Shyam Sadasivan

Often described as a professional all rounder, Shyam brings an extensive global view of business & people. He has lived, worked in India, USA & the United Kingdom, he has led business shifts in mobile technology that continue to define the future of work & business. With this experience, he now transforms people & organizations through his offerings in career coaching, training & behavioural consulting.

Past life
After completing his studies at BITS Pilani, India & the University of Arizona, Shyam began his career as an engineer in the Silicon Valley. Since then, he has enjoyed a diverse set of experiences across technology, operations, commercial & human aspects of business. He had launched an award-winning Arm processor, negotiated large commercial deals in Asia, delivered transformational operational efficiencies & affected significant organizational changes. Being a lifelong learner, he also graduated from the Executive MBA at the University of Cambridge, where he received the Directors Award for his academic achievements.

Working with Shyam
Today, as a Career Coach, he helps mid & leadership career professionals gain clarity, design change & make things happen. He offers in-depth career coaching, advise & extensive intricate business consulting to support true career transformations. He advances his clients’ career journeys by helping them overcome fears, market their transferable skills, letting go of past limiting beliefs, building a unique brand & taking action towards their goals. He also writes about career transformation on LinkedIn & his blog. As a Trainer & Educator, he is passionate about facilitating experiences that help participants discover & realize their true potential. His current efforts involve focused development initiatives that facilitate significant organizational shifts. His list of clients includes ABB, Amadeus, Boston Consulting Group, Appsian, Cerner & PepperFry. He works on design & delivery of global programs that develop stronger senior leadership pipelines, create customized development journeys for high potential candidates & facilitate behavioural change which can transform the future of an organization. As a Behavioural Consultant, he applies leading behavioural science ideas to organizational culture change initiatives. He believes that a change in an organization’s culture starts with a shift in behaviors, especially its leaders.

What he wants from the universe
These lines from Roger S. Keyes’s poem ‘Hokusai says’ inspire him everyday– He says keep looking, stay curious. He says there is no end to seeing. He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are.

Shyam looks forward to working with people that challenge him, developing together into who we all really are.