Gopal GD Shrikanth CEO Coach | Mentor | Strategist Credentials: Business World Magazine (Oct 2010) rated GD as one of India's Top CEO Coaches. GD is India’s 1st Ivy League (Columbia) Certified Executive/Business Coach; GD is India’s 1st Founding Fellows of Harvard Medical School’s Institute of Coaching Professional Association; GD is Asia’s 1st Editorial Board Member ‘International Journal of Coaching in Organizations’; GD is India’s 1st Executive Coach to be endorsed by Behavioural Coaching Guru Marshall Goldsmith; GD is the Mentoring Committee Chair - Wharton Alumni Association India. GD is an Alumnus of IIT-M, IIM-B, Columbia & Wharton. GD is concurrently pursuing his MS/PhD on 'Innovation’ at IIT-Madras. GD practices as a CEO Coach,Mentor,Strategist across US, UK, EU, AU, India (Bangalore & Chennai - Delhi - Hyderabad - Mumbai & Pune), leveraging his Trusted Global & Pan-India Expert Network of Consultants & Coaches. Experience: GD has a Corporate Leadership track record of 20+ years across the Financial Services, Manufacturing & Technology domains, at MNCs: Invensys (Country Manager & Board Member), PolarisFT (SBU-Head); Cognizant (SBU-Head); EDS (SBU-Head); ANZ Bank (Head Projects); Switching Tech (IT Head). GD's 'Domain Expertise', acquired during his 20+ year Corporate stint, spans: Auto (GM); Banking (ANZ Bank, Chesapeake, CitiBank, Commerce Bank, Commonwealth Bank, Union Bank Of California); Financial Services (BlackRock, Dun&Bradstreet, PFPC-PNC Bank, NASD-R); Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson); Hi- Tech (Xerox); Logistics (Pacific Andes); Process Control (Foxboro, SimSci-Esscor, WonderWare); Publishing (Centrobe); Retail (Metro); and Telecom (AT&T). Model: GD’s Hybrid Coaching Model, which leverages the cross functional expertise of Global Experts, enables him to partner with CxOs, Expats, VCs & Entrepreneurs and facilitate sustainable ‘Leadership & Business Transformation’. GD’s 7 layered Hybrid Coaching Framework is composed of (1) Columbia’s Executive Coaching Methodology (2) Harvard Institute of Coaching’s Concepts (3) Wharton’s Leadership Development Program Insights (4) Marshall Goldsmith’s Behavioural Coaching Process (5) 360° Strategic Constituencies Focus (6) GD’s Domain Expertise and Industry Insights & Sensitivity to the Indian Ethos and (7) Deep understanding of Client situations. GD is often called in by CxOs to (a) act as sounding board on "strategic topics / issues" (b) act as sounding board on "organizational dynamics" (c) facilitate transitions i.e. on-boarding / promotions (d) develop the capabilities of "high-potential Leaders" (e) address “derailing behaviours" by High Performing Leaders. GD’s solution portfolio ranges from Long Term Topics such as Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership, Succession etc to Short Term Topics such as Crisis Management, Conflict Management, Negotiation, Managing Einsteins etc. In his Coaching Practice, GD is akin to a Family Physician who brings on Global Specialists & Experts as and when required. Panelists: The Consultants and Coaches in GD’s Global Network (GD360.Net) have top notch Credentials (Wharton, Columbia, Kellogg etc) and Startup / MNC Leadership Experience. The Fortune 500 organizations they serve, encompass virtually every industry. Many are leaders in their field and are in the forefront of developing and embracing best practices. Given that the Network is largely composed of fellow Alumni from Wharton & Columbia and former Colleagues from MNCs, there is high degree of mutual trust and respect which enables them to jointly hit the ground running, at short notice and provides "Concurrent Global Rollout Capability" in terms of bandwidth & interoperability for MNCs. GD’s network of 100+ Coaches & Consultants, a few of whom are listed on his website, are from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, China, Germany, HongKong, India, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Singapore, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela & Vietnam. GD provides Global Consulting & Coaching panelists a ‘Gateway to India’, and Certified Consultants & Coaches based in India ‘pan-India opportunities’. Associations: GD is an *Expert Panelist for Business Journals: Knowledge@Wharton, INC, Business Today; Reuters Insight, S&P's Society of Industry Leaders. GD is also a Member of leading Industry Associations such as: *American Management Association (AMA) *Harvard’s Institute of Coaching Professional Association(ICPA) *International Association of Facilitators (IAF) *International Coach Federation (ICF) *International Consortium of Coaching in Organizations (ICCO) *Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) *Organizational Development Network of NY (ODNY) *Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC). CSR: As an ‘Executive Coaching Evangelist’...GD founded the premier LinkedIn Group “Executive Coaching India .Org” which has 650+ members; GD is a Mentor Coach for ICF Hyderabad (HPCA); GD has delivered a number of ‘pro-bono’ Lectures / Peer-Coaching Demos for premier non-profits such as IIT-Bombay, IIT-Guwahati, CII’s New Venture, Round Table, Rotary etc. GD has a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ethos and supports a village near Salem, India. |
* Gopal GD Shrikanth - Founder & CEO - GD360.Net <Click for Link>
*Alumnus: IIT-M, IIM-B, Columbia, Wharton & *Exec-Edu: ISB, Harvard * Corporate Experience
* ex-SBU-Head @EDS * ex-SBU-Head @Cognizant * ex-SBU-Head @Polaris * ex Leader IT Projects @ANZ Bank * Coaching Credentials
*Executive Coaching Evangelist:
* ProBono Exec Coaching Demos at Rotary, Round-Table, CII-New Ventures, IITs etc *Associations:
* Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) * American Management Association (AMA) * International Association of Facilitators (IAF) * International Consortium of Coaching in Organizations (ICCO) * Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) * Reuters Insight * Society of Industry Leaders (SIL) * Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC) |
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