GLOBAL TEAM. WORLD CLASS RESULTS.
RAKESH KUMAR SINGH
FOUNDER AND CHIEF MENTOR
Rakesh is an extremely successful coach and trainer. His warm, empathetic nature accompanied with a deep understanding of human behavior has helped him to excel in coaching assignments.
His passionate training style and application of knowledge to sessions makes each session an unforgettable event.
He has an experience of 20+ years in the multiple industries at senior and leadership positions.
After his successful stint in corporate world, he founded an L&D organization, which has been growing extensively in the past 15 years. He has trained in more than 100 organizations on 100+ topics & coached 200+ clients over 1500+ hours
CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- ICF Certified Executive Coach (ACC)
- Certified Global Coach – Betterup, USA
- Certified Executive Coach – Neuroleadership Group
- Certified Quantum Business Consultant (U.K.)
- Certified Trainer – Persona Global, USA (Persuasive Communicator, Persuasive Sales
- Person, Teambuilding, Transition to Management, Coaching & Mentoring
- WIN Sales, Europe – India Licensee
His career profile is
President of Neuro Leadership Group, a multinational coaching and corporate training solutions organization (sister company of Franklin Covey South Asia)
CEO – Jaguar Land Rover – AMP Motors, Delhi
CEO – Audi Hyderabad
Director – Business Development at Adayana Learning Solutions, Hyderabad/US.
Founder Director of TCG – training, consulting, coaching and management education organization.
Head of Sales (India) of Sleep well Comfort Products
Business Development & Franchise Consulting in New Jersey, USA.
GM Sales in basic & mobile telecom projects of Essar Commvision Limited
Chief Executive of Automotive Manufacturers Ltd, A.P.
Sales Engineer in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Mumbai & Delhi
OUR SENIOR CONSULTANTS
Dr. Amitabh Chandra
SENIOR CONSULTANT
He has over 30 years of experience in Industrial R&D, Product Engineering, General Management, Strategy, and Training that enables him bring to the classroom a rich perspective bridging the gap between theory and practice. The personal examples that he narrates are seeped in a certain meticulousness that help participants understand and implement concepts better at their work place. Dr. Chandra is not only a facilitator but also a coach and a guide to several professionals. Following a Bachelors degree from St. Stephens College and a Masters from IIT Delhi, he obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University (USA) in 1979. He worked in the U.S. at the prestigious Bell Laboratories in Industrial R&D, and with AT&T Business Communication Services in new product concepts. Since his move back to India in 1996, he was Vice President and Chief Strategist with Essar Telecom for four years, followed by three years in the BPO industry. From 2004 onwards, he has been in the training industry in Hyderabad. Dr. Chandra is currently Director of LIFE Education Training Consulting in Hyderabad and also a Director of Training and Consulting Group-TCG/KNOWIZ.
Monica Reddy
SENIOR CONSULTANT
She has over 15 Years of experience in the HR domain having developed strong competencies in the core HR areas like Talent acquisition, Performance Management, Organization Development, Compensation & Benefits Management, Compliances, Employee Relations and Talent Development. With aspirations to be a lead entrepreneur in the Human Capital augmentation space, offering high end HR and Management Consulting Solutions, Monica is the newest entrant on TCG/KNOWIZ’s board. She brings with her multi-industry experience, having worked across IT, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and the Education industries. Privileged to have worked with leading organizations like Satyam Computers, GE, ISB and Tundra Semiconductors, Monica also brings in the experiences of her extensive exposure to global client interactions in leading and guiding Cultural transitions in organizations and help build ‘Global’ talent for organizations.
She also has acquired several certifications: Certified Interview Panelist-Certification by Carlton University, USA. Certified Trainer on Cultural Orientations-Certification by Training Management Corporation, USA. Certified by the Thomas Assessments Pvt. Ltd on Thomas profiling tools. Certified by Corporate Coach U (CCU) Australia as a licensed facilitator of The Coaching Clinic. Certified Auditor having sound knowledge of the ISO norms, procedures and standards in business flow processes related to HR. For Monica learning is a way of life.
Monica’s ability to be a thought leader, strategize, execute and follow through, provide a definite value add to her in the role of a management consultant and a lead trainer with TCG/KNOWIZ. People skills and the right balance of drive, tenacity and initiative have largely contributed to her evolving as a successful professional in the sphere of Human Resource Management.
Kailash Joshi
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Kailash has 20 years of rich in sales, Marketing, Training and Development & has taken up several Leadership roles with Leading MNC’s like GlaxoSmithKline, Ranbaxy Labs, Abbott Nutrition and Novartis India LTD
He has been leading the training function for several years and has an experience of conducting more than 200 training Workshops to enhance operational efficiencies of workforce, with a focus on Leadership, Coaching skills, Interviewing skills ,performance Management, Professional selling skills , SPIN Training, Negotiation Skills, Large account Management, Channel Management, High Impact presentation, Project Management communication skills and Situational Leadership .
He has been an international trainer for modules in coaching and situational Leadership II and has Trained in international Markets like Singapore, China ,Thailand, Taiwan, Manila and Spain etc .Kailash has Excellent skills in driving coaching culture, mentoring and enabling employees to successfully meet organizational objectives.
