Shital Kakkar Mehra is India’s leading Executive Presence Coach for CEOs.  With over 20 years’ of experience, Shital has personally trained over 45,000 professionals across Asia, including numerous CEO’s from leading multi-national and progressive domestic companies. Her reputation as a cutting-edge expert comes from her depth of knowledge and the unique way she blends the Indian corporate ethos, with global best-in-class practices.   

Shital has conducted workshops for a diverse set of organizations across Asia. These include Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, BASF, Bayer, Colgate, Deloitte, Dr. Reddy’s, EY India, GSK India, JCB, Johnson & Johnson, Kotak Bank, L & T Ltd. , Mahindra Group, Tata Steel and PWC, amongst others. She has also been a guest speaker at several leading management institutes and associations such as INSEAD (MMB), IIM Bangalore/Lucknow/ Nagpur, ISB-Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur/Mumbai, BMA, NHRD, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and FICCI.

Shital is an acclaimed public speaker and best-selling author. Her first book, Business Etiquette: A Guide for the Indian Professional (Harper Collins) has sold over 50,000 copies, and has been translated into several regional Indian languages. It can also be found on the library shelves of global academic institutes including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge. Her articles are regularly published in leading media publications including Economic Times, Business Today, Times of India, Mice Talk amongst others.

Shital has worked with hundreds of CXOs and star performers, helping them enhance their Executive Presence. Her work in this field has lead to India’s first-ever research-based model POISE on Executive Presence. Her second book, “Executive Presence: The POISE formula for Leadership” was published by HarperCollins India in July, 2020. The book been declared a best-seller by Amazon, based on preorder numbers.

Shital is an active philanthropist and is the Co-Founder of Katalyst, an NGO for underprivileged girls. Also, she serves on the board of Third Sector Partners (TSP), a premier Executive Search firm that enhances leadership caliber in the socio-developmental sector.

An avid reader and a passionate traveler, Shital embraces opportunities to observe cross-cultural communication and learn from cultural diversity, both of which serve as a bridge between her work and hobbies. Read more about her: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shital-kakkar-mehra-0546a41/