{"id":12148,"date":"2025-09-29T21:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:39:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T15:39:41","slug":"women-leading-agentic-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/in\/news\/stories\/women-leading-agentic-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: Women Leading the Agentic Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From demystifying AI to redefining leadership, women leaders are reshaping what it means to be an agent of change, not just for themselves but for generations to come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


In a world where technology advances at speed and inclusion has become essential, women are redefining leadership through courage, innovation, and community. To be an agent of change is not rhetoric; it is the framework by which the future will be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reflections of Salesforce leaders, shared during conversations at last week\u2019s Trailblazing Women Summit in Bangalore<\/a>, capture the practical ways leaders are navigating the shift to the Agentic Era. Together, they offer a playbook, a strategic guide for navigating the new world of work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embedding AI into workflows and ensuring change is inclusive at every step, Molly Ford, Sugi Venkatesh, Parul Jain and Sonali Kalyanikar  share how courage, opportunity, and leadership take shape in practice and offer perspectives that point towards a more inclusive and agentic future beyond a simple event recap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The personal act of agency<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Change often begins with something deceptively small, a decision to speak, to support, to step forward. For Molly Q. Ford, VP, Culture and Engagement<\/strong>, agency is the belief that everyday actions accumulate into culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being an agent of change begins with believing your story matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molly Q. Ford, VP, Culture and Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing an agent of change begins with believing your story matters. Every time you raise your hand, mentor a colleague, or speak for someone not in the room, you are shifting culture in ways that ripple outward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This personal courage is amplified by the systemic responsibility to open doors. For Sugi Venkatesh, SVP, Employee Success<\/strong>, agency is inseparable from equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrue progress happens when opportunity is not reserved for a few. The Agentic Era must be built on access, to skills, to roles, to leadership, so every individual feels they belong in the future of work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Agentic Era must be built on access, to skills, to roles, to leadership, so every individual feels they belong in the future of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugi Venkatesh, SVP, Employee Success<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Together, their reflections echo a larger reality of leadership today: that resilience in the AI era will come from empathetic guidance, strong communication, and the courage to reskill and redeploy teams for what lies ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n