Ajay Soni
Ganesh Chella
Archana Edward Madhavan
Synopsis
Coaching as a leader development experience and method is gaining rapid popularity. More and more organisations are serious about investing in coaching. However, users (HR professionals, Business leaders and business promoters) can be confounded by the many variations, the many different approaches and the differing levels of competence. This results in them often being unclear about how to choose the right approach and how to get the best out of coaching.
Given that coaching is a helping relationship, the human considerations add to the complexity of choice making.
It is in this context that the book 'Coaching your Leaders: A Roadmap for organisations' finds a place as a simple and reliable guide to users to help them get the best out of coaching. Written in the style of a user manual, the book starts off talking about coaching as a product and the operating system in which coaching happens. It then delves into the 'installation process ' and the various 'modes and settings' that coaching lends itself to. We also have 'operating instructions' that describe the suggested process for effective use of coaching in an organisation The book ends with perspectives on the 'warranty' and 'safety instructions' that accompany coaching considering it is also a sensitive developmental intervention. Based on over 18 years of experience, the final 'troubleshooting' and FAQ chapter is replete with situations faced and possible ways to deal with them.
This does not aim to be a book that needs to be read cover to cover. A reader can just go to any chapter that sounds relevant and still get value out of it. Eventually the authors hope to help the reader get a complete understanding of the power and the responsibility that comes with using coaching as a leader development intervention.
5:15 PM
Registration & Hi-Tea
6:00 PM
Welcome Address
Mr Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy
Senior Vice President, MMA & Managing Director, Sundaram Home Finance Ltd
Overview by the Authors
Mr Ganesh Chella
Author and Co-Founder & Chief Solution Architect – CFI
Ms Archana Edward Madhavan
Author and
Program Director - CFI
Launch of the book “Coaching your Leaders: A Roadmap for Organisations” & Address by the Chief Guest
Mr Ajay Soni
Chief Learning and Leadership Development Officer
Aditya Birla Group
Bringing 'Coaching Your Leaders' to Life: Live Demo & Conversation
From Pages to Practice: A Live Coaching Experience or
7:25 PM
Vote of Thanks
Gp Capt R
Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director
Madras Management Association
7:30 PM
End of the program
Profile
Mr Ajay Soni
Chief Learning and Leadership Development Officer
Aditya Birla Group
Ajay drives learning, talent management & leadership development processes for the group
As part of his responsibilities, he leads Group learning and Gyanodaya ABG’s Learning University. In the area of Talent management Ajay leads Talent Council process, transition management, succession management & strategic workforce planning. As a part of his group head of learning role, Ajay looks at developing senior & future leaders of the group as well as shaping and building the virtual learning platform.
Earlier to joining Aditya Birla Group 10 years back, Ajay worked as the Practice Leader for Leadership Consulting - Asia Pacific, Aon. Prior to that Ajay worked in various operations & business management roles in HLL, ICI, L&T and HPCL
Ajay, is B.Tech & MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, has a passion for sharing his learnings and point of views with industry at large. In his Book “Manthan” - Art and Science of building leaders, he synthesized the contemporary research and ancient Indian wisdom to propose a “Three Dimension” model for Indian Leadership.
Mr Ganesh Chella Author and Co-Founder & Chief Solution Architect – CFI
In a career spanning over 4 decades, Ganesh has come to be respected and acknowledged for his contributions as a practitioner, consultant, coach and thought leader in the field of Organisation development, Human Resources Management and Executive Coaching. Ganesh Chella is credited with pioneering the use of executive coaching for leader development in India. He has in his role as Co-Founder & Managing Director, helped CFI become a highly respected and sought after destination for coaching led leader development solutions and coach education and certification. He has also authored a very large body of books, articles, and blogs.
Ganesh is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur, a professional member of the India Society for Applied Behavioural Science and trained and certified as a Coach by Dr Skiffington, Australia.
Ms Archana Edward Madhavan Author and Program Director - CFI
Archana Edward Madhavan, currently a Program Director of CFl's Advanced Program in Team Coaching, is a seasoned Learning and Organisation Development professional, Executive Coach and Team Coach. With a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), and as the DirectorResearch & Insights at CFl, she works closely with clients and coaches to shape CFl's action research efforts These efforts are aimed at understanding and improving the pathways to coaching effectiveness and enhancing client success from coaching.
