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THE POWER OF i

  • Are you grappling with the super challenging, post pandemic context?
  • Has your business/ organisation still not returned to its pre-pandemic performance?
  • Do you find that your leadership style/ strategies, which worked in the past just don’t seem as effective any more?
  • Do you feel like your team has different needs and expectations from before, but you don’t know how to meet these?
  • Are you anxious about the future of your business and/ or your own leadership impact or career?

If your answer to any or all of the above questions is a YES, or even a MAYBE, here’s what we would like to tell you:

Firstly, don’t worry. Know that you are not alone. Many businesses and leaders are facing these challenges.

And more importantly, know that there is a way to solve these problems, and to move from trying to survive this situation, to actually thriving in it. 

It is our belief that the answer lies in catalysing positive impact through the power of inclusiveness, and the significant innovation that this can unleash. This is what we call THE POWER OF i – a model of leadership for the new, BANI world.

THE POWER OF i Offerings

We work with organisations to unleash The Power of i, and enable leaders to go from ‘struggling to survive’ to ‘thriving’ in the new, BANI world.

THE POWER OF i
- Booster Session

A 90-min signature talk & group interaction (face to face/ virtual) to unravel the BANI context and spark THE POWER OF i thinking and optimism in leaders.

THE POWER OF i
- Rapid Assessment Test

A 6-8 week organisation & leadership diagnostic, to gauge the readiness/ capability of the entity and the executive leadership team for the BANI context.

THE POWER OF i
- Growth Journey

A 6-month development journey to build organisational and leadership capability to thrive in the BANI world, by unleashing THE POWER OF i.

Deep Dive into the Offerings

We work with organisations and leaders to unleash The Power of i,
And go from struggling to survive, to thriving in the new context of the BANI world

THE POWER OF i - Booster Session

A 90-min signature talk & group interaction (face to face/ virtual) to unravel the BANI context and build THE POWER OF i thinking in leaders, by

  • Creating optimism in their minds, about moving from surviving to thriving in the BANI world, and
  • Sparking awareness and inspiration about how they can create a significant positive leadership impact in this context with all its unique and unprecedented challenges
Diya brings in passion, honesty and drive in everything she does. Watching her engage with a complex network of stakeholders is inspiring, as she navigates conversations with ease, co-opting leaders to believe in and be purposeful when they invest in their talent. She creates a safe space for participants as a facilitator bringing in a rare and difficult combination of challenge with compassion. She dreams big for herself & the team and it’s impossible to be unaffected by her enthusiasm to drive change at scale! Organisations who want deep expertise in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion would benefit a lot by engaging with her consulting practice.
Shabari Madappa
Partner at Anekataa & Vistas Consulting, Vice President XLRI for Women (XL4W)
Diya brings passion, purpose and expertise into leadership development. She makes the leadership conversations an absolute delight and action-oriented. She is an amazing listener and non-judgmental, besides being adroit in asking powerful questions... Diya brings exceptional facilitation skills in handling top-leaders conversations and demonstrates deep expertise in art and science of talent development. Besides being an exceptional leadership talent professional, she is a humble and authentic person who connects well with her audience.
Himanshu Saxena
CEO - Centre of Strategic Mindset, #Global Top 100 MG Coaches in Strategy, Purpose & Culture, erstwhile Head of Strategy at TCS

THE POWER OF i - Rapid Assessment Test

A 6-8 week organisation and leadership diagnostic exercise, combining the science of quantitative assessment and the art of deep listening and intuitive judgement, to

