Deepak Kumar

Deepak Kumar

Area Sales Manager - ORISSA OPERATIONS

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  • Skills

    Business Innovation
    Coaching
    Competency Management
    Creative Ideation
    Creativity Skills
    Dtata processing skills
    Emotional Intelligence
    Empathy interview
    Employee Engagement
    Empthy
    FIRO-B
    Leadership Development
    NLP
    Organizational Development
    Personal Development
    Problem Solving
    Six Sigma
    Talent Management
    Training
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  • About me

    Hi, I’m Deepak Kumar – an entrepreneur, coach, and innovation catalyst with a simple vision: to touch human lives and enable people to create meaningful impact in their personal and professional journeys. With nearly 30 years of experience across industries, I specialize in: a. Design Thinking & Innovation Strategy b. High-Potential Leadership Development c. Startup Mentoring & Business Transformation Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of: a. Training 3000+ professionals in Design Thinking b. Coaching 220+ leaders with over 3000 coaching hours c. Certifying 75+ employees in Design Thinking d. Leading 118 Design Thinking & 60+ Six Sigma projects e. Mentoring startups and f. Founding Goals N U Development Pvt. Ltd. I’ve partnered with organizations like Panasonic Energy, Aditya Birla Leadership Development Centre, Byju’s, Ultratech, Sahyog NGO, and leading universities—driving initiatives from capability building to design-led business transformation. My certifications include Master Practitioner in Design Thinking, NLP Trainer, Life Coach, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Each of these fuels my mission to help people and businesses reimagine the way they think, work, and impact the world. Currently, as CEO of Goals N U, I work with individuals, leaders, organizations, and startups to make them future-ready. ✨ Always open to collaborations that create value, drive transformation, and help people discover the best versions of themselves. #DesignThinking #LeadershipDevelopment #Innovation #StartupMentor #BusinessTransformation #Entrepreneurship #Coaching #FutureReady #LifeCoach #NLP #SixSigma #ProfessionalGrowth #PersonalDevelopment #Transformation #GrowthMindset #TalentDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Impact #Mentorship #ChangeLeadership

  • Education

    • Gold Member, Director on Board, Indian Society of NLP

      2021 -
      Gold Member and on Board of Directors

      Activities and Societies: Certifiying Interventions in NLP NLP Associate Practitioner NLP Practitioner NLP Master Practitioner NLP Trainer Certification

    • Society of Design Thinking Professionals

      2020 - 2020
      Master Practitioner of Design Thinking
    • Kanpur University

      1991 - 1993
      MBA Marketing
    • Ravenshaw College, Cuttack

      1984 - 1986
      10+2 Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
    • Stewart School, Cuttack

      1976 - 1984
      ICSE High School
    • University of Allahabad

      1986 - 1989
      BSC Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
  • Experience

    • TTK Pharma Ltd, CPD

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1996
      Area Sales Manager - ORISSA OPERATIONS

      Head of Orissa Operations. Responsible for the consumer products, OTC products and food divisionDesignation – Area Sales ManagerRole 1: Management Trainee (Bihar / Gujrat)Role 2: Head - Orissa Operations Retailer and Distributor Expansion Branch Administration Team Recruitment and Development

    • Walt Disney Consumer Products

      Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
      Asst Manager: Franchising and Merchandising

      Role 1: Head of South operationsRole 2: Head of North operations Logistics Development Software Development Identifying and Developing Franchisees Merchandising Team Development

    • Caltex Lubricants India Ltd

      Jun 1999 - Feb 2002
      Sales Manager - East

      Head of East India operationsRole 1: ASM: Madhya Pradesh Operations, based at IndoreRole 2: Marketing Officer: Caltex SPIC India (On Deputation), based at ChennaiRole 3: AM: Projects: Attached to Director Marketing based at Delhi Role 4: Sales Manager: Head of East Operations – Sales based at Calcutta Initiating Operations in the 5 states C&F, Retailer and Distributor Expansion Developing Sales promoters and Users

    • Freelance Trainer

      May 2002 - Jan 2004
      Coach / Trainer

      Behavioural Trainrer, Certified trainer for "Profiles" Psychometric Tools, Management Coach

    • Idea Cellular

      Mar 2004 - Apr 2019
      GM - Management Development

      Support organisation in 1. Building Development Capital in the organisation 2. Building Manager’s capability for coaching their team that builds a responsive team3. Building learning road map for HIPOs to meet desired behavioural shift.4. Coaching HIPOs5. Enhancing Feedback capability of Managers that supports increased productivity 6. Building cohesive and aligned teams7. Building Training capability of managers to inspire and lead teams8. Creating and rolling out role based and competency based training interventionsHave achieved considerable success in1. Creating and Building Development Infrastructure by way of a. Building Coaching capability for over 60 managers b. Training capability of 40 managers. They now contribute 35% of yearly mandays c. Building on the Peer to Peer learning capability of the managers2. Individual and Team Development through a. Managerial effectiveness and Team cohesiveness interventions b. Coaching team for performance using GROW models, NLP, FIRO-B and others3. Talent Development a. Creating, tracking and measuring behavioural goals based on DAC or career discussions. b. Managers documenting and sharing progress on current and future readiness4. Bringing business sense to training interventions5. Learning and Development stands out as a significant achievement in the Vibes Team Survey 2017 from an area of improvement in 20156. Development Analytics Show less

    • Flowing River

      May 2019 - now
      Founder

      Design Thinking Training, Certification and Re-Imagning business operations

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified NLP Trainer

      The National Federation of Neuroliguistic Programming
      May 2018
    • Certified Life Coach, ACTP,

      Coach for Life
      Sept 2012
    • FIRO-B

      CPP-Asia Pacific
      Sept 2011
    • Six Sigma Black Belt

      American Society for Quality
      Mar 2009
    • Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence

      American Society for Quality
      Mar 2008
    • Design Thinking at Work (getAbstract Summary)

      LinkedIn
      Mar 2021
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