His area of Specialization Include:
- Executive Coaching – Building and Sustaining strong coaching culture across organization
- Driving Managerial effectiveness
- Building talent pipeline across organization
- Team-Alignment workshops for senior management, Vision and Mission
- Leadership Development programs
- Sales Training
Certifications:
- Executive Coach Certification (ICF Certified curriculum ) by Franklin Covey South Asia
- Situational Leadership II (Certified Global Trainer –Ken Blanchard ,USA)
- ROI in Training (Certified Trainer –Jack Philips ROI U.K)
- DISC (Certified Global Trainer by Viatech Global )
- PRISM Brain Mapping Practitioner ( Center for Applied Neuroscience U.K)
- ASTD Certified Trainer
- Certified Trainer –Ken Blanchard
Workshop conducted on :
- Coaching excellence
- SLII
- Key Account Management and Channel Management
- Negotiation Skills
- SPIN Selling
- Large Account Management
- Consultative Selling Skills
- Power of Managing Inclusively
- Presentation and Facilitation skills
- Train the Trainer
- Communication Skills
- Designed Development/Assessment center
- Conflict to cooperation
Academic Qualifications:
- BSc
- Executive MBA from IIM-C
Aparna Jain
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Aparna works in areas of Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Talent Assessment and HR Strategy
She has coached over 100 leaders, assessed over 800 people and facilitated leadership development programs across IT, Telecom, Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Financial sectors. Some of her key clients include: Canon, Jaypee Industries, Axis Bank, ONGC, Petronet LNG, Suzuki, Tata Teleservices, HSBC, Citibank, Hindalco, GHCL, Global Logic, Ivy Comptech, RSWM, Kenda Farben, EyeQ Hospitals amongst others.
Her deep knowledge of the human behaviour was further honed by her extensive training with the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Sciences (ISABS). She is a Master Practitioner in NLP, Certified Practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, an Advanced Practitioner of Bach Flower Remedies and an international “Heal Your Life®” Workshop Leader based on Louise Hay’s philosophy. She is certified on CPP, a simulated psychometric tool on cognitive processing and has worked with psychometric tools like Firo-B, MBTI, DISC, Belbin, Birkman, Hogan, OPQ, TalentQ, LSI among others . She has a working knowledge of TA and Gestalt.
Her straightforward yet gentle and empathetic approach with coachees helps her connect and make a difference across age groups and across levels. She is appreciated for addressing difficult issues in a practical, innovative and supportive manner.
Aparna brings close to 25 years of experience across HR and Sales functions working with multinational organizations like HCL Hewlett Packard, Cadence, Fidelity, Manhattan Associates, Nokia and NSN. Her last two assignments, before becoming independent in 2004, were as Head of HR-Software Business, Fidelity Investments and Head of HR, Manhattan Associates.
She has the unique experience of being part of the key team setting up the largest manufacturing plant for Nokia at Chennai, India. She has been instrumental in solving some complicated problems at Nokia. She has been instrumental in setting up the department at Cadence, Fidelity and Manhattan Associates.
She has a degree in Commerce from Panjab University, Chandigarh and an MBA from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. She is currently living up life and pursuing her varied interests in traveling, photography, music and spirituality.
Abhay Kumar Singh
SENIOR PERFORMANCE ENABLER
Abhay is a part of our core team as our Senior Performance Enabler. He has around 5 years of experience in scaling up multiple teams across growing startups like Zomato and Rivigo and has also worked with established organisations like Adobe and Amazon in the field of Human Resource Development. He is currently pursuing his Executive Masters in Human Resources from MDI Gurgaon.
He is passionate about client acquisition and relationship building. He has a proven track record in exponential growth in business development & marketing. Using a consultative approach, he has acquired and develop business with large corporations like Baxter, Schneider Electric, GHCL, Dr. Reddy Labs, Imagica Consulting and Prosper Consulting to aid in enhancing organizational and employee performance.
Abhay is currently working in client acquisition and account management and is also leading the Recruitment solutions wing for Knowiz.
Chander Sharma
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Chander Sharma is a seasoned corporate trainer- strongly believes in PEOPLE, their willingness and
ability to evolve. He strives for long-term commitment from his participants through workshops that are
highly participative and interactive.
21+ years’ experience in Managing business & growth at senior levels 05+ years in Consulting, Mentoring & Corporate Training *4,600+ participants * 4,000+ training hours * 59+ organizations * 50+ topics
- Vice President –MTC Business Consulting Group
- Vice President –MIPL Telecom Division, New Delhi
- Senior Consultant on panel for ‘SKILL INDIA’ thru NSDC
- Director –Business Development @ FORMS (International Markets)
- Head of Sales (Computer Point India Ltd (MODI Group)
- Affiliate –CII & PHD for SME sector (Small & Medium Enterprise)
- Key note Speaker, Panelist at FICCI, TiE & Industrial Associations
- Convener & Governing Body member at “IamSMEofINDIA”
- Mentor @ CEED (Centre for Entrepreneurship Education Development)
Founder Member –Delhi Ornithology Group
- Life member –Indian National Trust for Art & Culture Heritage (INTACH)
- Certified DIGITAL SALES GEEK -HERO MINDMINE
- Director –RICHLIFE worldwide
An empowering coach and a real people’s person to the core – Chander has delivered over 500+ training
days and has worked with over59 companies across businesses and industries.
The likes of FICCI, CII, TiE, WASME, FISME and other B2B platforms have depended on him to speak and
moderate many of their sessions at several events in cities across the country.