When you get promoted to your first management role or advance to higher executive roles – whether director to VP, associate to partner or SVP to CEO, you’ve accomplished something many others have not. Yet despite being capable enough to be promoted, 40% of leaders derail within 18 months in their new role.

As an executive coach, Nihar Chhaya (F'95) helps both seasoned executives and emerging leaders deliver better business results and learn how to enhance their interpersonal impact as they transition to higher levels of responsibility. Using the strategies shared in this seminar, you will learn how to expand your leadership capacity by making the subtle shifts in mindset, behavior and on-the-job decisions that are critical for success when climbing the corporate ladder.

3 Key Takeaways:
• Understand what shifts in mindset and behavior are needed when promoted into leadership positions.
• Develop self-coaching strategies to overcome challenges that come with increasing levels of corporate responsibility
• Learn frameworks to enhance your leadership effectiveness and impact, whether in an executive role or on the way to it.

About the Presenter:

Nihar Chhaya (F'95) is an executive coach and President of Partner Exec LLC, a leadership development practice serving global companies and private individuals. With over 20 years business and leadership development experience, Nihar started his career as co-founder of the internal strategic planning group at a Fortune 500 company in the office of the CFO. He also led the talent development/HR team at Texas Instruments supporting its $3B digital semiconductor businesses. An avid writer on leadership ideas, his work has been featured in Fast Company, Huffington Post, MediaBistro and Business News Daily.

Nihar graduated from Georgetown (SFS) in 1995 and also holds an MA from Columbia University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is credentialed through the International Coach Federation.