Srikanth Sarathy

My clients are successful and purpose-driven leaders (or teams) who are looking to enrich themselves and grow further further by deepening their awareness of themselves and using that understanding to create their own paths forward.

I have coached and facilitated programmes for Leaders and Leadership Teams across industries (Multinational, Large Indian Corporate Groups, Family owned businesses, Non-profits and Startups) across geographies (India, Europe, South East Asia and Africa)

Two current examples:
I coach a senior business leader in a large Consumer Products multinational. I support him in his growth as a leader, especially in understanding and strengthening/altering behaviours which directly impact his own sense of purpose and progress. I’ve been able to create a safe space for him to create many ‘lightbulb’ moments during our coaching journey. All this is helping him take significant steps forward, not only in his growth as an individual but also in his role as a business and people leader.

I partner with a co-founder in coaching a senior leadership team at a multinational communications company. Together, we’ve helped this team take significant steps towards becoming more cohesive and discovering the power of a team that works in unison. They’ve not only built greater trust, connection and empathy as people, but also created a purpose and goal that they’re chasing together as a leadership team.

While coaching individuals, I kick off with two things that make up the foundation of the work we will do together – 1. a personalised self-discovery process which helps the client understand themselves better via the things that are core to them – values, purpose and talents and 2. a goal-setting process which helps them articulate what they want out of the coaching.

The coaching journey that follows involves reflection to help the clients understand their own beliefs and behaviour, to reinforce what works for them and try and shift what might be holding them back. This safe space allows for introspection, commitment to change and specific action steps and accountability to make that happen.

Working with teams usually involves partnering with one of my co-founders. We first validate the brief and assess the team’s strengths and challenges before creating the intervention plan. The assessment options include personal interviews and other third party assessment tools. The interventions are usually a combination of in-person workshops and in-person/online coaching sessions, to help the team in implementing its desired behaviour shifts

My desire to become a coach was shaped largely by what I enjoyed most as a leader in my corporate avatar. Increasingly, I found that I derived the greatest satisfaction in enabling people to grow, helping them access their own solutions and being a sounding board when they needed one.

Also, as a start up founder, I also acutely felt the need for a support system which could help me feel less alone. I could have really benefited from a non-judgemental safe space where I would have reflected on challenges and solutions and also behaviours that I needed to alter in order to make my venture successful.

I am a part of the Cultivating Leadership team based in India, and work together with my colleagues in India and around the world as as a coach and facilitator.

I have an MBA in Marketing from ITM Business School and a Bachelors in Statistics from Bombay University. I am a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and a certified practitioner for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ) and Saville assessments

What completes me as a person is wildlife and nature. I spend time traveling across India’s wildernesses whenever I get an opportunity. Being with nature and watching some of nature’s amazing creations fills me with humility and wonder in equal measure. I try to capture some of my experiences and photographs on my blog – sswildlifewander.blogspot.com