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When work pressure and personal expectations clash in an epic battle, at times blinding the seeker off one's path ahead, one needs the support of the likes of Sanjay who helps one in re-engineering the jumbled up thoughts and forge a truce between personal and professional conflicts and excel.

I had Sanjay's support when I needed him the most, while moving to a new professional territory where not only I had to learn the rope of a new trade but also had a global audience casting their eyes on me with soaring expectations.

Sanjay helped me simplify my doubts about my own capabilities with his sharp yet entertaining questions and gradually helped me not only overcome all of them but also set much higher goals for myself both at work and my personal life than I could imagine before.

He is an emotional coach par excellence and a buddy in real time of need. I sincerely cherish every coaching session we shared. Hope many more professionals who are stranded in the middle of their careers due to insoluble conflicts will benefit from Sanjay's assistance.

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Before my personal leadership journey, I believed that the most important attribute to be an effective leader is to be a highly qualified expert with many years of experience under the belt. But very quickly when the stress and later burn out hit me, I have realized that it is not only qualifications in the subject matter that matters to be awesome at your job. Rather, what was needed is some sort of a ‘leadership operation system” that is a blend of emotional intelligence, stress management and brutally honest self awareness.

It is a challenging to develop and maintain this blend without a thoughtful, trustworthy and experienced coach. I found this help with Sanjay - he knew exactly what I was going through. He is very resourceful and uses multiple tools to help to diagnose and empower my leadership journey. For instance, at a particular point of time when I felt stuck, Sanjay used the simple 'SEVEN SLICES' Wheel  that was really enlightening. It showed me how to take practical steps to regain my motivation.

I enjoyed both one on one sessions with Sanjay and group sessions with my direct reports. These sessions helped us better understand each other and increased my self-awareness as well. The Harvard Business Review states "Smart organizations invest unbiased and experienced coaching for their leaders.” I am certainly glad we did. 

“Embarking in the journey to the Four Truths that Ennoble Us has been truly a life changing moment for me.

With his outstanding group facilitation and individual coaching style, Sanjay has taught me simple and practical ways to minimize suffering and maximize happiness in my daily life.

In particular, I have acquired useful tools to apply wisdom to allow me to better navigate disruptive situations and people in our daily lives.

And I have gained a new, positive, and true perspective on things, event, relationship, and life in general. Moreover, those tools to enhance self-awareness combined with easy tips to keep the motivation going are now embedded in my daily routine.

The program has been a great opportunity to know and connect with other folks for support system, to build the habit and the pathway to become a better version of my own self. Thank you, Sanjay!

It was a delight working with Sanjay, a true professional who listens to you, including reading behind the lines for what you REALLY need.

I went to him for a career-related "decluttering" of my mind and left with a more holistic sense of what genuinely makes me happy, my strengths and uncovered new aspirations for my career.

Using a mixed format of guided conversations, exercises and food for thought, Sanjay arrived at the root of what I wanted to achieve with great empathy, kindness and expertise.

I highly recommend him to anyone looking for a sounding board and/or guide to help you boost your career and personal life.

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Though a lifelong fan of personal development literature and learning programs, I'm also been a person whose idealism is tempered with a healthy dash of cynicism, I didn't think that I would ever write a testimonial about a course, stating that it changed my life. However I'm glad to finally be able to say with conviction that the Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) course led by Sanjay, has made a big  positive change to my outlook and the way I approach both my personal & work life.

In the last few years, I'd been struggling with an increasing emotional see-saw often the result of external situations beyond my control. I signed up for the CEB course, with the primary aim of trying to cope better with these ups and downs. The course presents a wonderful framework to address the issue of achieving emotional balance and happiness. What appealed to me was that it is combines the best of western psychology & neuroscience and our own traditional "eastern" philosophies - CEB seamlessly integrates the 2 perspectives, and creates a simple but powerful blend of teaching & techniques that one can put into practice from Day 1. 

The course equipped me with a set of wisdom AND heart practices (analytical tools as well as meditative practices), that have greatly in regulating the sudden swings/outbursts of emotion that I'd been experiencing. I have had two clear takeaways from the course - the first is a much better ability to look at /deal with to any situation or stressful trigger with more objectivity and with less 'reactivity". The second is a wider perspective, and enhanced sense of calmness, which helps cope with the larger stressors in my life.

I can without a doubt say that this has been one of the best investments of my time I have made - thanks Sanjay for introducing me to CEB and the wider learning community- look forward to the continuing journey ahead.

Sanjay's coaching was very helpful as I made a career transition. Additionally, he developed and implemented a comprehensive program that was tailored to meet our leadership development needs. His program (and Sanjay as a person) was a big hit among the team, and I believe he has had impact beyond the immediate appeal of his approach alone.  His value add in the following areas is particularly appreciated:

• Transition Coaching – We had a new organisational structure and many of our Executive Team had taken on senior leadership roles for the first time. The sustained one-on-one coaching with Sanjay helped them better understand their roles and ways of working, overcome their concerns and self-limiting beliefs, better understand how to work peers through influence, become more assertive and confident to make tough decisions, and to proactively work on their leadership competency gaps. As a result, the SMT leaders, both individually and as a team, are more “settled” and performance, energy and morale has clearly improved. 

• Building a culture of trust – In a few instances, some hard but necessary decisions had reduced morale.  Sanjay worked patiently with these leaders to help them always expect and assume the best (of intentions) in their fellow teammates.

• Targeted Diagnostics -- based on his keen listening skills when meeting with senior team members, he was able to crystallise and communicate to me some important issues that warranted my intervention to improve organisational climate and performance.

Sanjay Chaganti helped members of the Canadian Embassy Team in Panamá enhance their mental health and professional effectiveness... Sanjay’s approach to wellness is extremely valuable in such challenging times!

I would strongly recommend Sanjay for personal coaching and development. Has always been a good and thoughtful listener, and most recently has supported through the career move that I am currently making.

Over a challenging period, he helped me focus on what was important for me personally and professionally, kept me motivated, and helped me make the positive choices and get the outcomes I wanted.

I started on a new leadership role earlier this year, and have indeed seen benefits of coaching relationship with Sanjay. An important insight that I have learnt is that the most important and often, the hardest part of people management, is managing ourselves!

Through coaching with Sanjay, I focused more on understanding and managing myself and that has worked really well in my relationships with others as well as becoming calmer.  What is great is that my colleagues have noticed and have complimented me for this change.