Rasha Kutty

Experience

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  Ogilvy & Mather

  Apr 2010 - May 2010

  Intern

  Assisted the Ogilvy Talent Head in the day to day processes in the company, also completed a project titled “A Study on the various factors that affect the retention of employees in an organization” to aid the company in solving employee attrition issues.Supported the HR Head in conducting empathy training workshops and well being programmes to improve retention.

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  Ansrsource

  Aug 2012 - Apr 2015

  - Scope, price, schedule, and track e-learning projects post analysis of requirements in collaboration with clients to ensure that content development and review happens within scope, time, and budget constraints.- Plan, design, and develop strategies with partner leads to effectively and efficiently implement projects.- Liaise with various departments like finance, HR, and Operations to ensure projects are on track with respect to resource allocation and invoicing.- Prepare project initiation, development, profitability, and closure reports to aid top management in strategizing.- Send out C-SAT surveys to clients at the close of every project as part of the project evaluation process.- Help evaluate team performance issues using QA reports and work with project leads to mitigate any risk associated with such performance issues.Nominated for ‘Employee of the Quarter’ Awards (July-September ’14) from among 500 employees at ansrsource in 2014. Show less - Partner with leading U.S. and U.K. publishers such as Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Cengage to research, identify, and analyze the need for new or revised e-learning content.- Design and develop assessments, instruction manuals/facilitator guides, and PowerPoint presentations on a wide array of subjects that correlate to client requirements. - Support the L&D department in keeping all training materials up-to-date and contribute to the development and revision of internal training programs.- Participate in evaluating internal training programs to measure their efficiency and effectiveness.- Evaluate author and editor performances through QA scores.- Mentor and train new additions to the team. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Academic Author (Instruction and Assessment Design)

    Aug 2012 - Feb 2014
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  Yahoo

  Apr 2015 - Aug 2016

  Creative Strategist, Training

  - Interact regularly with partner teams and clients in the NAR region to identify problem areas in search & native client accounts and develop solutions for improved ROI. - Design and develop training workshops and courses, manage the training calendar for new hires as part of the team’s internal L&D group.- Conduct Instructor-Led Training (ILT) for new hires on effective sales and ad optimization practices.- Evaluate training effectiveness through feedback surveys and assessments.Won "Wolf of Search Street" for high revenue gain through native optimizations - Q1 2016Won "Sensei award" for providing exceptional new-hire training - Q4 2015.Won "Helpful Harriet" award for being a great team player - Q3 2015. Show less

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  The Empathy University

  Aug 2016 - now

  Founder & Empathy Workshops Facilitator

  - Provide certification programmes on empathy, the flagship one being the "Certified Empathic Professional®" programme, which is a 3/6-month comprehensive empathy course developed for adult professionals from across the globe with the intent of empowering them to enhance productivity, retention and team synergy within organisations- Conduct customised empathy workshops, listening workshops, employee well-being programmes and leadership training in organisations customised to meet specific training needs. - Provide culture consulting and empathy consulting services to organisations seeking solution-focused strategies around empathy at work.- Build a network of officials and decision-makers around the world as the first step towards policy changes in the education, healthcare and corporate sectors around empathy.- Work with advisors to initiate campaigns that can take the message of empathy globally. Show less

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  LuLu International Exchange

  Nov 2018 - Jul 2019

  Training Workshops Facilitator - Consultant

  - Identify and assess the current and future training needs through role and gap analysis and in consultation with line mangers spread across 11 countries across GCC and APAC regions including UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philippines, India, Seychelles, Bangladesh.- Set up and manage effectively leadership training, managerial training, workshops & courses.- Prepare instructional training and courses for employees at all levels in the organisation through partner vendors. - Draft and execute an overall or individualised monthly training calendar and development plan that addresses the business needs and expectations for the verticals/ operations assigned. - Deliver empathy workshops, listening workshops and well being programmes as required.- Assist the business managers and/or the functional managers with training, workshops and courses.- Prepare and adhere to training budget/ vendor management for assigned verticals.- Prepare training and analysis reports post deployment.- Monitor and evaluate the training programs’ effectiveness, success and ROI periodically. Show less

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  Empathic Intervision

  Mar 2022 - now

  Certified Empathic Intervision Facilitator

  Empathic Intervision integrates empathy into organisations and communities as a developed skill and a versatile tool through training and consultation. As a certified facilitator, I use five Integrative empathy skills to guide people to hold space for each other's experiences, thoughts and feelings and nurture empathy, i.e., consideration of all perspectives.

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  Origins Consulting Group

  Jun 2023 - now

  Co-Founder & Chief Facilitator

  Organizations are dynamic ecosystems to be developed, not robotic computers to be programmed. By addressing the underlying foundations of organizational culture, talent development, and leadership practices, we enable our clients to create workplaces where the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion thrive naturally.