About

Ali Merchant is a leadership development and coaching expert with over 16 years of experience in managing teams and running Learning and Development departments. His mission is to help ambitious managers become better leaders through practical training and coaching. Ali's passion for leadership development stems from his frustration with seeing employees struggle at work due to bad bosses. He founded his own coaching practice to address this problem. Ali's clients include innovative SaaS brands like Koddi, People.ai, and Blend. He offers three ways to help managers become better leaders: leadership workshops, first-time manager training, and director and VP level coaching. His leadership workshops are 60-90 minute monthly sessions tailored to the company's needs. Popular workshops include remote productivity, performance, and resilience, building psychological safety in a remote world, delivering, asking, and receiving feedback virtually, and learning to become an effective coach. Ali has received high praise from attendees, with one sales leader calling his feedback training the best they've attended on the topic. For first-time managers, Ali offers a 5-week virtual program covering topics such as understanding the role of a leader, building one-on-one connections, building psychological safety, delegating or DIY, understanding feedback mechanics, and learning to become a coach. Engineering managers have found the sessions particularly helpful in their new roles. For directors and VPs, Ali provides coaching that combines the roles of coach, consultant, and mentor. With a decade of coaching experience, Ali knows when to play each role to help leaders develop their skills. Ali is a board member of the Digestive Health Foundation's Marketing and Communications Committee and a mentor for Saas organizations at Everwise. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Arizona State University and has relevant experience as a senior software engineer and in AI. Ali's dedication to developing leaders is evident in his ability to effectively coach his clients, as one customer support leader attests.