How she’s leading a thriving, majority-female executive team and pushing back on the old ways of insurance leadership
When Rekha Skantharaja (pictured) joined Tangram Insurance Services at the age of 31, she didn’t have the traditional toolkit most new CEOs come armed with. She also didn’t have a spouse, a child, or much in common with the small-town California team she was suddenly leading.
What she did have was curiosity, work ethic, and an openness to learn, spending the last 15 years converting these traits into a transformative leadership philosophy at Tangr…