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Forward-thinking companies consider sustainability as a vehicle to better navigate material risks , as well as opportunities to create competitive advantage for long-term value creation
Today , Sonita has transitioned into fulltime ‘ portfolio life ,’ where she serves on several public company boards , a university advisory board , and as an adviser to a venture capital firm . As a board director , she looks to continue leveraging her expertise and leadership skills to help companies navigate new challenges and opportunities for long-term value creation .
In discussions around leadership principles , Sonita acknowledges that her leadership style has evolved over time . She explains that most people embark on their leadership journey as a positional leader , where people trust and follow due to title or position . However , she believes that the most effective leaders are those who are intentional in developing other leaders .
“ In portfolio life , you must leverage insight and experience to help navigate new challenges or foresee issues and opportunities that others might not realize ,” she explains . “ As you evolve as a leader , you become less focused on your own position and instead realize that by developing others , you can achieve more organizational goals while also feeling more joy and satisfaction as a leader . Only when you can develop others can you reach this , the pinnacle of leadership .”
Although Sonita does not believe she has yet achieved the pinnacle of leadership , she
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