Balancing Conflict and the Art of Leadership
Manoj Kohli
Country Head, Softbank India
About Manoj
Manoj Kohli started his career in HR with the DCM Shriram Group, held business leadership positions in Foods, Chemicals, Refrigeration, and Automobile. Honda JV, Airtel, SB Energy were some organizations that he contributed to.
After 16 years in the manufacturing sector, he led a mobile startup Escotel to achieve market leadership in 3 important markets in India. Meet the passionate leader, Manoj Kohli who is the Country Head – SoftBank India responsible for supporting SoftBank Group, SoftBank Vision Fund, and their over 20 portfolio companies in India.
You will also know him as the “Telecom Man of the Year” in 2000, “Best Alumni” by SRCC Delhi University, and “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2020. Tune into this conversation for a masterclass in leadership”.
Take home these learnings
1) How to find balance during times of conflict?
2) What does it take and mean to master the art of corporate leadership?
3) What does it mean to get comfortable with uncomfortable?
4) How to encourage and co-exist with conflict while you emerge as a leader?
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Dr. Neeta Bhushan
Realizing the power of your Story
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Dr. Neeta Bhushan
Emotional health & wellness advocate
Founder of Global GRIT Institute
About Neeta
A doctor specialized as a cosmetic dentist turns into an emotional health advocate championing emotional & mental health and encouraging other entrepreneurs and game changers to do the same. Dr.Neeta Bhushan is a proud mother, a speaker, apart from being a mentor to leaders, startup founders, impact drivers, and wellness-based entrepreneurs. One of her best-selling books is The Emotional Grit. At Global GRIT Institute, as co-founder, she and her co-founder Ajit Nawalkha combine forces to help consult people in their chapter of business and life.
Take home these learnings
1) How to stitch your own story that inspires the world?
2) How to find the inner power and grit?
3) Being vulnerable and sailing through difficult times.
4) How to realize the power of your story?
Dennis Gillan
Turning Misery Into Mission: Suicide Prevention & Mental Health
Dennis Gillan
Executive Director-Half A Sorrow Foundation
Dennis Gillan
Dennis Gillan is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary story of loss, perseverance, and healing. Dennis helps tear down the walls of silence which have surrounded the issues of mental health, depression, and suicide. He infuses his passion and humour into a tough subject which touches everyone in the audience.
Dennis Gillan is a thought leader on the topic of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Advocacy. He travels internationally speaking, raising awareness, and opening up the conversation of mental health. He is the Executive Director of Half A Sorrow Foundation. Dennis has been deeply touched by suicide after the losses of two of his brothers to suicide 11 years apart. After years of sitting on the sidelines, he jumped into helping those in need by working on the suicide prevention hotline when he lived in Chicago. After moving to South Carolina, Dennis got involved with several non-profits that take on mental health issues and this allows him to lobby lawmakers and raise awareness by sharing his story.
Dennis has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from West Virginia University and a work history rich in influence and persuasion
Take home these learnings:
2. Why Are We Biologically Dispositioned To Depression?
3. 3 Warning Signs of A Suicidal Behaviour
4. What To Do On Days You Feel Like Quitting
5.Understanding Sometimes Brain Is Not Our Best Friend
6. Being The Ministry of Presence To Someone In Need
7. How One Kind Word Saved His Friend's Life
Steve Farber & John French
Twisted Business for High-minded Leaders
Steve Farber & John “Jay Jay” French
John “Jay Jay” French - Entrepreneur and Founding Member-Manager of Twister Sister
Steve Farber - Founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute
About Steve
Listed as one of Inc’s global Top 50 Leadership and Management Experts, Steve Farber is a Leadership Pioneer, Strategist, Keynote Speaker and Bestselling Author on Extreme Leadership. His expertise is in creating organizational cultures where leadership is not just an opportunity and obligation for those in authority, but for everyone at all levels.
Steve is the President of Extreme Leadership, Inc, and the founder and chairman of The Extreme Leadership Institute, organizations devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders around the world. His accessible, deeply inspirational, and eminently practical Radical LEAP framework is widely used across the business, non-profit and education spectrum. Farber has been credited with redefining leadership in deeply personal yet practical terms and re-energizing thousands of people to make a significant difference in their businesses, lives, and the world around them.
