Leadership Insights With Prashant

Leadership Insights With Prashant

By Prashant HandooBusinessManagement
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Leadership Insights With Prashant episodes

  • EPISODE 9 - Praggatti Rao

    In conversation with Praggatti Rao.

    Praggatti supports middle and top-level Leaders & Business owners to implement their best Personal Growth & Transformation plans through proven tools of Positive Psychology, Behavioural Economics & NLP.  Praggatti is the Principal Consultant at Educoncepts India Initiatives for more than a decade now. With a competent team of clinical Psychologists and L& D mentors, they are the pioneers for Personal growth & Emotional Resilience Training.  Educoncepts India Initiatives are pioneers in counselling and Training solutions Consultancy supporting Youth, Entrepreneurs, She-prenuers and Corporate professionals with Personal Growth models and Professional Relevance milestones employing comprehensive Personality profiling, Psychometric testings, EI tools and NLP based interventions and help create best choices and shift them from #Pieces of mind to #Peace of mind.  Being a pioneer in NLP based leadership & Skill Development programs- 'ExceedYourself for Entrepreneurs and 'GRIP for corporate professionals', I have been engaged in actively Discovering Intelligence and Building Talents across age groups and verticals.

    1 hr 27 min
  • EPISODE 8 - Anita Lawrence

    In conversation with Anita Lawrence.


    Leaders without influence will never be able to lead and inspire their teams, organisations or even their families - even with the best intentions.



    Working with different leaders proved the importance of leadership in the growth of our nation - more so during this recent crisis where bad leadership causes a faster fall while good leadership offers steadiness and perseverance.


    Venturing into the leadership space, I notice many organisations struggle from a lack of strong and healthy leadership. Reflect with me:

    ⭐️Are your organisation's leaders equipped, trained, and coached to lead with influence?

    ⭐️Are they uniting the team to perform with excellence while aligning with the organisations' values?

    ⭐️Do you see continuous growth in their character and leadership, resulting in increased organisational performance?


    Your organisation needs:

    ✅Community, coaching, and accountability which are important pillars in sustaining transformation.

    ✅A strong relationship between leaders and team members that inspires growth within a team.

    ✅Leaders that constantly grow and help organisations move towards their vision and goals.


    I'd love to help you and your leaders reach greater heights, personally and professionally! Let's co-create great leaders, teams, and organisations.

    🌍 Let’s be the Voice of Change in our world.

    1 hr 32 min
  • EPISODE 7 - Sujeet Pai

    In conversation with Sujeet Pai.


    Currently Managing Director / CEO at Linde Bangladesh Limited (formerly BOC Bangladesh Limited). Leading a Team of 300+ Employees. Responsible for delivering overall Financial and Non-Financial targets (P&L, Safety, Quality, Regulatory Compliance, Customer service KPI’s, TWC, etc.).


    Core Competencies & Strong Business Skill Sets in:
    o Strategic Business Unit Management & P&L
    o Sales, Marketing, CSCM (Supply Chain), NPD & Business Development Function.
    o Managing a Team size of over 150+ pax
    o Packaged Gases Supply Chain Management System
    o National Key Account Management
    o Major Project Tracking, Winning & Successful Execution
    o White-space analysis & executing the appropriate Marketing Strategy.
    o Sales Team Motivation & Mentoring
    o Recruiting & Staffing Initiatives
    o Managing Distribution Network
    o Change Management
    o Monitoring Return on Net Asset Deployed.
    o Safety & Visible Leadership

    Achievements:
    o Won the Regional Sales Excellence Award for the Linde India Country Sales Team in 2017 & 2018
    o Executive member of the Country Leadership, HR Council, Safety Council & POSH Team at Linde Gases
    o Inducted into the Board of Directors at Linde Bangladesh Limited in 2019 ( listed in DSE)
    o Doubled the business in three years to Rs 760M at Emerson
    o Selected to the coveted India Junior Board (IJB) at Emerson
    o Selected to the Asian Leadership Team at Emerson
    o Fast Track promotion from Regional Sales Manager to Sales Head within 4 Years
    o Best Employee of year Award in 2005 and 2007 at ASCO Numatics
    o Helped smooth transition of the Sales team from Sanmar to Emerson
    o Honoured as “Very Good Performing” employee in L&T
    o Travelled extensively to Europe, China, ASEAN & South Asian countries for Product & Leadership training

    "27 + Years of rich experience in Industrial Sales & Marketing, Process Control, Fluid Automation, Non-Ferrous Metals, Process Valves, Nuclear, Gases & Chemicals "

    1 hr 7 min
  • EPISODE 6 - Monte Pedersen

    In conversation with Monte Pedersen.


