Leila Podduikin

Business is my passion. During my 20+ years' experience in IT business I have had pleasure of working with a variety companies and see how impossible can became possible.

I have worked in the IT sector as a manager since 2006. The goals of my tasks have always been strongly connected to business growth and development.

I firmly believe that an encouraging and truly respectful culture in the workplace is the key to success. That's why personnel should be listened to and treated as individuals, so that everyone gets the support they need for their own professional growth.

As a leader, I want to be a trusted advisor who leads from the front and by example.

I am at my best in a team with a can do attitude, and enough courage to step into the discomfort zone to achieve goals. Therefore, I share responsibilities and strive to create a culture of self-management

Even though I am a result-oriented and sometimes demanding supervisor, I have received excellent feedback on leadership along the way, both directly from team members and the organization's job satisfaction surveys.

Inspired by this, I have also acted as a mentor to people at different stages of their careers, which has been very rewarding and has also given me valuable lessons about the demands of today's working life.

• Solution sales - IBM
• Business and communication in Arabic business environment - Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Analyst - Digital Workforce Services Plc
• Robotic Process Autiomation (RPA ) Management - Digital Workforce Services Plc
• NLP Practitioner - True Hearts
• Mindfulness CFM - Center for Mindfulness
• DCFC Data Centre Foundation
• AWS sales

Recommedations:

Kirsi Kiemunki, People Advisor, Telia People & Engagement Finland

• Thank you for being my coach and guiding me affectionately and insightfully! Warm recommendation to Leila Podduikin whenever you need to brighten your goals and seize to your full potential

Tero Niemelä, Solutions Sales Lead at Telia

• I had the pleasure of working with Leila Podduikin, and I highly recommend her as a supervisor. She’s not only exceptionally business-oriented, consistently achieving our goals, but she’s also a wonderful person to collaborate with. Leila is the perfect blend of professionalism and personal warmth. Her ability to lead our team to success while maintaining a supportive atmosphere is truly admirable. I have no doubt that she will continue to excel in her career. I highly recommend Leila for any position she chooses to pursue.

Ville Jussila, Sr. TAM, Amazon Web Services

• I was a solutions architect/sales engineer in Telia Helsinki Data Center colocation sales-team for almost 2 years. This team was led by Leila with very inspiring leadership. Leila did set the expectations and objectives quite high - but she also delegated well and gave you the responsibility and feeling of ownership. I liked this very much because with well-defined targets, manager support and ownership - I was able to give the best version of myself. Leila was able to constantly improve the team productivity. She has high bias for action and makes decisions fast – the most important skill for a good leader.

Katja Lotsari, Key Account Manager at Advania

• In the time I worked with Leila I was a member of her sales team. I got to know her as very result driven team leader with full of positive energy. Leila is very clear with her communication and she is good in confronting challenging situations and turning them to victory by putting whole team to work to same direction. She is very supportive and pleasant to work with and has a strong focus on developing things further and better, whether in business or personal goal. Leila is very dedicated work professional with a positive attitude and a mindset of successful person.