What are some of the lessons learned about leading during the pandemic crisis?

Sunil Prashara (President & Chief Executive Officer of the Project Management Institute (PMI))

Talks about how lack of a roadmap taught him of the sense of the unknown. Predicting during the pandemic was a challenge. Unknown Unknowns were a big lesson learned. Sense of community came into effect during the pandemic. Also talks about how being empathetic and having a work-life balance towards coworkers and family is key.

Sunil Prashara

President & Chief Executive Officer of the Project Management Institute (PMI) Sunil Prashara is the lead advocate for PMI's global organization, serving more than three million professionals working in nearly every country worldwide. Since joining PMI as CEO in March of 2019, Sunil has reinvigorated the association's strategic vision and accelerated the implementation of a forward-leaning digital transformation program. He has established the 50-year-old association as a truly global and innovative enterprise serving a more comprehensive range of project professionals and change-makers worldwide.

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Sunil Prashara

President & Chief Executive Officer of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Sunil Prashara is the lead advocate for PMI's global organization, serving more than three million professionals working in nearly every country worldwide. Since joining PMI as CEO in March of 2019, Sunil has reinvigorated the association's strategic vision and accelerated the implementation of a forward-leaning digital transformation program. He has established the 50-year-old association as a truly global and innovative enterprise serving a more comprehensive range of project professionals and change-makers worldwide.

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Vaishali Jain

Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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