“Gopal has been a tremendous resource for me as an Executive Coach. In addition to his strategic vision and business acumen (especially in corporate/technology arena), his keen situations. A
results oriented professional, he rises to the challenge and elicits positive results.”

- Sally Whalen Harrison - President Brandywine Management Group
“Gopal is an energetic and committed member of our group at the Columbia Coaching Certification Program. He added cross-cultural insight and a corporate perspective to our discussions and his
opinion was valued by the group. I would highly recommend him as a qualified and dedicated coach.”  

- Jeffrey Jones - GPHR Leadership Coach & HR Consultant Vietnam
Testimonials
“Shrikanth is an outstanding coach who can help create a positive and lasting change in a fast-moving entrepreneur! Besides tremendous business crucial for high-performance leadership roles.
His powerful questions helped me get to the root cause, driving me to work on actions that were most appropriate for me. His gentle prodding and practical approach ensured that I actually
moved forward every day on key priorities."”
tight and mean machine at a time when the organization was still struggling to ring in new customers and What is the greatest contribution the business coaching has made to you--personally
and business results in my the utilization factors that are revenue lines that were supposed to focus on top line improvement. How have your personal and ruthlessly redeploying people into
billable engagements and I was able drive up the profitability by as much as 3 percentage points. At a time when the organization was under major margins pressure this was a great benefit.
AR Ganesh - Delivery Head - Major IT/Retail MNC India
non-critical (or prioritizing): This is definitely easier said than done! I think once you have developed the acumen to do this, the rest is like following a check list ! How have your personal and
professional gains described above positively impacted your business/organization ?        Increased efficiency, better turn around time, Effectively tackling  business challenges

- Zuleika N. - Entrepreneur
What is the greatest contribution the business coaching has made to you--personally and professionally?         The sessions made me realize the importance of implementing Balanced score card
in managing multiple teams. The Financial aspects of Revenues,  Variance from Plan, were imparted  as lessons with real life case studies. How have your personal and professional gains
described above positively impacted your business/organization ?        Implementation of Balanced Score card has helped me to look into each of the various factors that have a direct impact on
the growth of Business. It has brought in a professional approach to applying scientific methods to monitor and take corrective actions against deviations.

- Raghavan T - Director Top 10 Indian IT Company
What is the greatest contribution the business coaching has made to you--personally and professionally?         In the first half a year the practice associates and doubling of revenue is not
difficult to achieve in the next one year.

- Rajkumar M.- Vice President & Practice Head, Top 10 Indian IT Company
account in EDS Australia. He joined our executive leadership team and spent extensive time working to develop mutual relationships and productive processes. He easily overcomes organization.
His people and leadership skills are exemplary. Professionalism standards within his organization were impressive and inspiring. His honesty and sense of ethics are unshakable and he
commands respect without even seeming to try. I consider him to be the consummate executive and highly recommend him.”

- David Slosser, Account Manager, EDS Corp
- Vineet Bansal, Systems Engineer, EDS India Pvt Ltd
“While GD was heading a vertical at Cognizant-India, I had the opportunity to work with him on new business pursuit and managing client projects. He was a great mentor and helped us see the
big picture, always....He was easily accessible and available to bounce off new ideas and thoughts.”

- Mahesh Natarajan, Project Manager/Lead, Leading IT services company
“I had the opportunity to work directly under GD in the Exec Council. As the head of Retail Banking Business Solutions Center at Polaris he brought in great innovative ideas that has brought in
change and strengthened the business streams. He is a Leader and a Role Model I look forward to work with always.”

- Ram Kumar Samantula, Senior Manager, Polaris Software Labs
"Shrikanth worked very closely with my team during his time at Cognizant. He was responsible for delivery on one of our major accounts in Europe and managed a large team. Levels of client
satisfaction were extremely high, his team was highly motivated and the account continued to be one of our most profitable - all achieved with no small thanks to
- Kim Rajah, VP & GM, Cognizant Europe
“I had chance to work with GD in Invensys for almost a year. His exemplary Leadership and Management styles have always impressed me and others in organization. He was instrumental in
setting up new groups like Rails System at Invensys India. His exceptional maturity in Management Excellence has helped Invensys India achieve some of its challenging goals. He was
performance driven Country Head with great vision for Invensys India”

- Alok Shrivastava, PMP, DBM, Development Manager, Invensys
“Mr. Shrikanth was designated as my mentor at IIT-Bombay's entrepreneurship summit. Given his frank and open style of coaching coupled with his vast industry experience, the value chain.
My takeaway from the session was a self-awareness of the need to rework my business plan and work on my presentation to potential investors. I am very thankful to
- Amit Mundra - Entrepreneur
“GD Srikanth, as I know him, is one of the finest managers that I worked with in my career. His passion for the accounts he handled and people management capabilities were outstanding. He
was very approachable and was a great mentor. His professionalism, work ethic, creativity, passion for the team and determination to provide the best possible solution at all times made me to
look at him as one of the outstanding leaders. His ability to push his team towards perfection and not just limited to excellence really helped people like me to do better. His leadership skills are a
great source of inspiration to anyone who works with him.”

- Krishnapuram Krishna, Delivery Manager at EDS
rules to come up with un-conventional views and solutions for the critical and strategic subjects. GD also has the ability to execute those unconventional solutions. I wish GD success in his role
of Corporate Strategist and Executive Coach.”  

Govind Singhal , Executive Director, Member of Board , Polaris Software Lab Ltd
In our discussions,  he has impressed me with his knowledge and dedication to helping leaders"

Marshall Goldsmith , Founder , Marshall Goldsmith Partners
Here's what our Gurus, Partners & Clients  have to say about us:
and at Teachers College Columbia University it has been my good fortune to experience not only his professional competency but his humble and generous spirit.

Ginger Cockerham, MCC” - Thought Leader, Author & Board Member International Coach Foundation
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