    The CDA Group is a unique leadership training firm that specializes in strategy execution management. A completely operations-based system and process that helps leaders achieve their strategic initiatives and get better at them every year.


    ✔Their expertise lies in building a framework for effectively managing your business by embedding the discipline of execution into your team's daily pattern of management. The result of which is;

    * a more aligned and collaborative workforce,
    * reinforcement of organizational values and core behaviours
    * streamlined communications and operational clarity,
    * greater levels of accountability, and
    * aggregated data for better decision making,

    They meet every client and their teams where they are at, providing "Leadership through the Lens of Execution" utilizing a cloud-based software application that collects the "actionable intelligence" necessary to build the support structure and communication processes necessary to manage each team member on an individual level. They instruct and build upon your company's ability to be "emotionally intelligent" creating greater self-awareness and social relationships between team members, partner companies, clients and customers.

    1 hr 12 min
  • EPISODE 5 - Inderjit Singh

    In conversation with Inderjit Singh.


    Inderjit was earlier the Head, Aviation India/South Asia of the Scott Wilson/URS.


    Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President (Airports) in Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE).

    He was the Airport Director (Chief Executive) of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), New Delhi, and the Chairman of the Committees dealing with Airport Security /Facilitation/Environmental issues. Actively associated in the AAI’s airport consulting assignments in Bhutan, Maldives, Libya, Algeria, South Yemen, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Sudan.

    Member-Secretary of the Core Management Group (CMG); the highest decision making body of the AAI.


    Executive Director of Airports Authority of India (AAI). He has progressively held the posts of Head of the Departments of Planning, Overseas Engineering Consultancy, and Commercial Services.


    Served as a Sector Consultant/Project Leader with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in the development of airport infrastructure projects in Mauritius; Ethiopia; and the Republic of Suriname, South America.

    Member of the World Economic Standing Committee of the ACI, Geneva representing South-East Asia region.

    Authored several articles on infrastructure development related subjects in national & international trade journals and the International Correspondent for the Airports International magazine UK.

    Addressed many international conferences on airports and is a visiting faculty to several universities.

    A first-class first engineering graduate from the IIT, he is a recipient of the Thomson Memorial Gold Medal for his thesis on airports. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Delhi, he pursued his Senior Management Course at Henley – The Management College, Oxford shire, U.K. He had an attachment with the University of California, Berkeley, California, the USA for studies in airport planning, design, and management of airports.

    1 hr 19 min
  • EPISODE 4 - Prosenjit Mukherjee
    In conversation with Prosenjit Mukherjee.
    Prosenjit comes almost 16 years of Global HR and Talent Acquisition experience in mass recruitment, executive search hiring, employee engagement, policymaking, 360-degree Appraisal Mechanism, Trust Index Performance Management, Learning & Development, Virtual Performance Dashboards, Talent Certifications, Change management, Social media management, and Marketing.  During his career, he has handled wide geographies across the Indian subcontinent, US, UK, APAC, and Eastern Europe.  He has designed high-level executive policies related to People & Productivity, created a niche employee competency framework so do trust experience model practices across Globe which has helped organizations to optimize their skill level and ensure smooth revenue progress.  He has taken part in many CEO and HR conclaves globally whereas he has shared my views on leadership and growth. He has coached and mentored HR managers on managing business operations, HRBP role, operations, and financial growth management.  He has also played a role of a principal consultant of executive search forums where he has personally handled and managed to closed senior-level positions like Managing Directors, CEOs, COOs, CFO’s and Senior VPs, Execs across the Globe.  He is an esteemed member of NHRD, got multiple honorary certificates at top B schools in India, and is a SCIKEY MindMatch® certified professional (a psychometry test analyst).
    He has also played the role of a Learning Coach who can use Metacognitive Induced Learning techniques to regulate the thinking techniques of people via cognitive (brain) skills. He can create thinking & learning strategies among freshers, trainees, and interns of an organization which helps to enable the high performer and high potential altitude across all levels. Such learning strategies can help an organization to optimize its succession plan at a low budget range.  During his career, he has worked with top fortune companies, renowned BPOs of Globe, premier IT organizations. He has received several rewards and felicitations from CEOs and MDs for extraordinary achievements. He has had the opportunity to share stages with TedEx speakers.
    1 hr 24 min
  • EPISODE 3 - Vikram Pandit

    In conversation with Vikram Pandit.

