Profiler Coaching: Leadership

Dr. Kavita Sethi is the Principal Consultant of ODE Consulting and also an accomplished consultant, assessor and business coach with over three decades of experience that spans a wide array of entrepreneurial, business and managerial roles and responsibilities.

She has lived and worked in different parts of the world, giving herself an excellent opportunity to work with clients across cultures and geographical boundaries.

Well versed in competency-based training and assessments, Dr. Kavita I specializes in strategy and leadership development. I have designed and implemented learning solutions that include global rollouts with Fortune 500 companies and local conglomerates such as APB, ANZ, Agilent Technologies, CapitaLand, Citi, DLF Universal, DHL, Covidien, exlServices, Genpact, Hewlett Packard, IBM-Daksh, IDA, IMC, JCI, Motorola, OCBC, Phillips, Prudential, Public Bank, Siemens, SingTel, Toshiba and Village Roadshow among others.

Complementing her training and consulting experiences, is her extensive hands-on shop floor and project management experience including setting up and managing a manufacturing company producing components for home appliances.

Before moving to Singapore, Dr. Kavita was based in Hong Kong, where she headed the Asia Case Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong. A visiting faculty at a number of institutes, she has to her credit more than a dozen business cases available through Harvard Business School Publishing and The European Case Clearing House. She has also contributed to the book, Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong: A Case Book, published in 2005.

With a bachelor degree in Engineering, Dr. Kavita received her MTech in Management Systems and Doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

An ACTA certified developer, trainer and assessor, she has trained and assessed candidates across different levels under the WSQ Leadership and Peoples Management (LPM) and Business Management (BM) Framework in Singapore.

Dr. Kavita is also certified in ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems for Consulting Organisations, an Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers, a member of the International Association of Coaching (IAC) and certified as an Action Learning Coach with WIAL. She is also certified to administer the brain based Emergenetics psychometric profiler and the Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire™, based on the research of Geert Hofstede.

Oon Tik Lee has greater than 25 years experience where he has held various management positions: CEO (designate) and Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Country Director, Marketing Manager and Account Manager.

He has worked for multinational companies like IBM, HP, Lotus Development, NCS, Stratech Systems, Safe-EX Global, Bayer SG, Lim and Tan Securities and the Singapore Armed Forces.

Tik Lee has conducted numerous workshops in the areas of: Leadership and Team Effectiveness, Financial Management, Strategic Sales management,, Strategic Goal Setting, Problem Solving, Effective Win-Win Negotiations, Service excellence, Telephone Skills & Techniques, Project Management & Leadership, and Managing Change Effectively.

He has delivered learning solutions for clients like Philips, Toshiba, Fujitsu, DBS Bank, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, T-Systems, Public Bank Malaysia, Singapore Telecom, Alstom, DHL, Singapore Technologies, Stock Exchange of Singapore, Covidien, Singapore Institute of Management, GlaxoSmithKlein, Sanofi-Aventis, Stiefel, StarHub, Apple, Daimler Chrysler, and Atos Origin in the region.

Tik Lee is Accredited Mediator for CASE; Certified ACTA Trainer; Certified DISC Advance Behaviour  Coach.

Qian Peng has 20 years experience in management positions in many MNCs in Singapore and in the region. He is presently the General Manager of ODE Consulting, China.

He is focusing on training and consulting in Project Management, Leadership, Finance and strategic management.

Qian Peng was a Vice President and Head of systems development and integration for Societe Generale Group’s regional data center based in Singapore.

He was overseeing the development and maintenance of new and innovative applications within the bank. He led the project planning and design of the bank’s e-commence implementation.

Qian Peng have a Masters of Management of Technology from the Graduate School of Business, National University of Singapore and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

He has facilitated some clients in various industries including IBM, HP, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Lenovo, Tencent, Intel, Michelin, SONY, Roche, AGB Nielsen, YF Wisteon, Cooper Standard, Rio Tinto Alcan, Accenture, Fujitsu, Colgate, Capitaland, CIMC, Alstom, Analog Device, PingAn, Bank of China, Shanghai GM, Hisoft, etc.

V. Ravindran has 15 years experience in business management leading teams, managing projects, managing change, business development and consulting.

While in Atos-Origin Singapore, V. Ravindran managed several Project Teams in SAP implementations for Origin’s clients.  He has full responsibility over the teams and their performance in projects.

V. Ravindran was Management Information Systems Manager in Telecom Equipment (TE), managing a team of 5 IT staff.  I was overall responsible for the implementation of SAP for the Organization.

