Most senior professionals were taught to be excellent at their work. Nobody taught them to read the system they are working in.

That gap shows up in three specific ways: carrying responsibility without the authority to match it, being the technical expert who is not seen as a business leader, and receiving feedback about executive presence without any map for what to do next.

This is where I work.

I am Shirisha Nagendran, an ICF PCC Executive Coach and Political Intelligence Advisor. I help senior professional women develop political literacy - the ability to see how power and influence actually move through an organisation, and to make deliberate, intentional choices about how to engage with that system.

My work draws on two decades in management consulting and senior leadership roles across Deutsche Bank and HSBC, a Cranfield MBA, and 1,500+ coaching hours. I bring particular depth to the India and GCC contexts, where navigating two political cultures simultaneously, building influence across geographies, and carrying the weight of double invisibility are not abstractions but daily realities.

I offer Executive Coaching, a Political Intelligence Audit for women entering new environments or navigating significant transitions, and a Political Intelligence Retainer for sustained navigation over time.

Everything I write and teach lives at shirishanagendran.com.

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