Yatish Chandrasekhar is a Talent Transformation Leader, CXO Coach, and Leadership Consultant with over 25 years of experience.
He coaches senior executives (Exec Directors, Sr.VPs, VPs, Partners, Gen Managers) in IT/ITES, BFSI, Consulting and Govt. enterprises in areas of Executive Presence; Influencing; Delegation; Empowering and Building Collaborative Teams; Effective Communication; and Legacy Building, empowering them to lead with purpose and expand their influence.
Yatish's coaching approach centres around the belief that 'Mind is one's best friend; and one's worst enemy'. He therefore, helps his clients cultivate their ‘inner friend’ for personal growth and professional transformation.
His coaching style is marked with authenticity, deep listening, curiosity, and empathy for his clients; creating a safe space for them to be vulnerable, clarify their values, set meaningful goals, and operate from their strengths, that helps them find rewarding paths towards their goals.
Yatish blends modern management principles and scientific tools with ancient spiritual wisdom in his coaching presence, that allows his clients to reflect deeply and emerge with clarity, conviction and confidence to pursue their chosen goals.
In his corporate experience, Yatish established a large learning ecosystem for the Aditya Birla Group, leading a team of over 60 learning professionals delivering about 100,000 man-days of learning for over 25,000 retail professionals across 10 different retail brands and formats annually. At the Friedman Group, Yatish brought global retail best-practices to the Indian retail industry. He delivered leadership development workshops on Stephen Covey's ‘magnum opus’ ; ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ and led the Talent Transformation function for Landmark Group's ‘Lifestyle’ and ‘Homecentre’ businesses in India.
As a facilitator, Yatish has delivered leadership development workshops to over 10,000 managers/executives and 1000+ leaders from across various industries around Emotional Intelligence; Trust building; Influencing; Situational Leadership; Design Thinking etc.
Yatish holds an MBA, with a distinction in Retailing Management from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines; a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Mysore, India. He is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF); a Mentor Coach (ICF) and Coach Educator (ICF) and has trained and mentored 50+ coaches.
Yatish is a pet-parent and dabbles in art; music and golf.