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How You Can Lead Big Teams During Uncertainty with Sai Deshmukh


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How do you successfully manage a team during time of uncertainty? This week we get into this very topic with our guest, Sai Deshmukh who manages a team of 40, where we discuss the good and bad times, and her key learnings.

About Sai:

Sai Deshmukh is a marketing strategist with a passion for data-driven SEO campaigns. With over 8 years of experience, she's helped 60+ tech startups and giants boost SEO presence in all business verticals.

Sai enjoys traveling, reading and experimenting art in her free time ( and also runs an instagram channel @SEOwithSAI )
In short: SEO enthusiast. Data nerd. Helping websites find their spotlight

Where to find Sai:

@seowithsai on Instagram

Sai on LinkedIn

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