Today, one of the major reasons why an employee leaves a firm would be due to the lack of progression opportunities in their current organization. With employees being the biggest asset to a company, investing in talent has become essential for sustainable business growth and success. To compete in today's dynamic business environment, it is essential that the employees know how to operate technology, adhere to processes, and expand their knowledge on products or services. In an everchanging and fast paced corporate world, training and development is an indispensable function. This is where corporate training comes into play. Established in 1995, The Intrad School of Executive Coaching is a subsidiary of Intrad Consult, a privately held company that specializes in Leadership Development and Transformational Leadership through Executive Coaching for new economy businesses.

"The intrad school of executive coaching promises end-to-end leadership development consultancy service comprising of the assessment center, strategy facility, workshop, training and more"

Throwing light on his journey to the inception of The Intrad School of Executive Coaching (ISEC), M Krishna Kumar says, "After a fairly long stint in the corporate sector, I decided to venture out on my own. At that time, I was the CEO for the Middle East operations for a textile transnational corporation, which was globally ranked number one by market amalgamation. With the Indian market growing at a rapid pace in the mid to late 90's, I envisioned my self working with businesses in the areas primarily related to market strategy that would support scaling. As the businesses grew, there was a serious dearth of quality leadership and we expanded our offerings to cover the fields of leadership development, with an emphasis on executive coaching. With a vision to overcome the main challenge of finding and grooming the required talent, we established our own coaching school, The Intrad School of Executive Coaching (ISEC) and to partner with global organizations, such as the International Association of Coaching (IAC) to offer the best of training and development."

Today, Intrad School of Executive Coaching (ISEC) is a renowned name in Leadership Development and Organizational Transformation. The institute offers Executive Coaching, Coach Certification programs and Corporate Training that helps companies meet the demands of the modern world. With its highly qualified pool of coaches, Intrad promises end-to-end leadership development consultancy service comprising of the assessment center, strategy facility, workshop, training and more. "Some of the main challenges in the area of leadership development that our clients usually encounter are Building Executive Presence, Developing a Strategic Orientation, Growing Emotional Intelligence, Creating High Performing Teams and Learning Impactful Communication. We, at Intrad School of Executive Coaching, work with companies to groom their leaders and high potential people. Aiming to take people on a higher level of leadership in companies, our approach is to work with clients using blended learning programs that include 1:1 coaching, Group coaching, Experiential workshops, Online game based simulations, and Access to our online learning platform. Our core team of globally recognized certified coaches use their extensive experience to offer leadership development programs both within India and across the world," says M Krishna Kumar, Founder, Intrad School of Executive Coaching (ISEC).

Assisting Self learning With Principles, Methods, and Modern Tools
A licensed school of the International

Association of Coaching(IAC)and a global coach credentialing organization, The Intrad School of Executive Coaching inculcates self awareness using the Inner Coach Methodology which is the basis for enhancing the effectiveness of teams and building superior leadership capabilities. A tennis enthusiast, Krishna Kumar passion for the sport eventually resulted in him establishing the Kinesis Tennis Academy, an organization that is today rated amongst India's premier professional tennis training institutes. Recognized as IAC'S Global President (2016-17) and a two term Member of the IAC Governing Board (2012-2018), Krishna is deeply influenced by the works of legendary coach, Timothy Gallwey and positive psychologist, Mike Csikszentmihalyi. He began his career as an executive coach with a desire to support others in their journey towards performing to the fullest of their potential. Soon, Krishna developed his Inner Coach methodology that merged concepts and practices from sports psychology and organizational behavior to effectively improve the performance of senior executives in the corporate and business world.

"The traditional approach towards learning and development or consultancy in this space has always been focused on workshops, offsite meetings and similar. We at ISEC are adding the technology dimension in a much deeper way by introducing simulation based leadership games along with the regular programs like executive coaching, both one-to-one, and group. These advanced simulations, allow people to work in environments with other people who inherently pose challenges. It is very different from strategic games where you are fighting to conquer territory or retain market share; here you are trying to get people who are very competent to build a team and produce results," shares Krishna.

Designed on the basis of 'The Inner Coach and AWARETM Models', the programs and coaching assignments at Intrad lay additional emphasis on principles, methods, and tools that assist self learning. Self awareness using the Inner Coach methodology is the basis for enhancing the effectiveness of teams and building superior leadership capabilities. "At ISEC, personal coaches work hand in hand with their clients to clarify their developmental needs and help them improve their skill base. Our trained coaches work from a strength based developmental process that enhances the natural attributes of an individual while helping the person working around his/her limitations. The sessions conducted are on a monthly retainer basis with a minimum guarantee of two personal interactions supplemented by one or more telephonic meetings. Under the program,the coaches also help the clients explore their options, test out ideas, helping them seek and gain clarity over their career path and passions by utilizing their strengths to the fullest. All these steps eventually lead to expansion of an individual's horizons, helping them enhance their skills for reaching the next levels in their career," explains Krishna.

The new generation entering the workforce is a completely different set of people. They bring a technical approach to almost everything and the office culture and work environment needs to transform and adapt to meet their needs

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Today, the major challenge faced by any industry is to remain agile while maintaining the pace with the rapid technological and economic changes, consequent to the introduction of new areas like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Social Media and so on. Many businesses are shifting from offering products to working in the cloud and employees need to reorient their mindsets from the traditional style of working to cope with these challenges. While Building Executive Presence, Developing a Strategic Orientation, Growing Emotional Intelligence, Creating High Performing Teams, Learning Impactful Communication are some of the challenges that employees often come across, The Intrad School of Executive Coaching is tackling these problems through blended learning programs that include elements such as 1:1 coaching, Group coaching, Experiential workshops, Online game based simulations and Access to its online learning platform.

"The new generation entering the workforce is a completely different set of people. They bring a technical approach to almost everything and the office culture and work environment needs to transform and adapt to meet their needs. Apart from managing systems and processes, companies now need to focus on a novel approach to people management. People from the new generation do not want to be managed. They want to be mentored and coached. And, they are extremely mobile, ready to switch jobs and career paths if their aspirations are not met," speaks Krishna.

With its team of skilled professional coaches, The Intrad School of Executive Coaching has served various clients from various industries such as Cisco, Dell, Qualcomm, Oracle, CDK Global from Information Technology (IT), Legal & General (UK) in Financial Services, Banking & Insurance (BIFS), Boeing, Robert Bosch, Ford in Engineering & Technology, expleo, Infosys, Wipro amongst Consultancy & Services while Tata Sky, Decathlon, Pernod Ricard, Tesco amongst Consumer industry. "At Intrad, we offer a complete bundle of services. We work on the area most needed for the 21st Century, such as Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking, and Coaching so that individuals can contribute and become peak performers. We have worldwide connections which provide us tools and techniques to do this, while our global partnerships with organizations like the IAC, IIM Bangalore, Aleas Sim, Mannaz, Pearson, Harrison Assessments, Silk Road Partnership and Coach Source enable us to support the organization in building an engaged workforce," concludes Krishna.