Mounica Veggalam

Mounica Veggalam, Leadership Coach

Most impactful leadership lies at the intersection of:
- Personal growth
- Showing up with strong presence
- Learning to connect and lead other humans

I support leaders to scale their impact and create business results by guiding them through the above areas.

Career and Leadership Coach

Microsoft

I often get asked, “How are you a leadership coach when you haven’t been a manager yourself?”

The leadership I talk about is not strategic or tactical.

It’s self-leadership.

Your career trajectory — whether you reach C-Suite heights, or stay stuck in the middle — it starts with you. With what’s going on inside you.

This is the powerful lesson I realized at Microsoft. 

I observed inadequate leadership, average leadership, and excellent leadership. 

I was in heated design discussion rooms, witnessed managers make technical choices from their insecurities, and noticed the best empathetic leaders lost in overwhelm without any recognition.

I also saw powerful leadership from people who challenged the status quo. And challenged their own beliefs.

They were the people who did the right thing
- even when they’re anxious,
- even when they’re frustrated,
- even when they were at the edge of saying, “screw this sh**”

Your frustrations, disappointments, and resentments are where your growth opportunities lie.

When you understand and transform your inner landscape, your capacity for leadership expands, and you'll see the outside results: the promotion, the better project, and the better titles.

That’s the best way to make an impact in this world.

This is transformational leadership.

If you want to learn to lead your people from the inside-out, reach out and we’ll talk.

I am deeply invested in my personal transformation and leadership. That’s how I’m a leadership coach. That’s how I lead my clients to discover entirely new ways of presenting themselves.

I offer trainings, coaching and deep personal transformation, so you can feel fulfilled in your leadership mission. Send me a private message and we’ll chat.

Software Engineer

Practice Fusion

One of my mentors there asked, “Would you rather teach your kids to be smart or to be kind?”

What if I could do both?

With that question, I realized how starkly I’m drawn to deep philosophical concepts and the nature of the human mind. 

And this realization would set it in years later. But I didn’t know that then.

This internship was my entry into the software engineering world. 

It was incredible, surrounded by brilliant people in the startup culture. This is where I released my first feature into production, had my first exceptional manager, and gave my first talk in front of 200 smart people (I was terrible). 

It paved the way for another incredible role at Microsoft.

I won’t lie— I was arrogant about my IQ and my ability to grasp technical concepts quickly.

But I also had crippling self-doubt and introversion that got in the way of my impact.

Even through all that, a couple of things are common today:
— I value people and human connection. Regardless of my arrogance and self-doubt.
— I’m constantly pushing myself beyond my comfort zone. No matter how scary it is.
— I always look at my side of things. Even when I don’t want to. Especially when I don’t want to.

Today, this helps me serve my clients powerfully, 
— I point to the truth at the risk of them not liking me.
— I can deeply support them in facing the risks and uncertainities.
— I invest time and energy in confronting my beliefs and blindspots, so they don’t have to manage my ego.

It's a deeply rewarding experience.

Software Development Engineer Intern

Life & leadership coach for professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs | Software engineer turned coach & inner-work guide

Hi there! 👋 I’m Mounica. I help visionary tech leaders fast-track their careers so they can create more impact, build stronger teams, and bring their vision to reality, all with joyful life-balance.

I’m a software engineer turned transformational coach. Throughout my career, I was driven and confident on the outside. I achieved accolades, promotions, and patents. On the side, I tried to handle all my dissatisfaction with life through meditation and spiritual studies.

But none of that changed the *experience of life.*

I was always looking into the future for everything to settle down. My conversations lacked joy. I was subtly controlling in my relationships so I didn't break down. I was obsessed with achievement. 

Now I have a general sense of creative joy while taking up big projects. And I'm more present with my family.

It wasn't an overnight transformation (nothing worthwhile ever is). I approach this work from an intersection of developmental psychology (think ontological leadership and Robert Kegan's constructive map) and Eastern non-dual spirituality. 

