Cupela – the foremost Global Leadership Development Expert in India
About Cupela Global Leadership Development
Cupela Global Leadership Development supports companies in the retention and development of their high potential executives. When executives are faced with significant transformations such as entering the global stage, dramatic growth, succession planning or transition, we are there to support and guide them through the turbulent times.
Cupela identifies any potential skill gaps and equips the leader to successfully tackle those challenges. We do this by supporting leaders in developing skills such as organizational savvy, building global alliances, conflict management, executive presence, improving motivational skills and many more.
Our Global Leadership Development program offers business professionals intensive personal development for a higher level role along with guidance to think through a critical career situation and, as an experienced and confidential sounding board.
Cupela supports executives in identity-defining long term strategy and self-direction as well as addressing issues that are stalling progress in their career. Here at Cupela, we believe that leaders in MNCs can reach their full potential if they engage in a Global Leadership Development program with someone who is deeply committed to their growth and has the fundamental experience and expertise necessary to consult and coach them.
Cupela Executive Coaching & Business Consulting in India
Transforming Leaders
Rajeev Shroff, Global Leadership Expert, Senior Executive & Seasoned Entrepreneur
10 years of experience at the VP level in MNCs like Oracle and Avaya and running his own companies have resulted in Rajeev developing a unique approach to global leadership development that has enabled leaders in companies like DELL, Verizon, Mentor Graphics, Amazon, Samsung and PVH (Calvin Klein) to transition more smoothly into a global role and to lead effectively once there. At this level, the technical expertise is just par for the course; executive skills like influence, inspiring confidence in all stakeholders, networking and being politically savvy, stress management, appearance, strategic thinking and visioning need to be honed and refined in order to further enhance executive presence.
Besides managing Cupela, Rajeev also runs a Startup Investment Group – Ten Innovate. Further responsibilities include being a fractional CEO at SmartDrive India & a Leadership Advisor for the non-profit organization rangde.org.
Having furthermore held positions like VP at Avaya and Senior Director at Oracle in the past means that his leadership expertise is solidly based on more than 25 years of hands-on experience.
As a Global Leadership Development Expert, Rajeev facilitates the transition of senior leaders to the global level and enables them to realize their full potential. His ability to quickly comprehend and adapt to a corporate transformation and growth strategy has allowed him to also empower many new generations of leaders successfully.
His extensive portfolio of successful leadership development work with companies to develop their valuable senior leadership members bears witness to his capabilities. His support for leaders in times of strategic growth and his unwavering dedication to enhancing the leadership skills of his clients makes him stand out in the field of Global Leadership Development. Rajeev is a true leader in the leadership development arena who empowers others to become true leaders in their own arenas.
Senior Coach & Consultant
Credentials
Rajeev holds multiple Coaching credentials and uses a unique blend of coaching, consulting and mentoring styles, adopted from his vast corporate leadership & coaching experience. He holds the unique advantage of multiple Global coaching credentials.
His consulting work is based on first-hand knowledge acquired over many years, during which he consulted on Global and India-based projects and his work for many start-ups. Thanks to his consultancy work, these projects and many start-ups made their ventures a success.
In India, he has been certified as one of a few Master Certified Coaches (2019-22) by the International Coach Federation. He is also certified as a CEO Coach through the Coaching Foundation India and N.E.W.S. Coaching, Switzerland.
Rajeev is further associated with various global and regional Coaching & Leadership Development Organizations:
• Master Credentialed Coach (2019-22), International Coach Federation
• Leadership Team, ICF Bangalore Chapter (2020)
• Member, Coaching Foundation India
• Member, CoachSource, one of the world’s largest coaching organizations
*Master Certified Coach (2019-2022)
Association
Associated with various global and regional Coaching & Leadership Development Organizations:
Master Credentialed Coach (2019-22)
Leadership Team (2020)
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Key Areas of Expertise
Cupela Global Leadership Development excels in the following areas (among others):
Sounding board for forward-thinking strategy and conscious career design
Activating long-term high performance
Smoothing the transition to global business leader, building competencies,
Designing and implementing 30-60-90 day strategy
Coaching leaders who need intensive personal development, leveraging their full potential
Increasing executive presence and self-awareness, creating personal direction statement
Support for leaders in times of dramatic growth and change or succession planning
Corporate & Business Experience
In his 20+ years of experience in MNCs Rajeev held diverse roles such as Vice President, Service Delivery at Avaya. Furthermore, he worked as Senior Director, Global Services at Oracle where he gained significant experience in accelerating performance, transforming businesses, and working in high-stakes scenarios. This included building global software delivery organizations with a headcount of 2,000+ from the ground up in India, China and Argentina.
He is also a firm believer in promoting the next generation of business leaders. Engaging with startups as Advisory Board Member at Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator inspired him to found an Angel Investment Group – TEN Innovate. His diverse startup exposure focused on constant innovation, experience in scaling and connecting with different sectors, keeps him abreast of current global business practices.
