The Team

A global team of coaches
who've lived the work they teach.

Coaches in 7 countries · Clients across 3 continents
Founder & CEO

Sanam Thakur

Pronounced: "Sun in the sky — ummm"

Sanam spent 15 years inside corporate and start-up environments — including 8 years in management and senior management at DFS Group, a subsidiary of LVMH — before redirecting her career toward the work she cared about most: helping people lead better.

After living in the US for 20 years and in Hong Kong and Taiwan for nearly 18 years, she brings a rare cross-cultural fluency to her coaching practice. She speaks conversational Mandarin and Hindi. She is a mother to two daughters. She has partnered with leading therapists in Hong Kong to integrate a comprehensive mental health perspective into her coaching work — because lasting leadership development can't happen without it.

Sanam's coaching style is highly dynamic and customized to each client's learning style: where they are in their professional journey, what they're trying to achieve in this session, and where they want to be long-term. She doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all. She doesn't believe in surface-level.

Accreditations
  • Master of Liberal Arts in Psychology (in progress) — Harvard University
  • ICF-Certified Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
  • IPEC Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
  • Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP)
  • B.A., International Development — UC Berkeley
Sanam Thakur
Kara Glassman
CCO & Lead Coach

Kara Glassman

Kara has spent her career asking one question: why do intelligent, capable people disengage at work — and what can be done about it?

After redefining her own version of professional success, she pursued a Master's in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with a clear mission: to improve people's experiences in the workplace, where most of us spend the majority of our waking lives.

She has worked with Fortune 500 companies across industries, but her truest passion is supporting leaders as they navigate personal and professional growth — helping them find a path that not only aligns with their goals, but feels genuinely and authentically their own. She doesn't believe in generic. She believes in honest.

Accreditations
  • ICF-Certified Associate Certified Coach (ACC)
  • IPEC Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
  • Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP)
  • Master of Science, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • B.A., Business Management — Franklin and Marshall College
Chief Marketing Officer

Christina Chen

Christina has over 15 years of experience in brand marketing, the majority of which she spent building brands and expanding their presence across APAC. She started her APAC journey as a brand strategy consultant at Interbrand Singapore, where she worked with hospitality, airline, fine jewelry, and banking brands.

Wanting a more hands-on approach and to see her work come to fruition, she transitioned into in-house leadership roles, leading marketing for LVMH beauty brands including Sephora, Fresh, and Kendo. Building brands she believes in and connecting them to people remains a driving force in her career.

Christina was born and raised in New York and moved to Asia — Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong — in 2009, and isn't quite ready to return. She speaks conversational Shanghainese and Mandarin, and is currently taking lessons to keep up with her two kids.

Background
  • Interbrand Singapore — Brand Strategy Consultant
  • Sephora, Fresh & Kendo (LVMH) — Marketing Leadership
  • 15+ years across APAC brand marketing
Christina Chen