Shikshaw VermaShiksha Verma is the cofounder, with her husband Vijay K. Verma, of Samanda Enterprises Inc., a company based in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada, primarily involved in project manage-ment and leadership training, and real estate development. She hs been involved incharitable activities and community projects for many years.Shiksha holds a Bachelor's in Education and taught at a high school in India for many years. After marrying Vijay in 1976, she migrated to Canada and stayed home to raise three children. She supported Vijay in all his professional, teaching, and writing endeavors, giving him fresh ideas and helping him develop seminars and keynote presentations for project management conferences in the United States, Canada, Australia, and India.While collaborating with Vijay on this book, she was committed to adding value by ensuring that serious messages and results are delivered through easily remembered and sustained stories and examples. In this book, she included her common- sense approach to lead with purpose, influence people, and create a compelling desire in them to expand their potential and meet their personal and organizational visions.Shiksha Verma is a proven natural project manager and thought--provoking leader. Although she does not have formal designations in project manage-ment, she leads with management and leadership principles in everything she does, from real estate de-velopment to planning and organizing their children's weddings. She can identify risks and develop risk management strategies for small and large chal-lenges in life.Shiksha is driven by a belief in lifelong learning and everyone's ability to fulfill their potential and make positive life changes. She understands the im-portance of people feeling valued and engaged at work. She loves to help others change their people skills to produce big results.In the past ten years, Shiksha has developed a keen interest in exploring the role of spirituality in leadership. She firmly believes the spiritualitycomponent provides leaders with strong conviction, commitment, and empathy, which are necessary to lead purposefully and with people in mind. She believes in leading life with high moral values and de-veloping internal powers, whether to raise a family or lead a business organization.She lives in Vancouver with her husband, Vijay, enjoying life with seven grandchildren. Read More Read Less