Sharmistha Shukla is a leadership development consultant who combines her deep passion and practical experience in behavioural psychology to help leaders unlock their innate potential.
In a career spanning 28 years, she has helped clients from diverse industries and sectors on succession planning, culture / style fit, top team effectiveness and high potential identification. During her corporate stint, she has worked with Engineers India Ltd, New Holland Tractors India Ltd, TMI India , Aon Hewitt and Korn Ferry Hay Group.
As a consultant with Korn Ferry Hay Group, Aon Hewitt, and Deloitte, she has worked on projects ranging from executive coaching, assessment & feedback skills for senior leaders and workshops on leadership development. She also has wide experience in competency modeling, designing and implementing HR systems and building HR capacity within organizations.
Academically, she holds a postgraduate diploma in management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. She is certified on multiple psychometric tools like Hogan, Facet 5, Harrison, ILS/OCS, KFALP, Adept 15, LSI, and Firo – B as well a host of 360-degree feedback instruments. She is also a certified Brain Based coach from Neuroleadership Institute.
Sharmistha’s professional interests are in the field of neuroscience, mindfulness and communication effectiveness. In her spare time, she likes to indulge in reading, traveling and watching world cinema. Her engagement style is warm and patient with a results focused approach towards raising the bar on individual excellence.