I was selected for Coaching to improve my strategic leadership skills for shouldering higher responsibilities. Based on my concurrence, Mr. Harish Devarajan, Leadership Coach, People Unlimited, Bangalore was appointed as my Coach.

 

The Coaching engagement with Harish lasted for 7 months (March – October, 2011) and during this period we had regular interactions. The initial interactions were face to face and then we kept interacting over the telephone.

 

I found this Coaching engagement to be of great value and it has immensely helped me in my development. I found Harish to be an ideal resource who helped me to understand the context, reflect deeply and respond with a focused action plan.

 

Harish was very methodical in his approach, practical in his challenges and sensitive to my situation. During the discussions he always remained calm, listened carefully and guided me appropriately with the help of his insightful questions.

 

Thanks to the Coaching, I was able to gain so much in such short time and most importantly make some significant and fundamental changes to my approach which has given me the confidence to face the future.  

 

President – Essel Minning & Industries Ltd.,Aditya Birla Group

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Dear Harish,

 

I wanted to thank you for all your coaching and mentorship over the last year as my executive coach. I really appreciated your approach in helping me introspect on me as a person. It helped me get a new perspective and look at things in a different way. Your guidance along the way in thinking about different ways of building some of my capabilities / skills and modifying my behavior was very valuable.

 

 What I really liked about your approach was it was not at all prescriptive but more focused on getting me to find a solution for myself. You acted more as a bouncing board for me and that helped me clarify my thinking and come up with the solution. You challenged me and pushed me beyond my comfort zone. As you have heard from my country head, the results have been create and have helped me create greater impact.

 

Thanks for all your help and support.

 

Portfolio Delivery Head, Global Integrated Marketing & Technology Services Firm

 

 

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 "Harish Devarajan has been working with me for over a year now as my Coach. During this period, he systematically took me through a process of self discovery, followed by action on personal growth. I found his approach quite exhaustive and very objective. An avid listener, Harish went through all my thoughts during the sessions, expertly guiding the discussions towards greater and clearer understanding. He also guided me to towards positive change with action plans and reviews. I felt a direct impact of his work on me during the recent launch of our latest innovation . I could push myself to explore much more than I would have otherwise done. Harish has made a very positive influence on me as a professional."

 

COO of a branded apparel business

 

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I had the opportunity to be coached by Harish for almost a year – and it has been an enriching experience. Not only has it helped me improve (from an outcome perspective) on the 2 opportunity areas that we selected but also the journey with Harish has helped me imbibe some ‘good practices’ of mentoring my team.

 

Harish’s style and approach centers on the fact that the coachee owns the opportunity and its closure – while Harish provides strong situational references for introspection and also elicits potential options for consideration. Harish is an excellent listener but at no point does he sympathize or try and co-own the opportunity. In my opinion, this is the ideal way for the coachee, if he/she is committed, to really carve out and work on a plan that will lead to sequential improvement.

 

I am very appreciative of the benefit that I have experienced in working closely with Harish and I would love to engage with him again.

 

Thank-you Harish!

 

Global  Head – BFSI BPO, WIPRO Technologies

 

 

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Thanks Harish, for your guidance. I see this as a very important exercise for me personally and I have enormously gained from it. Appreciate every bit of your advice.

 

Your style is non-intrusive and helped me identify opportunities for improvement without feeling vulnerable. Also, you never came across as prescriptive at any stage of our discussion and made me create my own plan of action. I found you as a mentor and was very comfortable with the whole process.

 

Vertical head – Medical Devices & Services, WIPRO Technologies

 

 

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I was fortunate and privileged to have you as my Coach. During the leadership journey, the entire Coaching experience was eye opener and provided great learning, knowledge and awareness. Each session out of 6 monthly communications with you was life time experience which I would never forget.

 

The Coaching session helped me in the identification of Critical areas of development and then I could work to develop the same. You helped me in preparation of specific time bound action plan and provided guidance and follow ups to facilitate the actions. Your approach was very down to earth. During the coaching process, you listened to each and every aspect very carefully, probed for solutions or alternatives and then made me choose the most suitable solution.

 

The experience has brought about a turnaround in my vision, thinking, approach and direction and I am confident that with hard work, dedication and commitment, I would be able to achieve the dream position very soon. I am thankful to you for guiding my leadership journey towards success.

 

Joint President – F&C and Aggregates Business, Ultra Tech Cement Limited  

 

 

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I have had 6 sessions of coaching with you but I got to know the count
only when I asked you . It has been such an enjoyable and fruitful experience
that I never realised that 6 sessions have passed.

I have always been bouncing off my learning and development plans and 
concerns with my wife but it has been more of a one way communication 
with lot of emotional and moral support . When I started the interaction with 
you I felt that now I could also get some direction , you challenged my thinking
but in a very non intrusive way and made me realise what I could do better to 
meet my career goals and objectives . You helped me clear lot of grey areas and
false perceptions which added lot of energy and focus in my journey .

I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart and wish that you continue
to make a difference to people's life's.

 

Sr, Vice President – Sales, Madura Garments

 

 

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Firstly, it was a pleasure to interact and spend time with Harish. He is a great listener, has tremendous patience, gets into details, allows discovery. Secondly, he connects and is a great support outside the official coaching. Thirdly, he is just a great human being to know, just the sheer comfort that world has such good people makes me feel more optimistic.

 

Vice President, Wipro Digital, Global Head, Solutions, Partnerships and Strategy

 

The year was 2016, I was transitioning from being a COO to becoming the CEO and I sought out Harish Devarajan to be my Executive Coach for the crucial first 12 month period. He was a really outstanding and supportive coach who showed me the mirror, helped me reflect on the feedback he had gathered through his interviews with my senior colleagues, team members and even my family. This helped me to understand myself better, leverage my strengths, become aware of and improve on the opportunities for development. Harish introduced me to different frameworks and challenged my thinking which catalysed me to grow into a more confident professional, empathetic human being and an Authentic Leader. The impact of this on my business' transformation too has been significant.

 

CEO & MD of a Multinational BPM company

 

 

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I had good 4-5 sessions of coaching with Harish, Overall, was very impressed with his approach, he’s very Organized & structured. In his first meeting he explained me the complete path of coaching for next 4-5 quarters.   He spend good time in understanding myself, took my feedback from people and compiled some very good insights. These insights helped me to discover myself with my strengths and improvement opportunities. Harish was very practical and patient enough to run through the process. His keeps things very simple which makes the process enjoyable.

 

Thank you Harish for the time spend and stay connected.

 

VP – SC Performance, GSC, Schneider Electric India