Krishna Kumar or KK as he is fondly known , has been associated with us as a Facilitator for many of our Sr Management at
Oracle India for the past three years.

Having been involved with Business Leaders and Senior Managers, I know he makes the session very business focused and

value adding to the organization and participants too.

I have personally attended many sessions by him and found the sessions insightful, interesting and humorous too. KK to me

is a great facilitator and coach at the Top/Senior Management level."

Dr Gopal P Mahapatra
Director Organization &
Talent Development,
Oracle India Pvt Ltd.



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I want to record the path-breaking results obtained at L&T Komatsu (LTK) as a fall-out of the "Synergy & Team Building"

excercise conducted by you through the year 2007. The senior management team have given a good feed back & have

been working as better team players in various cross functional team activities at LTK. Our learnings from your interesting

and new approach of introspection has added life to our thinking process.

Thanking you once again.

M.N.Prasad
Head- Technical Services
L&T-Komatsu Limited, Bangalore


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The Executive Coaching intervention helped me in many ways. Thank you KK for showing me the path to be a better

person In retrospect, my approach before the coaching sessions started was local, looking at things from my perspective.

Now, I am invariably tuned to see things from others' perspective - what is in it for the other person, mentally form a

profile of the person, what's the person like and choose an approach based on the personality of the person. I am

now able to relate to Global audience with much ease. I learnt how to "carry people with you", a key requirement in

my current assignment where I have to influence without authority. I have learnt how to be a better people person

and avoid making in your face comments. I have realized how to be a better team player, recognizing the critical

importance of crediting to the team for the job well done One of the key learning was to "make things happen yourself,

and not wait for others to make things happen for you". Take the initiative, driving things without being arrogant, always

"carrying people with you" The best part of the sessions with you was your approach. You never taught, you never dished

out a solution or gave a text book to read. Yours was hand-on-experiential learning. Your approach of role playing during

every session and asking all tough questions, making me think and react and then "realize" has made the difference. I

have internalized the learning because I experienced it and realized what some of the

Thanking you once again.

Dinesh Sonawane
Sr. Director,.
Oracle India

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"I have known Krishna Kumar for over 15 years during which he has been my immediate boss/supervisor, an informal mentor

/guide and a good friend. Our association began in late 1992 when I was transfered in from Europe to his team in Coats Viyella,

Middle East. We worked togeather in a start up business for 2 years before I moved on to another assignment with Coats and

then pursued a career in Consumer Marketing and subsequently Financial Services. Krishna Kumar has exceptional commercial

acumen combined with an excellent read of people and situations. Thanks to his networking skills he forges deep, lifelong

relationships that outlive professional interactions. My greatest learning from working with Krishna Kumar has been in terms

of negotiation skills. I learnt various nuances of sizing up people and situations from Krishna Kumar which is vital to any marketing

pitch or negotiation. Krishna Kumar also taught me few basic aspects of managing and motivating people which has stood me

in good stead through my career. I firmly believe that Krishna Kumar's soft management skills and unquestioned professional

and personal integrity make him an excellent executive coach and consultant."

Sandeep Ghosh
Managing Director Head,
India -Global Commercial Bank


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"It was my privilege to work with Krishna Kumar on the Directorial Board of my previous company "Connexxions Business Support

Services", Though his role was that of an executive coach in the company, Krishna Kumar or KK as he is affectionately called, was

also a mentor to me as I tried to scale up from a middle level manager to a manager empowered to take corporate-level decisions.

His ability to quickly grasp the swings and roundabouts of a corporate dilemma and coach me towards conclusions instead of

providing them as his contribution to the decision ensured that I used my abilities instead of using him as a shortcut.

Krishna Kumar's ability to understand human nature and individual human strengths and frailties makes him an ideal coach as he

never tries to impose his will on you. At the end of the day, if one feels that KK's role in one's development as a manager and

an individual has been negligible, that is something that this genial yet tough teacher had intended. For, he makes it clear in

the first instance itself that his role is only to help you find a solution and never to thrust it upon you or even suggest it.

Though it was my misfortune that I got to work with him for just a year in my previous company, I managed to turn my misfortune

around by shifting closer to him in Bangalore (from Mumbai), a decision that now helps me partake in several thought-provoking

discussions and e-mail trails with my mentor and coach. His understanding of management philosophies combined with his

sporting side made KK the best person to turn to in times of organizational duress. "

RAJ NARAYAN
Managing Editor,
MSN India.

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