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LEADERSHIP ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

Unleash Your Leadership Potential

Crossing the chasm from Management to Leadership is hard. And right now, you are doing it while AI is restructuring your org, changing how your teams work, and raising the bar on what executive leadership looks like.

This program is training, coaching, mentoring and role playing - all in one! Designed by BADASS women engineering VPs and CTOs to help you lead with influence, clarity and confidence - in a world that won’t stop changing

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Past attendees come from top companies, early stage startups, and tech giants


Meet Your Coaches

Meet Nidhi, a is a seasoned Engineering and Product Executive who has experienced, first hand, some of the challenges you might be facing today.

Introducing Lakshmi Baskaran, an expert in crossfunctional leadership and relationship-building within diverse organizational structures

Say hello to Sue Nallapeta, a thought leader in leading by influence and mastering communication strategies for effective leadership

What You Will Learn

Leading leaders

You’re no longer managing ICs — you're leading other managers. Learn how to align, develop, and hold accountable the leaders who report to you.

How to scale yourself

You can't be in every room. Build the systems, trust, and delegation practices that let your org run without you in the middle of everything.

Leading by influence

You rarely have direct control anymore. Learn how to drive decisions and move people — without relying on authority.

Vision & Strategy

Develop a clear point of view on where your org is going — and communicate it in a way that actually brings people along.

Cross Functional Relationships

At this level, your success depends on people who don't report to you. Build the relationships that make you effective across the org.

Mastering Communication

At the executive level, how you communicate is as important as what you say. Speak with clarity and conviction — in the room and in writing.

Leading Through AI Transformation

AI is restructuring engineering orgs right now. Learn how to set strategy, give your team direction, and lead through ambiguity when the ground keeps shifting.

Year Long Learning Program!

THIS 7-WEEK PROGRAM IS UNIQUE BECAUSE:

  • Designed for and led by engineering executives

  • Personalized learning in small collaborative cohorts

  • Built specifically for engineering leaders

  • Based on real world experiences

  • Addresses issues uniquely faced by women and non-binary leaders

  • All sessions are live, not video recordings

  • Learn not just live from the instructor, but also offline, from the larger community

What they say about the program

More than 100 women have become stronger leaders thanks to our Accelerator programs.

It made a lot of difference to learn from a leader who has been there done that. Anu was able to constantly give examples from her own journey and that made it very relatable and actionable. It felt like I signed up to learn from one person and ended up learning from 14 others as well.
Padmanabhan
Kanchana Padmanabhan

VP Engineering, Secure AI Labs

This program has been instrumental for me in connecting the dots on a leader’s journey, understanding the “why” behind vision, mission charters and their importance in bringing teams along where we truly win as a team
Chatterjee
Preetha Chatterjee

Sr Director Eng, Podium

Join 6,500 women+ leaders worldwide and achieve your dream!

Program Details


LENGTH 7 sessions; unlimited offline support
DATES Starting October 20, 2026
SESSION TIMES TBA

RECOMMENDED FOR:
  • Exclusively for Women and Non-Binary Engineers
  • Managers, directors, and VP
  • Second level management or above
  • Requires a minimum of 4 years of managerial experience
FEES $3750. Group discount for 3 or more participants