Venkatraman Chittur Krishnan | Leadership Coach

Venkatraman Chittur Krishnan | Leadership Coach

• Venkatraman is a leadership coach. 
• Venkat’s career spans diverse industries and multinational organizations including Petrochemicals (Union Carbide), FMCG (Unilever), Pharma (Sandoz) , Food & Beverages (Heinz), Consulting (PwC), and Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson).

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In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, technology plays a pivotal role in driving innovation, efficiency, and growth. At the forefront of this technological revolution is the Chief Information Officer (CIO), a key executive responsible for harnessing the power of IT to propel organizations forward. Today, we discuss the evolution of the role of CIO and the trends of IT Transformation. We also talk about importance of leadership coaching.

[00:59] – About Venkatraman Chittur Krishnan

• Venkatraman is a leadership coach. 
• Venkat’s career spans diverse industries and multinational organizations including Petrochemicals (Union Carbide), FMCG (Unilever), Pharma (Sandoz) , Food & Beverages (Heinz), Consulting (PwC), and Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson).

[02:58] – How has the role of the CIO evolved over the years into a C-Suite role?

• The CIO role, today, is completely strategic. 
• The CIO spends more time outside the boundaries of the organization either in the competition, with the customer or with innovation or business processes.
• The CIO also partners with various technology service providers and plays a crucial role in shaping the organization’s technology strategy.

[04:04] – What is the role of information technology in healthcare companies?

• In healthcare companies, Information Technology (IT) plays a crucial role in deploying IT systems that touch key stakeholders such as physicians, patients, payers, policymakers, and providers. 
• IT can provide solutions for patient education, doctor’s training, and capturing market data for analysis. 
• It helps improve manufacturing efficiencies, logistics, customer service, and overall business performance.

[18:22] – What is the impact culture has on your coaching?

• Both of coach and the coachee come from different cultural backgrounds, and they have to be sensitive to each other.
• The elements included are attitude towards authority, preference of communication, your own values and mindset. 
• Whatever action we take, we have to understand that it should be in sync with the organization culture which again is determined by the reward and recognition systems, the openness and transparency, conflict resolution etc. 
• A solution with one organization might not work in another. 

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• Venkatraman is a leadership coach. 
• Venkat’s career spans diverse industries and multinational organizations including Petrochemicals (Union Carbide), FMCG (Unilever), Pharma (Sandoz) , Food & Beverages (Heinz), Consulting (PwC), and Healthcare (Johnson & Johnson).