He has worked as an Executive Consultant in Ernst & Young Consultants, involved in the implementation of Budget and Cost Management Information Systems, Management Accounting Systems for the Army and Navy and developing their strategic plans.

In the Ministry of Defence (Systems and Computer Organization), V. Ravindran was responsible for designing and project managing the implementation of the Army’s Command and Control System.  He managed a team of 5 staff and was responsible for their development and performance.

V. Ravindran has been involved in numerous projects both training and consulting, working with companies like Deutsche Bank, Firium, Sun Microsystems, SAP Asia, Singapore Telecom, National Heritage Board, National Computer Systems, SingHealth, Schlumberger Sema Asia,  Pfizer Malaysia, Reuters Singapore, Fujitsu Asia, Microsoft Singapore, Daimler Chrysler, Draeger SEA Pte Ltd, Ellipsiz Limited, Mazda Singapore, Singapore Airlines, ICI, Singapore Technologies, National University of Singapore, Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co Pte Ltd, PT Telekom in Indonesia and MTU Singapore.

He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Analysis from Institute of Systems Science, Bachelor of Science (Pure & Applied Chemistry) degree from National University of Singapore and a Master degree in Business Administration from Imperial College, University of London.

V. Ravindran is also a Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP). I am certified to conduct the Crucial Conversations© programme developed by VitalSmarts and the Precision Questioning and Answering© programme developed by Vervago. I am also a certified Emergenetics Associate.

V V Raghavan has over 18 years of experience in Consulting, Sales Management, Sales training and Process Development. 

As Regional Sales Program Manager for Asia Pacific with DHL Express Asia, he played a vital role in development and deployment of a Sales Program which included performance benchmarking, sales process management and sales coaching.

V V Raghavan have first hand Sales Management Training and Coaching experience with over 250 sales managers across all levels throughout AP countries like China, Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Vietnam India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc.

Organizations he has trained and consulted for include AIG, HSBC, DHL, Citibank, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore Press Holdings, Singtel, IDA, Baker Tilly accountants and some leading public sector Insurance companies in India.

He has facilitated and trained across cultures . I was a part of the Asia Master Trainer Group for DHL AP region.

V V Raghavan was a consultant in Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) in India.

Chander Naidu has over twenty five years of work experiences in corporate consulting and training, hospitality and leisure industry, entrepreneurial businesses, armed forces and education services.

He was VP Asian Business Development for a Canadian enterprise developing interactive educational software programs for children. Prior to that, Chander Naidu was a Business Development Director for a precision machining Tool and Die Casting manufacturing company for the Automotive and Aerospace Industry, based in Canada.

As General Manager for South East Asia of a consulting and training corporation, Chander Naidu designed and facilitated customized accelerated learning programs across Asia, Middle East and Europe. Some of the clients he has worked with are Nokia, CapitaLand, Merrill Lynch, DHL, , PwC, Standard & Poors, Covidien, Molex, Osram, Orange Business Services, Swissre, Prudential, AIA, Honeywell, International Enterprise of Singapore, Applied Biosystems, Pfizer, HP, Motorola, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education, Infocomm Development Authority, Health Science Authority, amongst others.

With an MSc in Training and Performance Management from Leicester University, UK, Chander Naidu is an ACTA certified trainer and assessor. A WIAL Certified Action Learning Coach (CALC), a member of International Association of Coaching, and a certified CPF (Certificate of Professional Facilitators). He is also a certified NLP practitioner from American Board of NLP and NLP University and Certified Teacher in Education. Amongst my other certifications, I am certified to administer psychometric and organizational profiling including Emergenetics DISC, MBTI, TMS and SDI.

Sanjay Awalehas 25 years work experience spans across FMCG, Financial Services, Engineering, Education and Consulting in Leadership, Functional, and People Development roles.

Programs delivered include Leadership Development , Strategy Workshops, Change Management, Key Account Management, Negotiation Skills, Selling Skills , Sales Management.

Some of the programs delivered include:

• Financial Services- AIG, JP Morgan, Meryl Lynch, ICICI Bank, Tata AIG,  Nomura, Max Bhupa, L&T Finance
• Consulting – PWC, E&Y, Deloitte
• Media and Entertainment-Viacom and Colours

Certified in programs such as SPIN, Positional Selling, Impact Selling ,Zenger Miller leadership development, Essentials of Management Development( EMD).

Sanjay Awale is a Certified RCF level 1 Coach, Mentoring.