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PARIMAL N. GANDHI
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AND TRAINER |
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An eminent HRD consultant and trainer in this work since 1976 |
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Designs, writes, conducts and trains trainers to address |
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Performance Management, Teamwork, Customer Service, Presentation Skills, Time Management and several other topics |
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Designs cutting edge HRD systems for companies |
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Holds certifications from internationally renowned HRD and training companies |
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Has taught internationally for large multinational corporations |
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| MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE |
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7/1999 – Present |
Creative Management Concepts, Inc. |
Morganville , New Jersey |
| Director (Management Development) |
Responsible for
- Designing, deploying and maintaining HRD systems
- Writing, marketing and conducting learning programs for CMC's clients
- Conducting performance, sales and customer service enhancement programs for CMC's largest clients
- Various speaking and writing engagements
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1/1976 – Present |
Academy of Human Excellence |
Baroda , India |
| Director |
- Designed HRD systems for several large companies
- Wrote, conducted and trained trainers to teach 16 new programs
- Built brand equity, a training center and a rich library for the Academy
- Built unique systems to diagnose needs, developed content, training mechanisms and follow up measures to ensure implementation of training and a high return on investment for clients
- Trained tens of thousands of participants and hundreds of trainers
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SELECTED TRAINING AND HRD ASSIGNMENTS
(Number of participants trained for each program in parentheses, rounded off) |
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Achievement Motivation
HDFC Bank (250), Alembic (150) |
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Applied Creative Thinking and Innovation
Agrevo India (20), Taj Group of Hotels (40), Telco (20) |
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Change Management
Development Credit Bank (1250) |
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Communication / Assertiveness/ Effective Business Writing
Asea Brown Boveri (60), D&H Secheron (20), HDFC (100), IPCL (860) Thermax (55) Johnson and Johnson (25), Thermax (20) |
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Customer Service and Complaints Handling
Big Apple Sign Corporation (40), Gujarat Electricity Board (300), Gruh Finance (120), Gujarat Lease Finance (80), HDFC (80), HDFC Bank (50) Oberoi Group (280), Taj Group Of Hotels (600) |
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Leadership, Delegation, Emerging Leadership, Retail Leadership
Air India (60). Aditya Birla Group (100), Asea Brown Boveri (100), Aventis / Bayer (120), Biocon (20), Cadila (20), Clarks Group of Hotels (20), Datamatics Consultants (20), DCB (80), Eveready (60), FAG India (20), Glaxo (20), Gruh Finance (60), Gulbrandsen (25), HDFC Bank (425), ICI (40), IndusInd Bank (100) IPCL (200), ITB (30), Knight Frank (35), IndusInd Bank (65) Laxmi Vilas Bank (20), NTTF (40), Oberoi Hotels (100), Philips (20), Paramount Pollution Control (40), Pratap Steels (40), Reliance WebWorld (60), Saraswat Bank (20), Stovec (200), Taj Hotels (180), Telco (200), Wires And Fabriks (200) |
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Management and Supervisory Development Programs
Bayer Crop Science / sanofi- aventis (120), Biocon (40), GEB (470), HDFC (210), HDFC Bank (150), IPCL (950), Oberoi (60), Taj (120), Tieto Enator (25), Wires And Fabriks (200) |
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Negotiative Selling Skills
Air India (50), HDFC (175), Development Credit Bank (20), Johnson (100), Knight Frank (20), K. Raheja (20), MCHI (30), Promoters and Builders Association of Pune (30), Stovec (120), Wires And Fabriks (60) |
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Presentation Skills
GE Plastics (40), Knight Frank (25), ICI (40), IOC (25), Pratham (10) |
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Problem Solving And Decision Making
Motorola (20) |
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Pathways to Greatness
Air India (25), Crisil (20) Crompton Greaves (45), Gujarat Electricity Board (80), HDFC (100), MCHI (20), Stovec (60), Sundaram Finance (25) |
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Building High Performing Teams
Asea Brown Boveri (100), Cadila Pharma (100), Gulbrandsen (25), HDFC (75), HDFC AMC (25), Hindustan Lever (20), Lupin (25), Oberoi Group (100), sanofi-aventis (55) Taj Hotels (60), Wires And Fabriks (120) |
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Strategic Leadership
HDFC Bank (50) |
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Time, Life and Stress Management
HDFC Bank (20), sanofi-aventis (55) |
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Performance Management / Performance Appraisal
Oberoi Group (500), HDFC Bank (100) |
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Trainer Training
GE Plastics (14), GAIL (20), HDFC (20), IPCL (20) |
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Confluence Induction Programs for Management /Officer Trainees
IPCL (450), IOC (20) HDFC Bank (40), IndusInd Bank (140) |
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SELECTED CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS |
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Ajmera Group of Companies / Shree Precoated Steels
Design, implementation and maintenance of HRD systems and sub-systems.
