What people are saying.

  • Malika and team have been friends of BOND during our most dynamic and demanding seasons of growth. They have given shape and form to our best intentions, held space for our collective challenges, and created custom-made, tailor-fit tools and tactics for us to keep working on the biggest, most important things, together. There's no one out there that knows better how to connect people, facilitate change, and supercharge culture!

    Seth Phillips Althoff, CEO, BOND

  • Begin Development stepped in at such a pivotal time for Magnite. We’d just undergone a merger and many changes to our leadership. We were hard-pressed to find cohesion with our new executive team. I had deep concerns about some of the barriers that were getting in our way. Malika and her team were nothing short of magical in the transformation our company experienced in just six months. Begin Development’s empathy, inspiration, guidance and expertise catapulted our team into an entirely new mindset. Now our focus can be back on the work we love, together.

    Michael Barrett, CEO, Magnite

  • Malika has been a unique asset to our organization, bringing a tailor-made solution to fit our culture and existing team capabilities and working to ensure she brings the best resources to the table. We have been so impressed with the quality and execution of the sessions we've done with Begin Development, and our teams have seen immediate impact. What I appreciate most with Malika is that nothing ever feels "out of the box"—she is always tuned in to what the audience needs, and ready to pivot if new needs arise. Working with her has been a joy and every company should be so lucky as to have Malika and Begin as an extended part of their team to support employee development!

    Vina Ortiz, Senior Director, Head of People, Rooster Teeth Productions

  • I am immensely grateful to Malika for cultivating a structured Mentorship Lab program that challenged me and my peers to grow into new levels of leadership and professional maturity. Much of what I learned during the Mentorship Lab immediately benefitted my day-to-day and professional growth. Now, a couple years later at a new team and in a new role, I can see the impact the program left as I take new strides in my career—and find ways to pass along my learnings in a new team.

    Veronica Billings, Lead Project Manager at AT&T

  • I first met Malika as I was interviewing a number of executive development firms. From our first conversation, Malika stood above the others. Her questioning led me down an entirely different path of planning and expectations for growth. We hired her as a coach for our full executive leadership team. Begin Development was able to do what I didn’t think was possible. They guided us to work through conflict head-on and transformed us into a team that is able to deliver together. Now we are stronger strategically and operationally and are focused on bringing out the best in each other and in the teams that report to us.

    Shawna Hughes, CPO, Magnite

  • If you are looking for someone to come in and transform lives, develop true leaders, and be persistent in seeing successful organizational change through to the end, she is an innate expert. Malika has challenged our organization to elevate in leadership across the board and her impact is seen and felt on a regular basis. She is a game-changer and much of our success can be attributed to the tireless energy she has invested in growing strong, sustainable leaders.

    Susie Lee, Senior Director at MasterClass

  • I was fortunate enough to participate in COLLAB Leadership Development. Although I was somewhat skeptical at first, Malika gently pushed me to put in the effort. By the wrap-up session I finally understood the significant value of this program, and am amazed by the remarkable impact it has made on my outlook and my career. Malika can propel team performance, while advancing each participant's confidence and drive to succeed.

    Maurice Ferkranus, VP at Deluxe Entertainment

  • There are people you encounter in your lifetime that are truly remarkable and leave a everlasting stamp on you as a person. Malika has been hands down one of these people for me. Through her coaching, I landed the biggest deal of my entire career…against all odds. She's inspired me to challenge not only myself and those around me.

    Rachel Szabo, Founder, Behind The Scenes Group

  • Malika is truly one of a kind. Beyond her obvious energy and passion for making people's lives more meaningful, she offers a rare blend of expertise in organizational theory and true personalized interest in the individual(s) to get results.

    Sean Kisker, CSO at Warner Media

  • Malika made our talent engine go, which in turn made our business go. By creating an ever-evolving leadership development program, she nurtured a culture that valued management skills, communication and candor. That culture has paid off many times over, in terms of talent retention, personal growth, promotion, and good old-fashioned happiness!

    Alec McNayr, COO at Synonymous

  • Malika is extremely talented. She has a unique skill that enables her to fully understand a room and apply the right level of candor. Her energy, dedication and pure enjoyment in helping others is constantly evident. I would recommend her over and over again.

    Katie Evans, Chief Operating Officer, Magnite

  • Malika was instrumental in concepting, organizing, and executing We Gather, our initiative for female employees in the AT&T family. It was her vision, tenacity and thoughtful approach that made the day impactful. It's clear that her passion and drive to build and foster talent is what's missing at so many organizations.

    Cynthia Rupeka, VP at Hello Sunshine

  • COLLAB was a formative experience for me and something that I’m forever grateful to Malika for sharing with me. Malika’s personal discussions and feedback round the course out and allowed me to be much more mindful and honest about my strengths and weaknesses. Her involvement in my career has indisputably put me on a different course.

    Will Finkel, VP at Warner Media

  • As a former Olympic athlete I find growth and coaching extremely important. Malika understood this as an athlete herself. The program reached a much larger scale within the company than those directly participating. She has an innate ability to pinpoint and put into words areas of growth and create insight. Malika is a rare personality that is super energizing and inspiring.

    Doris Willette, Customer Success, Braze