Here are 3 levels of transformation you can expect through working with me:
1. Embodying your leadership voice & an internal compass, so you show Executive Presence.
2. Holding multiple, often conflicting, perspectives, so you bring a vision you deeply desire to reality.
3. Holding multiple identities, so you find creative joy in every choice you make (and have you ready for non-dual interconnected perception of the world).

This work is not about adding knowledge or skills but creating a *fundamentally different kind of mind* that takes the largest perspective, is more complex, and can handle more uncertainty.

My clients report:
- Influence without losing their ethics or empathy
- Command respect in a room full of brilliant (or skeptical) people
- Have ease, joy, and fun creating the results they want

If you’re curious, send me a DM!

Helping tech managers fast-track their careers with personalized 1:1 coaching.

I help with -
- Making tough career decisions
- Landing the next big role and making a vertical moves
- Transforming into a leader who delivers, impacts, and inspires.

Management skills and Relationships come easy to people managers. But what sets you apart is the Leadership mindset. I help managers become leaders and achieve their career goals along the way. 

The typical titles of my clients include:
- Engineering Manager
- Director of Engineering/Program/Product Management
- PM Manager
- Senior/Principal Engineers/PM

Definitive Style by Annette Bond | Corporate and Personal Image Consultant | Speaker

Are you a corporate professional or entrepreneur who does amazing things in the world, but when it comes to your clothing or personal style, you question what looks good on you?

Do you question how you show up, wondering if you match your brand, your position, or even yourself?

I help women go from feeling 'off' to rocking a Signature Look that is uniquely you. 

Getting dressed is now easy. Your wardrobe supports your business lifestyle. You are confidently on-brand, standing in your excellence, and ready for that next promotion or income level.

Image Consultant

Mary Kay Inc.

Sales Director

Bon Marche'

Certified Color Consultant -  More Alive with Color
Style Consulting and personal shopper for executive business women 
Organization of Store Fashion Events

Color and Style Consulting

Travelers Choice

Learned the ins and outs of running a fashion boutique, to buying, to the end result of dressing a client.

Style Consulting & Assistant Store Manager

Personal Style Expert | Color Consultant | Style Your Brand | Speaker

Do you waste a lot of mental energy trying to figure out what to wear to your next important event?

I help savvy business women feel completely confident in their signature sense of style with a wardrobe that is uniquely them. 

We will create a 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 that's authentic to you: where it’s easy to get dressed, you know what to wear in business, so that you can truly step into your excellence, be on-brand and get noticed…reaching that next income level or position. 

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗠
You are a successful women who is amazing at what you do but when it comes to what you wear, your style or sense of fashion, you are really questioning – do you look the part?

You question, is how you’re showing up even a match for your brand, your position or even yourself?

Getting dressed feels hard, you spend a lot of mental energy trying to figure out what to wear. 

You wonder if you should up-level your wardrobe to attract higher-end clients or reach that new income level?

Because you question and struggle with your sense of fashion, you continue to wear your old wardrobe secretly wishing you felt more confident and stylish. 

𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
I help my clients go from feeling ‘off’ to 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 that is uniquely you, where it’s now easy to get dressed, you know what to wear in any business situation, and you can truly step into your excellence. 

Stepping into your excellence keeps you on-brand in your business or corporate position, ready to reach that next income level or even that promotion. 

My proven step-by-step Reveal Your Radiance Signature Program amplifies your image from feeling just OK to oozing with confidence. 

As a Certified Image Consultant, I am most passionate about teaching professional women to be confident when they walk into a room - so much so they get noticed and attract opportunities that they’re old wardrobe could not accomplish. 

As a result of our work together, we will create a 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 that's uniquely you, where it’s easy to get dressed, you know what to wear in business, when meeting clients or traveling so that you can truly step into your excellence, be on-brand and get noticed…reaching that next income level or position. 

Let's 'try on' the next BEST version of you!

Schedule your free Get Dressed with Ease Session: 
https://calendly.com/annettebond2/35min

Visit: https://www.annettebond.com/

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