Mainak Maheshwari

Co-Founder

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India22 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of a successful Talent Advisory firm
  • Expert in leadership and talent transformation
  • Patented HR capability development innovator
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Advisory expert with a focus on HR strategy and leadership development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human Capital StrategyTalent DevelopmentTalent AcquisitionStakeholder ManagementTalent ManagementPerformance ImprovementCulture TransformationLeadership DevelopmentChange ManagementHr StrategyHr Business PartneringProcess ImprovementHuman Resource TransformationCoachingProject ManagementStrategic InitiativesTeam ManagementConcept SellingConsultingMarket Research

Other Skills

AdvisoryLeadership TransformationHR OutsourcingStrategic DirectionHR ManagementExecutive SearchTalent AdvisoryTrainingDiversity StrategiesHR ServicesRecruitingClient ManagementProject ExecutionBusiness Process ReengineeringBPO

About

As a Founder at Kairos Consulting, a boutique Talent Advisory firm, I leverage my 27 years of work experience in business and HR roles to help my clients dramatically improve performance through focus on leadership and talent. I hold a patent for HR capability development and am a certified Hogan Assessor. My core competencies include human capital strategy, culture, talent development, and talent acquisition. I have successfully implemented projects and programs across the globe and am adept at leading cross-location teams. I also facilitate behavioral and soft-skill development interventions and support culture transformation and change management.

Experience

22 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
6 yrs
Current Experience

Kairos consulting

2 roles

Founder

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs

  • We help enable people and businesses thrive by creating powerful human experiences through our comprehensive bouquet of services Advisory, Leadership and Talent Transformation, and HR Outsourcing.
AdvisoryLeadership TransformationHR OutsourcingHuman Capital StrategyTalent Development

Fractional CHRO

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs

  • As a fractional CHRO for multiple clients, I provide a strategic direction to the leadership and HR teams. Current clients include an tech startup, an IT services company, a law firm and an interiors build firm
Strategic DirectionHR ManagementTalent AcquisitionStakeholder Management

Peopleasset

Head - Talent Advisory

Apr 2020Present · 6 yrs · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • PeopleAsset is a boutique Executive Search & Talent Advisory Firm geared to deliver high quality results. We help our clients dramatically improve performance through focus on leadership & talent.
Executive SearchTalent AdvisoryTalent ManagementPerformance Improvement

Maitri consulting

Founder

Nov 2015Mar 2020 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Consulting
  •  Sterlite Technologies: I helped the Software BU improve it's people programs, policies and processes.
  •  Asian Development Bank (ADB) and PwC: I worked with Asian Development Bank and PwC on a project to increase gender diversity in the Sri Lankan IT/ITES industry. The scope of the project involved identifying the gaps, suggesting innovative strategies to overcome the gaps and run pilots of key ideas to demonstrate proof of concept.
  •  Dietwholic Health Products: I helped Dietwholic set up their HR practice
  • Training
  • I facilitate behavioral and soft-skill development interventions, including programs on:
  •  Leadership Development
  •  Managerial Effectiveness (knowing self, delegation, conflict management, having difficult conversations, influencing)
  •  Consulting Skills (structured thinking and problem solving, effective presentation skills)
  •  Corporate Skills (negotiations, increasing productivity, gender sensitivity, working across cultures, people styles, ownership thinking, inner game)
  •  Team Building
  • The client list includes some of the industry majors in the fields of consulting, enterprise resource
  • planning and services, telecom, financial services; analytics, and accounting and professional
  • services.
  • Coaching
  • I coach people across levels - right from entry level professionals to business leadership, including CxOs / Partners / Business Owners. Individuals coached are from multiple sectors including consulting, IT, financial services, analytics, outsourcing and corporate functions
ConsultingTrainingCoachingCulture TransformationLeadership Development

Absolutdata analytics

Director, Talent

Aug 2013Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • As the head of HR function at Absolutdata, was instrumental in driving change across the organization to become the best in class across attracting, developing and retaining the best talent in the industry.
  • Responsibilities:
  • HR Business Partner and coach to the business leadership
  • End-to-end management and delivery of HR services, including budgeting
  • Culture transformation and change management
  • Implementation and adoption of HR IS
  • HR team management
HR ServicesCulture TransformationHR StrategyTalent Management

Accenture

3 roles

APAC HR Business Partner - BPO

Promoted

Jul 2011Mar 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • As a APAC HR Business Partner, was responsible for developing and delivering the human capital strategy and HR results aligned to business objectives of BPO in APAC.
  • Responsibilities:
  • HR Business Partner to all Managing Directors across APAC BPO
  • Ensuring consistent delivery of HR services across geographies
  • Leadership development for the Sales and Account Management teams
  • Running of cross geographic capability development programs
Human Capital StrategyLeadership DevelopmentHR Business PartneringChange Management

Lead - Recruiting CoE

Oct 2009Jun 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • As the lead, was responsible for program managing the recruiting at Accenture India.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Key stakeholder management
  • Budgeting and adherence
  • Process improvements and analytics
RecruitingStakeholder ManagementTalent AcquisitionProcess Improvement

Manager - Talent & Organization Performance Consulting

Sep 2007Oct 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • In addition to leading client assignments, was also the Human Resource Transformation offering lead. Worked across the globe with clients in the field of automobiles, mining, telecom, services, infrastructure, and consumer durables.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Client management
  • Successful execution of projects
  • Intellectual property creation
  • Coaching/mentoring of the team
Client ManagementProject ExecutionHuman Resource TransformationCoaching

Heidrick and struggles

BPR Manager

Dec 2006Aug 2007 · 8 mos

  • As part of the worldwide business process reengineering team, worked on strategic initiatives aimed at evaluating new business opportunities.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Client management
  • Successful execution of projects
Business Process ReengineeringClient ManagementProject ManagementStrategic Initiatives

Hewitt associates

Service Manager

Feb 2005Nov 2006 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Helped build the practice - an initiative to help Hewitt’s worldwide consultants in successful execution of various studies/projects through captive off-shore data analytics capabilities.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Stakeholder / internal client management
  • Successful execution of projects
  • Concept selling to internal clients
  • Team management
Stakeholder ManagementProject ExecutionTeam ManagementConcept Selling

Evalueserve

Manager

Sep 2002Jan 2005 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Evalueserve provides consulting, business intelligence, market research and intellectual property services to clients worldwide. Was responsible for client and project management. Projects done covered the areas of Technology, Services, Telecommunications, Re-insurance, Specialty Chemicals, and Oil & Gas.
Client ManagementProject ManagementConsultingMarket Research

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

MBA

Jan 2000Jan 2002

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