Testimonial for Coach Hemant Deshpande

After rigorous academic training (MS and Ph.D.), and more than a decade in the industry, I felt a need for a coach who can observe me and give feedback on steps to correct (just like a sports coach). I enrolled with Deshpande coaching, with Hemant as a career coach for almost 6 months. His guidance and advice completely transformed my view of people, processes, and personal professional growth. Some crucial lessons learned: a) Success is very personal and unique to an individual. b) People take on roles to aid a company in achieving its mission and vision. This should be kept in mind while working in a team. c) A strategic mindset is needed for personal as well as professional growth. Always strive for growth-oriented roles in your organization. d) An open, assertive dialog with senior leadership, highlighting your unique strengths and their value to the organization is critical. I took these points as my guidelines and was magically promoted to the role of Technology Head of IoT platforms and solutions. My career has transformed dramatically after coaching sessions with Hemant. His organization is critical for growing leaders in the industry, who will take India to the next higher level of development and progress. Outstanding and meaningful advice to take your professional career ahead.

Testimonial for Coach Amit Sood

Amit is an excellent, responsive career coach that will be able to help you get where you want to be.

I took Amit’s coaching to look beyond my own barriers in my career and leadership abilities. He has made a positive impact and helped me identify and build on my strengths and overcome career challenges. With his help, I could open up new possibilities in career transition, strategic thinking, and leadership with full confidence.

His coaching is extraordinarily insightful and will help me throughout my career. He’s always approachable and quick to respond, making him an exceptional coach.

I found Amit’s coaching invaluable. If you’re looking for career transition, growth, looking for your Ikigai, or simply looking for a mentor, I highly recommend connecting with him!

Testimonial for Coach Hemant Deshpande:

Hemant, A Big Thank You for the Career Coaching session series you designed and conducted for me.

It was an unbelievable experience….almost miraculous if I may say so…to get a such clarity in my thought process to achieve my Life Goals.

After having around 20 years of experience and currently working at senior management position I was sort of grappling with the way forward to achieve a balance between reaching to the Top management while maintaining a good work life balance.

Your coaching helped me to establish a link between ‘What I want’ and How to get what I want’ with the help of simple, step by step approach and powerful techniques.

It would be my pleasure to recommend you as one of the best coaches and I wish you all the very best !!

Testimonial for Coach Hemant Deshpande:

I was at the crossroads of my mid-management career… struggling with stagnancy, lack of challenging projects, clueless about the growth path…I was looking for some guidance to help me decide the way forward and formulate the roadmap. I started research on the Internet for career counselors, and came across Hemant’s profile – a mid management career counselor (https://hemantdeshpande.com/how-coaching-process-works/). I was quite impressed with the scientific and systematic approach towards career transformation.

I enrolled for the 12-session transformation journey. My primary goals were to identify the options for my professional growth and how to achieve that. The journey started with the identification of my professional needs, followed by SMART goals. The next step was to identify my strengths using psychometric tests – this was perhaps one of the most insightful sessions where my inherent strengths were unearthed that not helped me understand myself but also build self-confidence. In addition, my skills were identified through my career chronology. Post this, based on my values, wants and ethics (unearthed through scientific assessments), I could explore external and internal career growth options. I have shortlisted the top 3 and as per the transformation model, built the 30-, 60-, and 90-day plan to achieve the identified career goals as well as tackle roadblocks.

These 12 sessions have helped to unveil a ‘new me’!! Each session was an opportunity to introspect and find out more and more about myself and my strengths, skills, needs, etc. and chart out the growth path. Never in my career had I so scientifically and objectively formulated the growth path.

Hemant, as a coach, during these 12 sessions played the role of a perfect facilitator! The best part is he always encourages the participant to ‘own’ each session and ‘drive’ the sessions basis the goals identified in the beginning. Hemant’s rich professional experience makes the sessions very insightful – providing objective and practical solutions/perspectives. His positive approach reflects in the insights and solutions he provides.

Thanks Hemant for devising such a wonderful career transformation model!! I am sure many, like me, stuck in the mid-career maze, will find the ‘right way’ with your amazing guidance! Best wishes!!

Testimonial for Coach Hemant Deshpande:

I always look forward to meeting you. You are like a battery charger for me. You put in a lot of positive energy in me every time we meet. Your inputs before my promotion panel interview – Think beyond self, Think beyond role and Think for the organization, helped me immensely in doing well in the interview. I got the promotion. Thanks for your coaching!

Testimonial for Coach Amit Sood
For some time, I felt stagnated in my career & was looking to remove the roadblocks. I was looking for a coach whose sensibilities match that of mine. Then I connect with Amit Sood at Hemant Deshpande Career Coaching . Amit made me actualize, words are powerful by the fact, we invest that power in them to mean what they mean to us. Worlds like authenticity, integrity, honor value are very powerful concepts & it’s important to have a meaning that is constructive rather than holding us up. I am able to see what I could have reacted differently at various junctures of my career, without compromising my values & the potential difference it would have made. I am confident given similar situations in the future, my responses would be construed as more resourceful. Amit made me realize, my outlook towards life & profession is a bit fixated & I need to come down from my moral high horse 🙂 His empathy made it easy for me to evaluate my actions objectively & accept required change. Some of his perspectives are truly game changers especially when it comes  to living life with integrity. This positively impacts my personal life as well. Thank you, Amit.
Words can’t express my gratitude.