About Jay
John "Jay Jay" French is a Keynote and Motivational Speaker, Reinvention Expert, Entrepreneur, and Founding member of the renowned heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He has a unique perspective on business leadership based on my 40+ years of experience with Twisted Sister (as Manager, Guitarist, and Director of Licensing, Publishing & Touring), as well as being a producer/executive producer/manager of rock bands. I’m also the founder of The Pink Burst Project, a nonprofit.
He is a natural storyteller and loves energizing and inspiring audiences through extraordinary tales of success, failure and reinvention through the lens of rock and roll.
He talks about the importance of vision, business transformation, hiring the right people, how to manage challenges, being an authentic leader and developing successful business practices. Everything is based on real-life experiences and he speaks very honestly and openly, with a good dose of humor.
Take home these learnings
1) The story of rising, fall, and the triumphant return of the Twisted Sister star
2) Business lessons that are applicable to every profession and even to life in general
3) Tips to voice your story, redeem yourself and develop your philosophy
4) Collaboration and Love at the core of leadership
Marshall Goldsmith
Finding Your True North: In Conversation with #1 Executive Coach
Marshall Goldsmith
Thinkers50 Hall of Fame, #1 Leadership Thinker, #1 Exec Coach, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
Marshall Goldsmith
Marshall Goldsmith is a world-renowned leadership coach, executive educator, and author. He has more than 40 years of experience working with top leaders from around the world, including CEOs and senior executives from over 150 major corporations. He has been recognized as one of the top 10 executive coaches in the world by Forbes and has been named one of the top-ranked executive coaches by Harvard Business Review. He is the author of several bestselling books, including "What Got You Here Won't Get You There," "Triggers," and "Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It."
He is also a keynote speaker and frequent guest on television and radio programs. His expertise in the field of leadership development is unmatched and his insights and strategies are valuable for anyone looking to improve their leadership skills.
Take home these learnings:
2. What are three best coaching advices Marshall has recieved?
3. How to be aligned and not addicted to your purpose?
4. What are the mistakes every coach makes?
Gaurav Arora
Spilling The Beans - Finale Special
Gaurav Arora
Inspirer at Heart
Gaurav Arora
Gaurav has a decade of rich experience in the professional services industry as a Facilitator, Coach and Speaker, with a strong track record of building high-performing leadership teams. As a facilitator, he has been recognized for creating stimulating and interactive learning environments, encouraging participation and individual creativity. As an Executive Coach, he works to dismantle barriers that come up in the workplace for leaders and help them in fulfilling their intent. A storyteller by heart, he leverages various methodologies and technique to put his point across and create the breakthrough.
He founded Inspire Coaching Systems in 2009, now known as xMonks and started a social development initiative “iOwn” in 2016, which is a platform to connect coaches with Social Development Sector to create possibilities and transformation for the change makers and bringing coaching to the grass root level.
Gaurav is an Engineer and a Management Graduate in Marketing. He is a recipient of the “Young HR Professional of the Year 2009-10” by Employer Branding Institute and has been awarded as the 100 top Leadership Coach in 2017. Recently, Gaurav has been honored with the 2019 ICF Young Leader Award. Gaurav is a voracious reader and loves adventure sports. In his free time, he does calligraphy, painting, and reads books.
Take home these learnings:
2. Cameron Hosts The Season Finale
3. Revelations Behind Some of Gaurav's Philosophies
4. What is Gaurav's Daily Prayer
5. What is the next wave for The xMonks Drive?
Nitin Sisodia
Turning Problems into Opportunities
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Nitin Sisodia
Founder - Sohum Innovation Lab
About Nitin
Nitin Sisodia Founder & CEO of Sohum Innovation Labs. He is also a 2010 Stanford India Bio-design fellow. Nitin is named ‘Top 20 innovators under 35’ 2013 by MIT tech review. He is passionate about ideas at the intersection of technology and user-centered design to serve unmet clinical needs. He has designed several innovative products with national and international companies in India, Germany, and Japan. He has a graduate degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, and a master's in design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
Take home these learnings
1) Finding opportunities in the middle of clutter.
2)Turning problems into opportunities.
3) Building sustainable business models with a purpose of the greater good.
4) Living the life of a full circle.
