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PRIYA BALAJI
Learning & Development Consultant
Abu Dhabi
You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
Warren Buffett
Summary
Visionary Talent Development professional with over 13 years of experience in helping global organizations optimize talent capability through D&I, culture, leadership development & corporate Learning. Designing and implementing innovative talent development strategies. Expertise in succession planning and talent pipeline development to ensure long term viability of key leadership positions. Accomplished instructional designer.
Overview
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Taaeen Consulting
Learning and Development Consultant
01.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Talent Development, Abu Dhabi, Responsible for crafting learning journeys for HR Leadership level, including Managers, directors and VPs within Abu Dhabi Government
- Responsible for providing consultation on performance support tools and resources to enhance employee performance for the clients
- Spearheading CIPD and CIPS accreditation projects
- Executed an exhaustive needs analysis to uncover learning gaps, discern training needs for one of the premier Abu Dhabi government entities
- Implemented ongoing evaluation strategies for client learning programs to measure effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
Philips
Learning and Development Lead
10.2022 - 01.2024
Job overview
- Responsible for talent and leadership development of Philips GBS (India), impacting 1500+ associates
- Manage strategic HR and L&D projects at the site level that extends to leading & executing complex, cross-site projects across global sites
- Develop and deploy country specific leadership and management programs based on annual HR business plans
- Drive leadership processes i.e
- Succession planning for executive & VP candidates with the Philips leadership council
- Coaching and anchoring learning strategy & org alignment conversations with Sr
- Business leaders to enhance business’s performance
- Conceptualized and anchored learning projects resulting in employee retention by 7% in 2023
- Master Facilitator for key global executive & leadership development programs and assessments e.g
- FIRO-B , MBTI, Hi-Po Leaning journeys etc
- Revamped the new employee orientation for Philips GBS India, resulting in increased Net Promoter Score (NPS) by 40%
- Learning budget management, saved cost by 30 % for 2023
- People manager: Handled a 5-member team inclusive of L&D Executives and Managers.
Fidelity Investments
Manager
11.2018 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Performance consultant for enterprise delivery solutions line of business, responsible for development of 1500 associates PAN India
- Domain capability development manager: Conceptualized and executed financial literacy learning projects on Cryptocurrency leading to 8 shark tank ideas, projects in process
- Inclusion Champion across the breadth of inclusion practices, led projects impacting women returning to work after a career and maternity break, LGBTQ programs etc
- Revamped the existing learning site for PAN India associates, increased the footfall by 80% in a month
- Led the future of work initiative, resulting in introduction of new learning policies
- Professional development portfolio Manager: Designed and delivered ‘future of work’ specific competencies, impacting employee well-being and happiness quotient by 40% during COVID
- Team Manager for L&D Operations, handled 8 employees including L&D Operation’s lead.
Bank of AmericaChennai
Learning & Development Manager
01.2015 - 11.2018
Job overview
- For Global Markets and Technology Line of Business impacting 2700 associates PAN India
- PAN India New Hire Orientation Manager – Implemented process improvements, resulted in significant increase of the Net Promoter Score
- Successful delivered bank’s organization wide Capability Development Program (myDev) for two consecutive years, impacting 26000 employees PAN India
- Portfolio manager for Professional and Financial competency track, impacting 26000 employees PAN India
- Conceptualized banking domain related programs, resulting in 12% decrease in the employee competency gap
- Implemented learning initiatives leveraging internal expertise to deliver competency tracks, resulting in 40% cost saving for the year 2017
- Led VP level succession planning initiative for, resulting in identification of the ideal successors.
Infosys India Private Limited
Learning Partner
07.2012 - 12.2014
Job overview
- Leading the Behavioral & Competency Development Track for Chennai Delivery Centre (DC) – impacting 1600 executives and 5+ clients
- Responsible for strategizing and leading the Soft Skills Center of Excellence, Vendor Management, MIS, Quality & Compliance, E-Learning and Research tracks for Chennai.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Senior Process Executive
03.2011 - 06.2012
Tata Consultancy Services
Senior Process Executive
09.2006 - 03.2011
Education
XLRI
Post Graduate Certificate from Human Resource Management
2019
Madras University
Bachelors from Electronics and Communication
2006
Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Project Management
- Learning and Development
- Instructional Techniques
- Curriculum Development
- Presentation Development
- New Hire Orientation
- Training Planning
- Adult Learning Theories
- KPI Performance
- Learning Management System Proficiency
- Succession Planning
- Operational Efficiency
Certification
FUNDAMENTAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS ORIENTATION-BEHAVIOR™ ASSESSMENT (FIRO) Certified Professional
Designing the future of work (UNSW)
Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace (University of Pittsburgh)
Leadership communication for maximum impact: Storytelling (Northwestern University)
Positive Psychology - Resilience skills (University of Pennsylvania)
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Timeline
Learning and Development Consultant
Taaeen Consulting
01.2024 - Current
Learning and Development Lead
Philips
10.2022 - 01.2024
Manager
Fidelity Investments
11.2018 - 09.2022
Learning & Development Manager
Bank of America
01.2015 - 11.2018
Learning Partner
Infosys India Private Limited
07.2012 - 12.2014
Senior Process Executive
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2011 - 06.2012
Senior Process Executive
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2006 - 03.2011
XLRI
Post Graduate Certificate from Human Resource Management
Madras University
Bachelors from Electronics and Communication
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