Rajan Kalia

Rajan works in the area of Business Enablement and Leapfrogging Organisations to the next orbit of growth. His firm focuses on 5 practice areas – Talent Management, Talent Retention, People Decisions, Organisation Transformation and Leadership Skilling. He and his team has created the revolutionary One Minute Feedback mobile application tool, Karma Notes. Rajan has a rich and varied 26 years’ experience in Human Resources. He does cutting edge Talent Management work with Marc Effron for Fortune 100 companies across the globe, closer home he is involved with Harvard Business Press, Stanford Seed and DDI advising, consulting, teaching and coaching their clients.

For the past 7 years Rajan has been consulting, advising, teaching, coaching and launching organisations in their next growth orbit. He has worked with over 90 clients in varied sectors including Fortune 100 Global, Indian private and public sector companies. His clients seek his advice to solve complex Talent/ Performance Management issues, build robust Talent strategies and Transform Organisations.

Since 1992, Rajan has garnered his expertise through hard-won experience across multiple sectors – in manufacturing industry he worked with Eicher and Ballarpur Industries, in FMCG with Coca Cola, and in consulting with Eicher Consultancy Services (ECS), before getting into financial services with Max New York Life Insurance (MNYL). He spent over a decade in the financial services industry.

He is a feedback specialist and has invented ‘Karma Notes’, a performance enhancement and feedback mobile application. Rajan has been trained by Harvard Business Publishing in Case study methodology, DDI in Performance Management & Coaching, by SHL in OPQ Assessments and by Right Management in Leadership program. He is an international speaker, expert in the areas of HR & Performance Feedback.

Over the years, Rajan has been instrumental in setting up HR functions, formulating the philosophy, strategy and policies of the function. He has specific expertise in the areas of Performance Management, Compensation, Feedback & Talent Management. He has been instrumental in Transforming Organisations over the last 15 years. He regularly tweets and publishes on LinkedIn. Rajan is Masters in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Punjab University, Chandigarh.