The High Performance Sales Leader

E53: How Great Leaders Are Built, Not Born

Pree Sarkar

What does it really take to grow into a high-impact leader—especially when the world won’t wait and your confidence wavers? In this episode of The High Performance Sales Leader, host Pree Sarkar sits down with Wendy Komadina, former VP at AWS, Cloudflare, and Cisco, and founder of TechMeForward, to unpack her framework for building leaders who lead with integrity, clarity, and commercial influence.

Wendy shares her four-stage “Professional Arc,” a battle-tested roadmap that’s helped her scale teams across global tech, coach first-time VPs, and shape cultures that perform under pressure. From working on yourself, to building your team, mastering the business, and leaving a lasting legacy—this is leadership with no fluff, just honesty and impact.

If you’re a sales leader, rising exec, or founder looking to lead with confidence and build teams that scale, this episode will reshape how you think about growth—yours and theirs.

Connect with Wendy Komadina:
👉LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendykomadina/

Connect with The High Performance Sales Leader Host:
👉LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preesarkar/

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