Second National Coaching Conclave



The Second National Coaching Conclave was hosted by CFI at Mumbai on 12th November 2011. The theme for the Conclave was “Towards an inter-disciplinary approach through learning, partnering and referring”. The event was structured in the form of “engaged conversations” on seven sub-themes, each of them featuring one or more distinguished experts from their respective fields in conversation with CFI coaches from across the country. The event was attended by over 160 delegates, and received considerable praise from many of them, in addition to valuable constructive feedback for the future. To view the sessions that took place at the Conclave, please follow the link - www.youtube.com/user/execcoachingindia

Following are the details of the sessions:

Session 1: 


Evolution of Coaching as a discipline and contributions from allied disciplines
A conversation between Pradipta Mohapatra and Ganesh Chella (Governing Board Members, CFI).

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Session 2:

What Executive Coaches can learn from Sports Coaches
A conversation between by Viren Rasquinha (CEO, Olympic Gold Quest, Former Coach and Captain, Indian Hockey team) and CFI coaches Ravi Santhanam and Prakash Iyer. “Evolution of Coaching as a discipline and contributions from allied disciplines”

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Session 3:

Understanding the Brain to Coach the Mind: A brief tour of essential neuroscience

A conversation between Dr. Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy, (Senior Consultant in Clinical Neurology & Neuropsychiatry) and Governing Board Member Dr. B. J. Prashantham and CFI coach Michelle Chaudhuri.

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 Session 4:

What Clients expect from Coaching?

A conversation between A. Krishna (Senior VP - HR, Bosch) and Girish Johar (VP, Human Resources and Organisation, Ericsson India) and CFI coaches Uma Narendran and K. C. Bhushan.

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 Session 5:

Career transition challenges and opportunities for senior executives

A conversation between Govind Iyer (Managing Partner, Egon Zehnder International, India) and CFI coaches C. Mahalingam and MVN Rao.

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 Session 6:

Leveraging the power of mentoring to promote entrepreneurship

A conversation between Pravin Gandhi (Managing Partner, Seedfund), Kanwaljit Singh (Senior MD, Hellion Partners) and V. T. Bharadwaj (Managing Director, Sequoia Capital) and CFI coaches N. Raghunandan and Deepak Vinchhi.

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 Session 7

Impact of socio cultural shifts on the family – Emerging agendas for Executive Coaches

A conversation between Dr. Vijay Nagaswami (Psychiatrist) and CFI coaches Binaifer Khanna and Shilpa Limsay.

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 Session 8

Crystal Gazing - a futuristic perspective

A conversation between Zahid Gangjee (Honorary Fellow, CFI) and Sridhar Ganesh (Director – HR & Lead Director – Diversified Business, Murugappa Group) moderated by R. Ramaraj (Governing Board Member, CFI)

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 Dr. B. J. Prashantham admitted as an Honorary Fellow of CFI

Valedictory address by Chief Guest 
Roopa Kudva 
(MD & CEO, CRISIL Ltd.)