Sumita Datta (PhD) is Managing Partner at Bridgit Nterprise LLP, an OD Consulting, Training and Coaching organization. In addition, she is Associate Professor (adjunct) in the People and Performance area at S.P. Jain Institute for Management and Research, Mumbai. In independent capacity as well as a Senior Associate with Grow Talent and Great Place to Work, India, she successfully completed several assignments for medium and large corporate houses dealing with change management, vision & mission exercises, career transitioning, competency assessment, talent management, leadership development and other critical people interventions since July 2005. From July 2012 till September 2013, she headed the Learning and Leadership Development function of Siemens (South Asia) based out of Mumbai, driving their talent strategy in the South Asia region through a robust Learning & Development landscape. A Post Graduate in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from XLRI Jamshedpur (1992) with academic Concentration in Organization Behavior, she received her PhD. from IIT Bombay in 2010. Sumita is a SHRM India Master Facilitator. She has been trained and certified as Integral Coach¬ by New Ventures West, USA. Prior to joining academics in 2009, Dr.Datta has had full time corporate experience of more than 15 years since 1992. In her last full-time corporate role as Head HR- Corporate Centre, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (July 2001 _ June 2004) she acquired extensive experience in the areas of Organizational Change and Development, Resourcing, Performance Management, Compensation Management, HR Information System and HR support to incubating group companies. In her academic contribution at S.P. Jain, Dr. Datta is actively engaged in evolving the organizational and family processes in the Family Managed Businesses, which has tremendous potential for growth in India and requires focused research attention. With special interest in enriching the role of women in the sphere of business, she conducts specialized programs for women leaders. Dr Datta has co-authored several scholarly articles in refereed journals such as Career Development International and IMR as well as International Conference Proceedings. Recent recognition for her work has been the Best Paper Award (2012) by the Academy of Management, Boston USA.