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Episode 142 - Karuna Ramanathan - Organisational Transformation Consultant-Coach

Karuna Ramanathan · May 24, 2023

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Interview with Karuna Ramanathan

Episode 142 - Karuna Ramanathan - Organisational Transformation Consultant-Coach

Podcast: The Matrix Green Pill

May 24, 2023

About Karuna Ramanathan Karuna is a transformational leadership expert with nearly three decades of experience in supporting senior leaders and organizations through difficult transformations. About this episode In this episode, Karuna shares his knowledge and experiences as a…

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Key topicsChange LeadershipAccording to a recent survey, 70% of organizational change initiatives fail to achieve their goals. Karuna Ramanathan's expertise in large system change programs and co-creation techniques can help leaders navigate through these challenges and increase the success rate of change initiatives. Organizational StorytellingIn his book "Navigating The Seas Of Change," Karuna Ramanathan emphasizes the importance of storytelling in building strong teams and preparing for organizational transformation. He created the 251 Storytelling Model for Leaders, which has been adopted by UNICEF and can help leaders effectively communicate their vision and inspire their teams. Digital TransformationWith the rise of HRTech and the increasing need for remote work, organizations are undergoing a digital transformation. Karuna Ramanathan's expertise in learning and development, as well as his experience in government consulting, can help leaders navigate this shift and ensure that their teams are equipped with the necessary skills and tools to succeed in the future of work. View all topics →

About Karuna Ramanathan

Transformative Leader, ex-Warship Captain and Author

Naval captain Former warship commanderTop 10 Asia OD consultant, 202320,000 Leaders across 500+ organisations2,500+ sessions Leadership transformation sessions designed and facilitated

Karuna Ramanathan is a transformational leadership expert with nearly three decades of experience in supporting senior leaders and organizations through difficult transformations. He is a former naval warship captain who went on to lead and architect leadership transformation and systems-level change in the Center for Leadership Development. Karuna is currently the Principal Consultant for KR Konsulting, bringing with him deep experience gained from designing and facilitating more than 2500 sessions. He is a Marshall Goldsmith Global Certified Coach, Global Coach Group Certified Leadership Coach, and a trained Erikson Executive Coach.

Karuna is an expert in large system change programs, co-creation and collaboration techniques, organizational storytelling and narratives, and tacit knowledge elicitation/transfer methods. He has more than 2000 paid coaching hours with senior leaders and nearly 1000 pro-bono coaching hours, helping leaders grow. Karuna's book, "Navigating The Seas of Change," published in 2020, is a leadership primer for change leaders.

Karuna has been featured as “Top 10 Organisation Development Consultants 2023” by the Asia Business Outlook and nominated by the CEO Insights ASIA, a business magazine, as one of the “Asian Leaders & Achievers-2023”. His expertise in growing leaders and building teams is available to help you become an internal and self-starting change agent—and start your journey to navigating through organizational transformation.

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About this episode

AboutKaruna Ramanathan

Karuna is a transformational leadership expert with nearly three decades of experience in supporting senior leaders and organizations through difficult transformations.

About this episode

In this episode, Karuna shares his knowledge and experiences as a Transformational consultant. We delve into topics around leadership, company culture, being influential and more! Tune in to an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation with Karuna!

Quotes

3:08 – Accountability in the military is on every leader in position

4:34 – Leadership is all contextual and is driven by practice, so no true organizations have the same leadership demand

5:09 – A lot of my work starts with actually helping leaders accept the fact that they are human beings

6:40 – Strategy starts the movement

7:36 – The ultimate aim is to make the manager a leader

7:43 – In my opinion, every mother is a leader

7:57 – I think when you put many clever people in a room, you don’t necessarily have a very clear direction

10:06 – Leadership is influence

10:48 – Leaders often over emphasized or overestimate their knowledge, while employees often under estimate their influence

11:08 – Start turning on the switch, where they can influence people positively

11:30 – Only the leader is accountable for the outcome

14:03 – We are responsible for the people who work in the organization

14:18 – Every individual has the ability to be successful

19:37 – Your happiness is at home and your success is at work

20:32 – Everyone can become a leader

21:07 – The potential for the world to reclaim its sanity is in its people, in its power, it’s not in thestructure, it’s not in the climate, it’s not in all those things that matter

21:17 – You can be a leader without having a specific position

21:40 – Overcome, improvise, adapt

22:27 – The three key qualities of a leader are respect, empathy and humility

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