Girijaa D.

Years of Experience in Soft Skills Training Classes

20

Teaching Experience in detail in Soft Skills Training Classes

Girijaa Deshhpande is a double post-graduate and certified NLP Trainer with 20 years of experience. She has twenty years of experience in teaching undergraduate, post graduate, engineering and management students in reputed institutions of Mumbai, and training corporate employees of different cadres from various sectors as a freelance trainer. This simultaneous exposure to academic and corporate scenarios has made her adept at switching roles and adapting herself to different mind-sets and environments. While she understands the agile, restless, aspiring young learners in educational institutions and the pressures and privileges of corporate trainees, she is also aware of the budgeting, space and time constraints in educational institutions, and the varied culture and characteristics of different organizational set-ups. Comfortable and experienced with giving both large and small-group presentations, she has conducted training seminars and workshops for diverse audiences across all organizational levels. She has anchored several HR conventions, Awards Ceremonies and Personality Contests of Universities. Her educational background ensures that her approach and delivery has a beautiful blend of humanities, and business perspectives, and has given her in-depth understanding of adult learning psychology and principles. Her area of expertise and interest are in Business Writing Skills, leadership, motivation, team bonding, client delight, presentation skills, interpersonal communication, essential business, professional and social etiquettes, negotiation skills, conflict resolution and group dynamics, and enhancing English communication skills. She has coached/trained participants ranging from MD/CEO to front desk/on-the-floor personnel. She has handled behavioral skills workshops for clients such as Abbott Healthcare : 300 employees on presentation skills; Borosil: 500 employees from GM downwards on a variety of managerial skills such as Interpersonal Skills, Presentation Skills, Enhancing English Communication, Time Management and Goal Setting; Arkema Chemicals: 80 employees GM downwards on Train the Trainer, Team Building through Communication and Motivation and Leadership; Welingkar Institute of Management: 60 participants studying Executive MBA and working in various organizations on Essential Professional Etiquettes and Group Dynamics and Conflict Management; Essar Oil : 60 Project Leaders on Train the Trainer at their Jamnagar and Wadinar Units; Nitco Tiles : 60 Managers on Essential Personal, Professional and Social Etiquettes. She regularly organizes open workshops on various soft skills and behavioural topics and receives tremendous response from students and corporates alike. She has conducted interviews of various corporate leaders on Challenges to Leadership for a CEO’s Conclave organized by Business Network International: to mention a few of them - Mr. Hanuman Tripathi, MD., Infrasoft Technologies; Vinay Chawla, MD., Kamani Oil Industries; Ms. Satya Vadlamani, MD., Murli Krishna Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mr. Agnelo Athaide, MD., St. Angelo’s Professional Education. Prior to this, she has handled management position as VP – Behavioural Training, with Trinity Academy Pvt. Ltd., a training consultancy and Chief Business Officer at MPower Business Facilitators Ltd. Her role involved strategic decisions about Training & HR Consultancy Divisions, meeting existing and potential clients to explore possible HR and training interventions, developing products that are needed by the industry and devising marketing strategy for them, facilitating, co-ordinating and conducting training programs and HR initiatives at client sites, organizing public training programs, and their publicity & execution. Girijaa is in the management education space too. She was faculty with Welingkar Institute of Management; ITM Business School; IBSAR, and AMSIMR, where she trained BBA, MBA and CFA students in business communication, report writing, interpersonal skills, presentation skills, goal setting, interview skills etc. She also facilitates customized training interventions regularly for faculty of Vidyalankar Institute of Technology on Beyond Teaching, Customer Delight, Presentation Skills and Essential Social and Business Etiquettes.

Years of Experience in Spoken English classes

20

Teaching Experience in detail in Spoken English classes

I have twenty years of experience in Spoken English Coaching. She is a Post Graduate in English Literature. I havs a gold medalist, and secured first rank in the University. As a student, I have won several national and state-level awards and prizes in Elocution/ Oratorical/Essay Writing/ Poetry Writing and Quiz Contests. I am also invited to speak in the All India Radio Student Speak Series. I had coached individuals and groups from ages 15 to 50 in Spoken English. I had coached Vice Presidents and General Managers, Sales and marketing Managers as well as budding entrepreneurs, fresh graduates and tenth passed nervous college entrants and helped them improve confidence and master competent communication.

Years of Experience in Personality Development Training Classes

20

Teaching Experience in detail in Personality Development Training Classes

I have trained school/college students and people working in organizations in Personality Development Programs. Communication Skills, Interpersonal and Interpersonal Skills, Presentation and Public Speaking Skills,Grooming, Positive thinking,crisis management, time management and goal setting, leadership and team skills are a few of the components.

Years of Experience in Communication Skills Training

20