Ajay Nangalia is a founder and Managing Director of Global Coach Trust. He has 25 years of experience in sales & marketing, HR & OD consulting. He has worked in Modi Xerox, Pertech Computers, ICIM, MoneyCare Finanz, and Aptech (Apex Training) before starting Equity Learning. His last two corporate assignments (Money care Finanz and Aptech (Apex Training) were at the Vice President level.

He has a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Northcentral University (USA). His research theme is the impact of country and societal culture on management theory and practice i.e. how can concepts and practices developed in the West can be adapted to Indian culture. He has a MS from Capella University (USA) in HPI and Training. Human Performance Improvement (HPI), is the organization development (OD) model followed by ASTD (American Society for Training & Development).

Ajay also has a MA (Biblical Studies) from Trinity Seminary, USA. He was the Pastor of a small church in Hyderabad for a season. He is trained and certified as a counselor from the Association of Christian Counselors South Asia. He is a BSc.(Chemistry) graduate from Mumbai University and has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from SIIA, Mumbai. He is a member of the International Coaches Federation (www.coachfederation.org). He has completed his Executive Coach training at the Coaching Foundation of India and is accredited as MCFI. He is credentialed as an International Coach Federation (ICF) PCC level coach.

In Executive Coaching, Ajay brings a unique combination of senior management corporate expertise, combined with the real time experience of being a successful entrepreneur. His work as a Pastor and pastoral counselor has added a people centered, holistic and ethical approach to life. As an Executive Coach, he has worked with the leadership teams of companies like HP, ACER, WebMethods, Timken, Motorola, Accenture, Celstream, Cognizant, and many others.

In addition to Executive Coaching, conducting workshops and facilitating senior level interventions, he has experience in conducting OD studies and designing interventions for a variety of IT and BPO clients. This covers the entire spectrum of HPI: business analysis, gap analysis, cause analysis, solution design, implementation, and performance evaluation. As an executive coach, he is involved performance counseling, working with professionals in work-life balance issues, managing relationships at work, life-skills coaching, and career development coaching. He assists working, married couples balance professional and personal challenges, and assists young professionals manage their transition into the workforce.

A partial list of companies that he has trained in includes: HP, Oracle, Motorola, GE, Infosys, Philips Software, Motorola, L&T Infotech, Robert Bosch Software, Blue Star Software, Wipro, Sun Microsystems, SAP Labs, Compaq, Digital India, Hughes Software, Sharp Software, Cable & Wireless, ACER, Aditi Software, Talisma, http://globalcoachtrust.webs.com 

Celstream, Network Solutions, Bangalore Labs, Kshema Technologies, TCE Consultants, Deutche Software, Eximsoft, Tyco, 24/7 Customer, Customer Asset.com, TVS Electronics…

Some of the workshops he has conducted include: Leadership, Supervisory Skills, Metamorphosis, Time Management, Team Building, Customer Service, Sales, Negotiation skills, Managing Major accounts, Performance Management, Mentoring, Effective Meetings, Presentation skills, Interpersonal skills, Train the Trainer, Developing career coaches, Influencing skills, Interviewing skills…
He has traveled extensively to USA, UK, Europe, Dubai, Egypt, Turkey, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Russia, Singapore, and Australia. He is married with a twenty-old son.

Conferences/Papers Presented

In Dec 2009, he presented a paper on ‘Adapting HR Practices to Cultural Contexts: A Collective Case Study Approach to Understand Executive Coaching in Asian Culture’ at the 8th Asian Conference & 1st MENA Conference of the Academy of HR, Bahrain.

In July 2009, he presented a paper on ‘Executive Coaching as an HRM strategy to boost organizational performance’ at the Research Conference on HRM, at ICFAI Business School, Ahmedabad.

In January 2009, he presented a paper on ‘Educational Leadership and the Impact of Culture: Using the Work Ethos Dimensions to Understand how Culture impacts Institutional Ethos’ at the International Conference on Educational Leadership, – Indian Institute of Management ¬Bangalore

In December 2008, he presented a paper on cross¬cultural management at the international conference on ‘Doing Business in India’ hosted by the IFIM Business School, Bangalore.

In October 2008, he presented a paper at the Asia OD Summit in Bangkok, entitled “Work Ethos Dimensions: A framework to understand cross¬cultural differences at the organization level”.

Publications

Nangalia, L., & Nangalia, A., (2010). The coach in Asian society: The impact of social hierarchy on the coaching relationship. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring. 8(1), 51¬66.

Nangalia, A. (2009). Work ethos dimensions: A framework to understand cross¬cultural differences at the organizational level. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.

Nangalia, A. (2009). Executive coaching as an HRM strategy to boost organizational performance. In P. Verma, B. P. Bhaskaran, B. Thakar & P. Saxena (Eds.), Human resource management in context of global meltdown (pp. 21¬28). Ahmedabad: Excel India. http://globalcoachtrust.webs.com 

Nangalia, A., & Nangalia, L. (2009). Executive coaching: An emerging learning & development approach to leadership. NHRD Network Journal, 2(4), 65¬69.
 
Nangalia, A. (2009). Work ethos dimensions: A framework to understand cross¬cultural differences at the organizational level. In P. Verma, P. B. Bhaskaran & S. K. Dutta (Eds.), Vision 2020: Managerial challenges and strategies (pp. 157¬175). Ahmedabad: ICFAI Business School.

Nangalia, A. (2008). Developing emotional intelligence in a software projects team. Business Review SJCBA. 3(2), 73¬87.

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