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Asea Brown Boveri
Transformation Lab for the Personnel Department |
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Big Apple Sign Corporation, Inc. NYC, Usa
Performance Enhancement Program, Customer Service Enhancement Program, Teamwork and Interpersonal Communication Enhancement Program |
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BSES – MG Hospital
Performance Management Program 2004 |
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Crompton Greaves
6 Months Performance Enhancement Process involving 30 Executives |
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Knight Frank
Design of Incentive and Induction Systems. |
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Mayfair Group
Design, implementation and maintenance of the group's Human development philosophy, systems and sub-systems since 2003 |
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Morde Food Products
Design, implementation and maintenance of some HRD systems since 2005 |
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| SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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Delegation Leader, American Society for Training and Development Conventions – 1987, 89, 95, 2001, 03, 04 and 05
Paper : "Keep The Best, Outplace The Rest: The Nine Habits of Highly Effective Employers' presented at the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations Conference ar Cairo . November 2005
Paper : "Seamless response: Ten ways to harmonize Education and Training; making them respond effectively to the changed needs of their stake-holders' accepted for presentation at the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations International Conference at Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . August 2006
Paper : "Training Front-liners To Win Customer Loyalty – Preparation, Presentation And Payoff" delivered at for The Public Authority For Applied Education & Training, Conference on Quality 2002, Kuwait . March 2002.
Guest Lecturer on ‘Training and Development' to the Human Resources class at the College of Business , Arkansas State University , 2001
Subject Matter Expert to OCED 6397 International Performance Improvement & Training graduate course, University of Houston
Author of several courses, manuals and a book ‘Winning Customer Loyalty at the Frontline'. Articles published in ‘Span' and ‘The Rotarian'.
Referee and viva voce examiner to Pune University for the examination of 4 Ph. D. theses in Management in 1999, 2004, 2005.
Keynote Speaker: 'Developing Organizational Culture For Competitive Advantage', NIPM, National Convention, 1997
Paper : 'Managing Obsolescence: People and Technology' XXIX National Convention of the Indian Society for Training and Development 1998
Joint Convention Director , National Management Convention - 1999, All India Management Association, Baroda Chapter
Paper : 'Aligning HRM Strategy to Business Strategy – Critical Issues' Regional Convention Indian Society for Training and Development 2005
Paper : 'Retain the best, outplace the rest – The 9 Habits of Highly Effective Employers' accepted for the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations International Conference, Cairo 2005 |
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EDUCATION |
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| 1987 – 1996 |
The Ken Blanchard Companies |
US-California-San Diego |
| Certification training to conduct programs on |
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- Situational Leadership II
- One Minute Management
- Legendary Service |
- SLII-MBTI
- Situational Self Leadership
- Building High Performing Teams |
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| 1995 |
Covey Leadership Center |
US-Utah-Provo |
| Attended The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. |
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| 1989 |
Alamo Learning Systems |
US-California-San Ramon |
| Certification training to conduct programs on |
- ‘ Advantedge ' (Problem solving and Decision Making
- Innovation |
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| 5/1980 |
M. S. University |
India-Gujarat-Baroda |
| Bachelors Degree |
Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and Linguistics.
Ranked first in the University.
Several credits towards a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. |
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| Various reputed training and HRD organisations |
US-Texas-Dallas |
| Certification |
| The Effective Trainer', ‘Effective Negotiation', ‘Presentation Skills', ‘Effective Written Communication'. |
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| Yoga Niketan and Vipassana Academy |
India-Gujarat-Baroda |
| Extensive training in Yoga, Stress Management and Meditation |
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| AFFILIATIONS |
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| 5/1989 - Present |
American Society for Training and Development |
Member |
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Indian Society for Training and Development |
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National HRD Network |
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| Life Member |
All India Management Association |
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Institute of Management Consultants of India
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Member |
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COMPUTER SKILLS |
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| Expert user of MS Word and MS PowerPoint |
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| LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY |
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| English, Hindi, Gujarati, French |
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