Testimonials from the participants of the CEO Coach Accreditation Program

"This is one program where I could translate class room teachings into practical, hands on, real life coaching that made a huge positive difference to at least two senior management professionals.  Helping seasoned professionals to uncover their own hidden ingenuity to resolve seemingly unsolvable problem situations was a delightful experience.   It also helped me understand what true empathy is all about."

Mr. Nagabhushana Urala
Senior Practice Director, Oracle India

“CFI’s CEO-CAP programme helped me rediscover the importance of psychological-literacy that is required to enhance my effectiveness as a coach. The in-class sessions by a faculty of experienced coaches / counselors, the subsequent application of the coaching skills via the practicum and the supervisor- & peer-linkages during practicum make a good combination for learning the skills. The counseling-oriented helping-model with the 3-stage process and the various tools can create sustainable outcomes for the coachee."

Mr. Sundar Parthasarathy,
Executive Coach & Business Consultant
Former President & Managing Director, Otis Elevator Company (India) Limited

“The course, through its structure and content, provided a platform to know and interact not just intellectually, but on a personal, emotive basis with likeminded co-participants, who helped each other on the journey of self rediscovery. This was a truly welcome experience in an otherwise 'perform or perish’ corporate world.

The course ‘complemented’ my real life Leadership & Coaching experiences with insightful skills and tools to be used as an effective CEO Coach. "

Mr. Vikram Rao
Director
Aditya Birla Group

"Every CEO who retires possesses a great deal of experience and wisdom that can be of immense value to the next generation. Unfortunately not everyone is a born coach. CEO Coach Accreditation Program trains one in the science of coaching and thus makes the process of passing experience and wisdom a lot more relevant, meaningful and sustainable."

Mr. Pradip Shroff
Executive & Business Coach
Former President and Managing Director, PRS Permacel

“Class room sessions were extremely lively and interactive and a practice session after every presentation was unique and great learning experience. Internship was rigorous and the senior's supervision was very reassuring. Excellent programme.”.

Mr. Ashok Dhingra
Executive Coach & Management Consultant
Former Director Strategic Initiatives, SABMiller India

What Ralph Waldo Emerson said about Commerce is probably true for Coaching too. “Coaching is a game of skill which everyone cannot play, and few can play well.” The CFI program teaches you the art and science of coaching – so you don’t just learn to play, you learn to play well. And what makes the program unique is the hands-on practice and the continued hand-holding support. Long after you finish the program, you will still know there is a resource network you belong to and can draw upon! Priceless, and highly recommended.”

Mr. Prakash Iyer
Managing Director, Kimberly Clark

"The design and delivery of this CFI program has created an inbuilt mechanism to ensure that each of the participants develops the required skills to become an expert coach and play an active role in the human development. In fact, this program has brought a personal transformation from within me, which I cherish and enjoy. As Head of HR of a large organization, this has helped me to play an active facilitation role in the leadership development of the organization".

Mr. S. Ramadoss
Vice President, HR & Admin, Titan Industries Limited

"It was interesting to join the CEO Coach Accreditation program in a student mould, after 30 years of working life! The faculty was outstanding and the high profile class made the interactions very meaningful and business contextual. Thoroughly enjoyable course which easily helped convince me that Executive Coaching was my new calling"
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Mr. D Ashok
CEO- Gossamer Consultants

"It was a great learning experience. Though I had done a course in coaching, the exposure to the psychological aspects was extremely helpful. Also the case studies presented were very relevant to the Indian business scenario and help a lot in business and executive coaching.

Mr. Pramod Gothi,
Former Managing Director- Morarjee Textiles Limited

“It was a practical and structured approach which was professionally supported. I could feel the transformation within me while I was comparing my notes of experience with the CFI guides. CFI’s guidance helped me walked through the challenging situations I faced during the coaching assignments that I undertook during the programme.”

Mr. P. Senthil Kumar
Director – HR and Admin, CAIRN India Limited

The entire experience was extremely enriching.  CFI provides the model, the process and the micro skills for coaching.  I am on my way to becoming a good coach thanks to CFI.

Mr. K. C. Bhushan
Founder- Muktha HIV Helpline

Well designed and executed Programme. Rigorous, enjoyable and mind opening; Faculty caliber is excellent and their one-on-one interactions were most helpful.

Mr. R. Sridhar
Innovation Coach & Founder – IDEAS-RS

"Maximization of human potential is the need of the hour. ‘Coaching’ is a systematic process oriented approach that helps towards achieving it. While empathy appears an essential requirement, tools and techniques bring credibility to the process. The challenge however lies in maintaining the subtle difference from that of 'mentoring' and 'counseling'. The indelible impression it makes on the Coach's personality has to be seen to be believed. The rigor of CFI's program makes one to commit to the cause.