  • Help a CEO/ CXO understand the current readiness and capability of the organisation/ business unit, and its executive leadership (as a collective), to thrive in a BANI world, and 
  • Create a development action plan to enhance organisation and leadership capability to unleash THE POWER OF i
  • This offering is an Organisation and Collective Leadership Health Check. You can choose to add a deep-dive Leader Diagnostic for individual leaders.
I have come to deeply respect Diya’s professional talents. She is effectively able to diagnose complex human dynamics including their root causes, and to understand and apply their connections to strategic decisions and their implementation. Going beyond diagnosis and design, she also empathetically comes up with action plans that address stakeholder concerns, and she demonstrates exceptional communication and influence skills. She sees the big picture, and is also able to attend to tactical details that make the difference between successful and unsuccessful implementation. This unique combination of talents makes Diya a strong business advisor and leadership coach.
Dr. Linda Hill
Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative & Professor, Harvard Business School Among Thinkers50 Top Ten Management Thinkers in the World Co-Founder, Paradox Strategies
Diya played a key role in our transformation journey as an organisation and executive leadership team…. She really understood our organisation, business and vision... This, coupled with her innate ability to engage impactfully with leaders, enabled her to add significant value... She grasps things intellectually, quickly, and then leverages her effective communication skills and high EQ to facilitate powerful conversations with leaders... Over fifteen months, she executed the Collective Genius diagnostic, helped us to analyse and draw deep insight, and designed and facilitated multiple working sessions to percolate the insights, create an impetus for change, and drive behavioural shifts. I have found in Diya a true partner.
Gaurav Laroia
Chief Strategy Officer - CareCentra, Strategic Advisory Board - Mobio Interactive, ex CEO of Roche Diabetes Care India, and ex Chief Strategy Officer and Head of BD - Biocon Biologics

THE POWER OF i - Growth Journey

A 6-month development journey to build organisational and leadership capability to thrive in the BANI world, by unleashing The Power of i, through

  • Coaching and developing groups of 8 – 15 leaders (from the C-suite downwards), to build their own capability to thrive in a BANI world, and
  • Forming and mentoring diverse, action learning teams focussed on strategic organisational interventions to institutionalise THE POWER OF i
Diya is an outstanding HR professional. She has an innovative perspective on leadership development. I was highly impressed with her approach in talent assessment & designing a customized leadership development programme for Gunebo. She uses a lot of creativity by blending classroom concepts with real life practical experience. Her inputs add value to the clients.
Sandeep Deshpande
CXO with proven track record of transformation, turn around & growth, ex CEO Gunnebo
I met Diya 22 years back... even then, the quality of her thinking and execution were at par with best in class. Over the years, I saw Diya grow from strength to strength... She sold an integrated leadership development architecture to us at Glenmark, and impressed us deeply with her quality of thought and willingness to invest in the design by understanding client readiness... Recently, she was lead thinker and facilitator in a DEI journey for the top 80 leaders of Amazon India (in collaboration with KF). A path-breaking initiative, this paved the way for future investments in DEI globally. Diya brought a great combination of head and heart, connecting as effectively with senior business leaders as with diverse employees in the company.
Swati Rustagi
Director HR at Amazon, erstwhile CHRO at Glenmark Pharma

Selecting the Right Offering for Yourself

THE POWER OF I - Booster

YOU could begin with THE POWER OF iBooster Session (Offering 1) to spark the right thinking and initiate the conversation in your organisation/ team

THE POWER OF I - Rapid Assessment Test (RAT)

If this already resonates with you and you are convinced about our approach, then embark on THE POWER OF i Rapid Assessment Test (Offering 2) to diagnose your current situation and plan for enhancement, without losing any more time. 

Within this offering, you have the option of an Organisation and Collective Leadership Health Check (Offering 2A), and additionally, a deep-dive Leader Diagnostic (Offering 2B)

THE POWER OF I - Growth Journey

Armed with THE POWER OF i RAT analysis and insights, we can then partner with you on THE POWER OF i Growth Journey (Offering 3), to fortify your organisation and your leaders. Through the six month process, we would work with your leaders to enable them to a) Introspect from within, b) learn and experience how to Inspire diverse others, and c) Institutionalise the way of inclusive leadership through systemic interventions (delivered using an Action Learning Approach with diverse teams)

What You Will Gain from Partnering with Us

1. Work with us using THE POWER OF i, to successfully energise your leaders and rebuild their optimism and self belief.

They  need this, to overcome the BANI challenges they are facing, and go from surviving to thriving.

2. Bring us in to objectively and accurately understand where your organisation and your leadership currently stand in their capabilities for a BANI context.

Work with us to create a clear and compelling action plan to build your organisational and leadership capability to thrive.

3. Collaborate with us to enable your leaders to introspect from within and build the necessary leadership capabilities for the new context.

We will teach and show them how they can inspire diverse others to achieve superior outcomes. We will set them up to create a sustainable impact by driving systemic interventions in a pragmatic way.

With every leader we transform through THE POWER OF i , we create a MULTIPLIER EFFECT
that touches the next wave of stakeholders in that leader’s circle of influence.

Come join us to unleash THE POWER OF i

Together, let’s make the world a happier and more progressive place,
one organisation and one leader at a time

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