Arshiya Kherani

🧠 What’s Inside Why pronouncing names right is SO important How Zohran Mamdani’s mustard-yellow, biryani-eating campaign rewrote NYC politics What leaders can learn from authenticity, branding, and leading out loud 🎤 Louder For The People In The Back "It's Mamdani - M-A-M-D-A-N-I - and I reminded him not just for me...but for all of us who were denied the basic dignity of being addressed by the name we were given. Because what it speaks to is the inability to understand that we too, are New...

✨ What’s Inside Why most managers overestimate their clarity What stress reveals about your leadership style A simple formula for building expectations that actually work 🧠 What Do You Expect? This morning, I joined a webinar taught by one of my favorite leadership icons, Anna Baetan, Founder & Principal of The Human Solution. The session was on smart management tactics, aka a deep dive into expectation setting and delegation. I went in thinking I’d learn a few frameworks to support...

🧠 What’s Inside DEI’s hidden backstory National Guard & ICE in my backyard What does "apolitical" even mean today? 🩸 The Ugly Truth I took on a DEI project recently that I was super excited about. The organization was mission-driven, progress-minded, and completely in alignment with my work and values...or so I thought. Only after signing my contract did I learn much of their funding still comes from none other than defense contracts. I was shocked to learn that: In 2022, the U.S. Department...

🧠 What’s Inside ✨ Why experience doesn’t equal clarity 🚧 The #1 storytelling trap smart leaders fall into 🎯 A new offer to help you cut through the noise 🧩 The Expert Trap Last week, I had a strategy session with a brilliant exec — 20+ years in leadership, a Big Job Title™, and all the strategic language to match. He had the credentials. The board roles. The polished LinkedIn. But when it came time to say what his project was meant to accomplish? Who it was for? He couldn’t land it. Ideas...

🧠 What’s Inside What “GEO” is and why it matters for thought leaders, creatives, and changemakers How to stay visible in a world of AI summaries ✨ New Offer: Mid-Year Visibility Reset → see bottom for details on the 90-min strategy session 🧭 The New Q For Leaders Who Want To Be Seen A few weeks ago, I asked ChatGPT to name some experts in a niche field for one of my clients. It gave me five names I’d never heard of. I looked them up, and was surprised to find that they weren’t the most...

🧠 What’s Inside: How a toddler educator is leading louder than most world leaders What Ms. Rachel teaches us about clarity, courage, and consequence Why leadership isn’t about your title — it’s about what you choose to say (and not say) 📣 Stating The Obvious Shouldn’t Be This Dangerous It's a strange week in leadership. I'm watching the leaders of Gulf countries making arms deals with Trump while Ms. Rachel — the beloved toddler educator behind Songs for Littles — takes on the moral...

🧠 What’s Inside: Why generalists are underestimated — and why that’s a mistake How to talk about your career when it doesn’t fit into a neat little box How to use range as your superpower 🔧 The Resume That Doesn’t Fit in a Box This is one of the most common things I hear from my clients: "How do I pitch myself when I know how to do a lot of different things?" This hits for me SO HARD. I've been in the same boat. I started my career in private equity and affordable housing. I could underwrite...

🧠 What’s Inside: If someone followed you for a week...what would they see? Why your actual calendar matters more than your Notion “plan” 3 ways to align time with what really moves your business (or career) forward 📊 Are You Obsessed With "Business Planning"? A few weeks ago, I saw this on Instagram: If someone followed you around for a week, what would they think your priorities are? It's something I keep thinking about. I can’t tell you how many people come into their first coaching call...

🧠 What’s Inside This Week: A storytelling workshop with 100+ Asian women in STEM Why storytelling isn’t fluff — it’s a leadership tool The actual framework I shared to help them own their impact (that you can steal, too!) 🧳 …And It Became My First AOL Screen Name When I was two, my working, immigrant parents enrolled me in preschool. Not only was I the youngest in the class, but I didn’t speak a word of English. I’d hum to myself in Urdu and hog the classroom rocking chair waiting for my...