Mali Phonpadith
Business, Leadership, Culture Advisor, Soar Community Network I help business executives navigate growth with effective talent and leadership strategies so that they can retain and attract great talent by custom designing executive coaching and staff development programs to increase employee engagement, retention, productivity and innovation.
Mali's talk broadcasts 17 March 2025, 01:00 PM
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About this speaker
Mali Phonpadith, the founder and CEO of SOAR Community Network, helps leaders build compassionate, cohesive, and collaborative teams and organizational cultures that improve employee engagement and create positive social impact. As a certified talent optimization leader and a DEIB consultant, she is an experienced facilitator and strategist for government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and social enterprises.
Mali is a TEDx speaker and three-time #1 international bestselling author, who has been named a community partner for Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network BELIEF initiative and has been featured in several documentary films. She also connects entrepreneurs and investors as an ambassador, coach and mentor for the Founder Institute and Connectpreneur, ecosystems for startups and Wacif and LEDC, CDFIs supporting small and diverse businesses. Mali is a community champion who supports local and global causes as a reviewer Spur Local and an Advisory Board Member for Din Din and Lao Heritage Foundation.
As a refugee of war from Laos, her life's mission is to develop compassionate, enlightened leaders to improve workplaces and society. Her company, SOAR, empowers leaders to create compassionate organizational cultures, fostering happier, healthier individuals committed to accomplishing organizational mission to create positive social impact.
