now.
Some of you already have a clear sense of where you want to head in 2026. Some of you are still catching your breath from everything this year held. Both are completely understandable places to be.
If you are starting to look ahead, here are a few questions I invite you to sit with:
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Who do you want to be as a leader in 2026?
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How do you want people to experience you when you walk into a room?
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What kinds of work, relationships, and opportunities do you want to make space for?
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What feels like it is gently (or not so gently) calling you forward?
There is real power in saying what you want out loud, and even more power in sharing it with someone who is in your corner. When your vision becomes part of our coaching conversation, it stops being just a nice idea and becomes something we can intentionally design and move toward together.
This is not about setting resolutions you forget by February. It is about aligning your choices with what matters most so you can lead with purpose, presence, and a bit more ease in the new year.
If something is stirring in you for 2026, I would be honored to hear it. I would love to support you and walk with you through these next few months.
Here is to stepping into 2026 with clarity, courage, and a deeper sense of who you are as a leader.
With gratitude, Sheeba
Wins and Lessons
One of the most powerful practices for any leader is to look back with curiosity instead of criticism. I invite you to grab a notebook and use this “Wins and Lessons” snapshot as a quick reflection exercise. Jot down your answers, then ask yourself: What do these tell me about the kind of leader I am becoming?

Leadership Spotlight: Avery Colvert
Avery Colvert is a 15-year-old founder of a nonprofit called Altadena Girls. She started the nonprofi after the Eaton Canyon wildfires in California. When many of her classmates lost their homes and schools, Avery organized donations of clothing, self-care items, and essentials so that teenage girls could "shop" for free with dignity. In less than a year, Altadena girls has supported thousands of girls, opened a community space in Pasadena, and earned Avery recognition as the youngest-ever TIME100 Impact Award recipient.
Read more of her story here!

(Photo source: Amy Sussman—Getty Images for TIME)

Sheeba Varghese is a strategic partner for your talent development solutions and the author of Confidence, Clarity & Ease: A Guide For Emerging Leaders To Thrive. Her passion is to inspire and equip men and women to lead with excellence and authenticity within the spheres of influences that they are called to impact in life. The spheres may be in a home, on a team, in a classroom, among partners in a firm, or within management, to name a few.
Sheeba works with:
Senior Leaders and professionals who want to develop stronger leadership skills, have impact and move forward in their careers
Teams who want to work cohesively within their organizations
Coaches who want to renew or apply for certification with ICF
If you want to improve your leadership skills, transition from managing to leading, ensure your team is amazingly successful, increase your own self-awareness and progress your career, or you aspire to be a masterful coach for your clients, then Sheeba would love to support you. She works with clients globally, both face-to-face, phone or by Zoom.
In her time apart from clients, Sheeba enjoys time with her husband, Santosh, and their 2 sons, Sam and Steven. She loves great movies, a good book, decorating and dining at the wonderful restaurants in the Bay Area.
Tel: 650-741-6545
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