    Vikram has extensive experience in steering the functions of Strategic Business Development & Sales, Key Accounts Management, Value-based selling, Techno-Commercial Management and providing leadership & direction to cross-cultural teams. He is presently working with Sandvik Materials Technology as a Regional BD & Technical Marketing Manager-APAC.  He is a firm believer in exploring possibilities out of challenges, strongly influenced by the “Never Say Die” approach and have a penchant for engaging in continuous learning endeavours for self-improvement and recognition. Through his entire career tenure, he has delivered mission-critical project outcomes by demonstrating my quick learning and adaptive capabilities, recommending analytical solutions along with strategic blueprints and adopting an inclusive approach for setting up and scaling ventures profitably at a global level.  As a Business Leader, Vikram has headed strategic business development operations for the APAC region, created new avenues for new account development, deftly taken care of the techno-commercial nuances, cracked large deals and exceeded targets consistently by facilitating large teams through appreciative inquiry and aligning operational synergies for collaborative competency building. Accomplished breakthrough orders across segments like O&G, Petro-Chemical, Refinery, Automotive & Pharma segments  Best known as an empathetic Leader with a high-level focus on team performance, a Coach, a Mentor, a prolific communicator and an amiable personality. he has been able to facilitate and build strong relations with the KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders), steered business partnerships that have had long term implications in terms of business growth and revenue generation.

    1 hr 13 min
  • EPISODE 2 - Debjani Roy

    In conversation with Debjani Roy.

    Debjani is a Human Resource professional with 24+ years of Corporate experience, with an established reputation of providing transformative people leadership across. Debjani has handled all aspects of HR including IR, Recruitment, Learning & Development, Compensation & Benefits, Policy, Operations, Divestment, Cross-cultural workforce, Diversity, Gender & Inclusion and HR Shared Services. Have also been the champion for CSR in many of the companies she has worked in.


    Debjani has widespread HR exposure and hands-on experience in diverse industries spanning Manufacturing (NALCO), Telecom (Bharti), IT and ITES (HCL Tech. & BPO, Bentley Systems & Bharti), Travel (Kuoni) and now SRL Diagnostics (a Fortis Group Company).

    She believes in being honest and ethical, establishing credibility as well as visibility for HR at the workplace, and above all aligning with Business objectives in order to deliver HR goals. She has extensive experience in 'Strategic' and 'Tactical' HR, both.

    Lead by example, she does. Practice empathy by choice.

    1 hr 19 min
  • EPISODE 1 - Gauri Das

    In conversation with Gauri Das. We shall discuss her perspectives and insights on leadership through her life and leadership experiences and bring out learnings and insights for existing and aspiring leaders to reflect on.


    Gauri Das is an engineer turned HR Professional with a keen interest in Human Psychology. She is a strategic HR leader with 15+ years of experience in crafting and aligning HR strategy with business goals. She supports business leaders and individuals in driving performance and improving capabilities.


    She focuses on elevating employee experience by enriching careers, ensuring effective communication and thus creating an employer brand. She drives the right culture in alignment with organizational values.

    She is a learner for life and business acumen, adaptability, resilience and digital and data mindset define her well. She carries a wealth of experience with both start-ups and well-established organizations. She loves high energy and a growth-focused environment.

    Some of her achievements are
    • HR 100 under 40
    • Top HR Mind (India)
    • TAPAI and Economic Times Young HR Leader – top 70
    • WICA Luminary - Growth
    • LinkedIn person the year 2020
    • CEO recognition – EOQ
    • Standing ovation from 300+ colleagues on the day of exit in the previous assignment

    She is a passionate speaker and has spoken in multiple national and international forums. She loves sharing knowledge bytes and experiences on resilience, growth mindset, self-compassion and motivation. She is the Lead Membership for Professional Speakers Associations of India, Mumbai chapter (PSAI).

    She mentors students and professionals and supports them through her motivational talks and guides them on being future-ready.

    She is passionate about women empowerment and is leading a Leanin Circle called Leaders Lifting Leaders.

    She loves networking and knowing people beyond their profiles brings her happiness and therefore she is a core committee member of Navi Mumbai LinkedIn Local.

    Passion with Compassion is her mantra.

    1 hr 1 min

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