R Mohan

Growing up in India and in a family with religious beliefs, it was easy and natural for me to have an inquisitive mind about human beings and their urge to evolve. This spirit of inquiry made me a voracious reader. Books gave me great insights into how people think which in turn led me to start talking directly to people about themselves and why they did what they did!  

I began to realize that the answer lay within us. I was then led to Vipassana, one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation, taught by Buddha more than 2500 years ago. Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It transformed my life and my inquiry began to have meaning.  

If Vipassana was the foundation that strengthened the mind, Ayurveda became the means to strengthen my body. Today I am looking to leverage the expertise of the practitioners of this ancient science and scale it to improve the health and wellbeing of a much larger section of the population. From my personal experience, I feel the benefits can be far reaching and incredible.  

Still, this wasn’t enough. I needed to use these insights to help people understand themselves better. As a senior corporate executive in an MNC, my role facilitated easy access to meet and mentor leaders and managers. It struck me that folks were willing enough to see their negatives, but were falling short of understanding and leveraging their strengths. Here is where I found that the Talent Themes in the Strengths Finder model gave me the right tool to help coach people to understand why certain things happen very well and why one struggles in some other situations.  

I have since found that with my combined passion and interest in Vipassana, Ayurveda and StrengthsFinder, I am able to mentor people from different walks of life to discover their true inner person. Not only has it become my passion, I have also learned to make coaching more methodical so that many more who come to me are shown a new world of possibilities.  

I have coached about 50 professionals and executives in career planning and work transitions, guiding and mentoring individuals with a passion for entrepreneurship, helping people leverage their strengths and life purpose.  

I am an Engineering graduate with Masters in Financial management. I have about 25+ years’ experience in the areas of Global Mobility and Business Process Management.  

I am looking forward to coaching people using Talent Themes of the StrengthsFinder model. My vision is to become a life coach to people and try and fulfill their calling to lead a fulfilled life.