The Turnaround Mindset

Transformative Journeys- Interview with Karuna Ramanathan - Insights from a Change Catalyst

Karuna Ramanathan · July 18, 2023

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About Karuna Ramanathan

Karuna Ramanathan, podcast guest

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

This week we talk to transformational leadership expertKaruna Ramanathan. With nearly three decades of experience in supporting senior leaders and organisations through difficult transformations, Karuna has been nominated by the CEO Insights ASIA, as one of “Asian Leaders & Achievers 2023”.

A former naval warship captain (two tours), Karuna holds a PHD in Leadership and Knowledge Management and is the author of "Navigating The Seas of Change" a leadership primer for change leaders.

Karuna worked as a trusted advisor to Senior Government leaders and agencies operating as part of the Prime Ministers Office in Singapore for 4 years. Karuna recently featured as “Top 10 Organisation Development Consultants 2023” by the Asia Business Outlook.

In today’s podcast, Karuna shares his wisdom on the challenges facing business leaders today and the impact of social media and AI on how business is conducted globally. Karuna shares his views on the role of leaders in society and his lessons learned from over 2,000 hours of coaching business leaders. Honest, insightful, provocative, Karuna is a treat for listeners interested in understanding how to successfully drive change.

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