Sabina Nawaz ’88 is an elite executive coach who advises C-level executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions around the world. Sabina gives dozens of keynotes, seminars, and conferences each year and teaches faculty at Northeastern University and Drexel University. During her fourteen-year tenure at Microsoft, she went from managing software development teams to leading the company’s executive development and succession planning efforts for over 11,000 managers and nearly 1,000 executives, advising Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer directly.
Sabina has written for and been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, NBC, and MarketWatch. She is the author of the 2025 book You’re the Boss, Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need).
