Speaking Topics

Successful brands deliver consistent profitable growth while remaining relevant over time. We will discuss what needs to happen both within an organization as well as what the customer sees to inspire emotional connections with brands. This session explores what makes brands successful, how to expand brands across markets, and how to organize for success. We will also discuss stories of failure and how you can learn from making mistakes.

This session explores how successful organizations manage multi-country businesses by being very clear on what is done globally and what is done locally. This is based on where the company has competitive advantage.  This course covers mistakes companies make when they have a lack of clarity on roles as well as operating functional silos. This course also provides practical lessons on how to balance between functional expertise and general management while encouraging entrepreneurial behavior throughout.

This session explores how to build an interdependent winning team using diversity of skills as a competitive advantage.  It covers lessons on why some teams fail even when members are individually brilliant. We will discuss how successful organizations celebrate not only successes, but also failures. The approach is applicable across industries, levels in the organization, and geography. 

In today’s digital and global world, many companies spread themselves thin by going for more – more products, more categories, and more markets.  During this session, we will share first-hand examples of how to achieve sustainable and profitable growth by doing a few things bigger and bolder.  We will also discuss how to unleash the potential of people by giving them blank checks, how to execute and make things happen, and how to celebrate failures along with successes.

The command and control approach to leadership died many years back. This session explores how leadership can provide a clear direction for your business and inspire ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results by working together. This session covers practical lessons that can be applied across any industry, geography, or level in the organization.

With the stiff competition for talent in today’s marketplace, it is often difficult to attract, inspire, and retain talent. This session explores a counterintuitive approach: giving select leaders and teams “blank checks.” A blank check is a metaphor for trusting people with unlimited freedom within a framework. Results across industries have been fairly dramatic, as this method inspires creativity and allows teams to be entrepreneurial, independent of the size of the company and the industry. This course covers practical examples of entrepreneurial behavior and provides a clear, actionable framework independent of what level you are in the organization.

With the acceleration of globalization and ever-increasing impact of the digital revolution, it has become even more difficult for organizations to grow. Many companies begin to expand into highly populated countries or those with low per capita consumption. This session explores how companies can succeed in these emerging markets through lessons on how to be locally competitive, mechanisms to build sustainable business models, and experiences of companies that have made mistakes. We will also discuss how to build local capability to succeed and how to be “glocal” – get the balance right between hopelessly local and mindlessly global. 

Many leaders believe their careers are stuck. They are overwhelmed trying to balance too many things. They feel life is passing them by. They are not growing. 

In today’s ever-changing world, it is more critical than ever for leaders to focus on their personal and professional growth.

In this inspiring program, Sanjay will discuss a proven framework that he implements with leaders across many industries as an executive coach. Sanjay’s framework comes to life through case studies of coachees Sanjay works with as well as self reflection. You will develop a clear roadmap and action plan to balance your own ThreePs (Performance, Pleasure, and Purpose). You will learn how to prioritize your energy, leverage key people and relationships, and apply practical tools on “how to show up”.

Everyone has a choice in life. You can either be cozy, or you can FLY! It is our hypothesis that it is very dangerous to be cozy. This highly interactive course is designed to help you FLY!