‘The Path of the Trauma-informed Leader’ with Shalini Verma

Director of Program Management, Google

“Working on self, healing self, honouring self is the key to everything.”

In this episode of Decontextualized, Natalia Rachel is joined by Shalini Verma, director of program management, Google. Shalini shares how she brings her learnings from her children and her family into her work, which requires her to work on her self in order to be a better leader. She refers to research in the field, and speaks about how we see the world is viewed through the lens of our traumas and experiences.

About Shalini Verma:

Shalini Verma is a high energy leader and Director at Google working on software development frameworks that bring Google's products to life. She has a passion for the discovery & development of tools & techniques through cross pollination, collaboration & experimentation. These tools help remove physical and mental pain, foster creativity and innovation, develop decision making and leadership skills and bring peace of mind. While she has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and a Masters in Business from Harvard, she is continuously humbled & awe-inspired by the education she receives from her two boys and her journey within. Shalini lives in the Bay Area with her boys and her husband, Rohit Gupta, an Emergency Medicine Physician.