Centre for Leadership Coaching launch conference concludes

Solan, September 22

The two-day Centre for Leadership Coaching Launch Conference Summit concluded with impactful insights and inspiring discussions as it set the stage for future initiatives in leadership development.
Chairing a panel discussion on “Leadership Excellence: Tailored Coaching for CEOs, Board Members, and Managers at All Levels”, Vice Chancellor Prof. Atul Khosla said India needs to substantially increase infrastructure to prepare leaders of the future. He pointed out that 25 per cent of the world’s workforce would be in India in the next one year as the country has the largest young population in the world. He said initiatives like introduction of coaching would help India meet the challenges ahead.
The panelists included Dr. Anuj Batta, Managing Director of Quanolytics and TheHRAnalytics.com, Colonel Shailesh Pathak, Army Veteran and Board Member at Shoolini University and Mr. Natwal Kadel, HR Strategy, Human Resources, and People Strategy at Hyundai Motor India Ltd, and Professor of Practice.
In another panel discussion, Prem Singh, the President of NHRDN and Group HR Head at JK Organisation spoke about Emerging Trends in Coaching in India and began by commending Shoolini University for organising the event and setting benchmarks in various areas, including coaching. He described coaching as a practice that facilitates self-discovery.
He proposed that the coaching conclave should become an annual event at Shoolini University.
Preeti D’Mello, President Designate of The Fulfillment Institute and former Global Head of Cultural Leadership and Coaching at TCS, delivered a powerful statement: “Our ability to experience fulfillment can be cultivated.” She emphasised the importance of learning from the mistakes of others, noting that “for gold to glisten, it needs to be put through fire,” which she described as a beautiful metaphor for coaching. D’Mello asserted that fostering a coaching culture is imperative, expressing her belief that “when we act on culture, we can change the future.”
Another panel discussion of the day was chaired by Munish Sherawat, President and Dean at Shoolini University, who posed the billion-dollar question: “Is everybody coachable?” The panelists included Dr. Bhaskar Roy, Vice President and Global Ops Leader at Genpact; Himanshu Jain, Founder and CEO of Promenable, Chandrajit Pati, Founder of CP HR Advisory, Mridu Bhandari, Journalist at CNBC Network 18 and Tarun Gupta, Director of Operations at SCDOE, Shoolini University.
Nirupama Subramanian, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at GLOW and Founder and CEO of Powerfulife, led a thought-provoking session on using the power of archetypes for leadership coaching, focusing on coaching men versus women. She began with an engaging exercise, asking the audience to close their eyes and envision typical archetypes such as a hero, a princess, a warrior, and a leader. The exercise revealed that these archetypes often carried a male lens.
Ms. Payal Khanna, Deputy Director and Head, Centre for Leadership Coaching, Shoolini University, in her valedictory note, emphasised that the project was entirely pro bono, stating, “The foundation laid here at the Center for Leadership Coaching will serve generations to come.”