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Kiran Phadnis - Founder & Principal Consultant

Kiran is an Engineering graduate and a Postgraduate in Management, majoring in Marketing. He has an extremely rich experience of over 17 years in the Engineering and Training realm. He is a trained facilitator in Process work by Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS). He is trained in Behavioral Assessments on the DISC model and the FIRO-B (Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Behavior Orientation). He has also undergone certification on Culture at the workplace (CWQ-Hofstede Model), GTPQ and Competency Profiling System by ITAP Intl. He is also a Certified Extended DISC Administrator (CEDA). Kiran has successfully been certified as a NLP Practitioner by NLP Life - Dr. Richard Bandler. He is also a certified coach with The MindGym, UK and Mercer, USA. His corporate work experience in the area of training with international training organizations and different industries has given him diverse exposure in people development interventions.

He specializes in Organizational Development interventions, the major focus being attitudinal and behavioral training. His functional strength is design and execution of training workshops in Corporate Breakthrough and Change Management, Leadership Development, Coaching Skills, Train the Trainer, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Academic to Corporate transition, Presentation Skills, Verbal & Written Communication, Team Integration, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision-making, Interviewing Skills, Mentoring Skills, Performance facilitation, Goal Setting, Conflict Resolution, Negotiation Skills, Sales and Customer Management.

He has successfully driven many corporate training initiatives and facilitated training projects at eminent organizations such as Crompton Greaves Ltd., Bosch, Mahindra Ltd., Forbes Marshall, General Motors, Thermax Ltd., Asian Paints, BOC India, Philips, Siemens, Bharat Forge, Mecc Alte Pvt. Ltd., Kalyani Brakes, Akzo Nobel India, Pergo India, Sortimat Technology Pvt. Ltd., Bagalkot Cement & Industries Ltd., Future Group, Crisil Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDBI Bank, ICICI Lombard, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Network Services, Deutsche Bank Operations International, Edelweiss Capital Ltd., AC Nielsen, Accenture, Oracle, Honeywell, Sungard Availability Services, Geometric Software, SAP Technologies, IBM, NTT Data, Tata Technologies Ltd., L&T Infotech, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd., BNY Mellon, AXA Business Services, Zycus Infotech, Kale Consultants, CDAC, EXL, Magic Software, Amdocs, Principal Financial Services, Syntel, Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd., Winsoft Tech, Proquest Solutions, CUTS International, AstraZeneca Pharma, Syngenta, Mahyco, Morde Foods, Paranjpaye Schemes, Symbiosis Institutes (SIBM, SCMHRD & SCIT), Schulich School of Business, Suryadatta Institute of Management & Information Research, Allana Institute of Management Studies and Indira Institute of Engineering & Management amongst others.


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Sachin Kulkarni - Founder & Principal Consultant

Sachin, an engineering graduate, has over 24 years of experience in the IT and Training industry and has worked in various capacities right from core software development to managing global projects. His rich experience includes heading initiatives in Project Management in the IT realm, HR and Training. He has undergone a PMP Certificate course and is eligible for PMP certification from PMI, USA. He is also a Certified Extended DISC Administrator (CEDA). He loves to work in the areas of training and branding and exploits his vast and varied experience in building global brands. A skilled communicator with strong interpersonal & relationship management skills, Sachin is a musician at heart. His technical skills are harnessed to a great extent to cater to demands of growing global business needs.

His functional strength in “Organizational Development” is design and execution of training workshops in Leadership Development, Coaching Skills, Presentation Skills, Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness, Influencing Skills, Negotiation Skills, Team Building, Managing Time, Managing Conflicts, Creative Problem Solving & Decision Making, Communication Skills – Verbal and Written, Customer Service, Selling Skills, Academic to Corporate transition and Performance facilitation. He is also trained in facilitating behavioral assessment tools.

He has successfully facilitated training programs for clients such as Future Group, Bosch, Crompton Greaves Ltd., Thermax Ltd., John Deere, Mecc Alte India Pvt. Ltd., Bagalkot Cement & Industries Ltd., Tata Technologies Ltd., Principal Financial Group, Accenture, Sungard Availability Services, 3dPLM Software, Syntel Inc., Proquest Solutions, Pubmatic, Omnitech InfoSolutions Ltd., Edelweiss Capital Ltd., IDBI, AC Nielsen ORG Marg, AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd., Syngenta, Mahyco, Morde Foods, QualEx Systems, Schulich School of Business, Suryadatta Institute of Management & Information Research, Indira Institute of Engineering & Management and Indian Magic Eye amongst others. He is also a coach and mentor to several HR students and professionals.