Dr. S. Venkataraman
Vice President Human Resources, Delphi-TVS Limited

"The program was very rigorous and well designed to cover all aspects of coaching insights as well as skills. The class room teaching of coaching skills was of a high caliber. CFI process of coaching is best suited to provide best results in a coaching engagement."

Mr. Deepak Vinchhi
Managing Director - Sterling Commerce

"I believe Executive Coaching is a 'real' need for many business leaders who are quite "alone". CFI does a brilliant job of ensuring clear standards, building in good processes and check-points so that credibility is built, and true value added to the client. As an independent consultant trainer, there is a huge opportunity for me to offer Executive Coaching services to client managers".

Dr. Anand Kasturi
Consultant Trainer

“My experience in going through the accreditation program was like going to your best friend’s home. You are so much at home and so happy to be there. You experience so much joy of sharing information, data, sad and happy stories of one's life, and deep listening with emotional involvement.

The faculty members were like friends and coaches rather than teachers and trainers. I think of CFI with satisfaction and gratitude. I would definitely like to model my coaching profession on the experiences and wisdom of these great men”.

Dr. A. C. Augustine
Former VP- HR - Deepak Fertilizers Limited

"Covey's Habit No. 5 says: - Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
But, I have modified this as - understand yourself first, then understand others and the re after expect others to understand you.

The CFI programme has helped me to understand myself better  and I think this is an important step before taking up any Coaching assignments."

Mr. B. G. Dwarakanath
Senior Advisor – Titan Industries

"CFI's CEO Coach Accreditation Program provided me a robust structural framework for fitting in my 25 years of people practice experiences. It enabled me to validate my values, beliefs, and practices in the area of Coaching and fine tuned them to reach a Professional level. The supervised coaching experience has helped me in reaching a level of Master in this critical area."

Mr. G. Inbavanan
President - Bangalore Chapter

Executive & Business Coaching Foundation India Limited (CFI)

“The program was very energizing. The CEOCAP learning framework which offers a mix of cognitive inputs with the actual practice of application is very powerful. I found the experience rigorous and of considerable value-add.”

Mr. Sridhar Ganesh
Director - Human Resources, Murugappa Group

"CFI has created a very comprehensive and robust structure of blending executive coaching with good amount of softer aspect of counselling and personal commitment. I have found it extremely useful to apply the learning and get much better results in managing the business as well as my personal life".

Mr. S. S. Raman
President & CEO, TVS-E Servicetec Limited

"CFI's CEO Coach Accreditation Program is first of its kind in India. The program has provided solid grounding on the most essential ingredients of executive coaching in terms of practice. I shall take up at least one coaching engagement for every six months to practice and hone my coaching skills."

Mr. M. V. N Rao
AVP Human Resources, L& T Infotech Limited

“I did not realize how important "coaching" was in helping build great teams. This program has given me the confidence to actually apply the framework of coaching to help myself and help others achieve improved ways of working and living. I would recommend anyone who works with people to go through CFI's CEO Coach Accreditation Program. This program demands a rigor that is challenging and is also rooted in the context of the real world.”

Ms. Poonam Kasturi
Designer and Educator

"I have realized that the coaching process is a valuable tool for personal growth of the coach and the coachee. The close ended frame work of CFI's CEO Coach Accreditation Programme ensures outcomes within the defined time frame."

Mr. D. Seetharam
Government Programs Executive, IBM India Limited

"The scholarships of the faculty along with the value gained through interactions with a diverse high caliber peer group are the big pluses of the program. The course itself was a process of self discovery. The supervised intern coaching process adds further value. Having attended programs all over the world, I would rate this as one of the best programs that I have attended."

Mr. Divakar Kaza
President – Human Resources, Lupin Pharma Limited

“CFI’s coaching program is knowledge, practice and skill development based. More focus is put on skill development especially on using tools. The best part of the coaching program is the coaching of two coachees and guide review. Transformation of one of the coachees gave me the feel of the power of coaching. It also gave me an understanding as to how people “stand in the way of their own progress” and hold others responsible for it. The program has made me a more conscious person and enhanced my empathy levels. Good faculty and support materials were a great facilitator.

Mr. Arvind Vasudeva
COO- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

"What brings credibility to CFI's CEO Coach Accreditation Programme, is the model adopted (using counselling as a base), the approach followed, the quality of the faculty, the profile of the participants, the rigour of the program and the emphasis in using appropriate tools through constant practice and reflection."

Mr. V. J. Rao
VP & Head, Human Resources - Suzlon Energy Limited