Cherian comes with 40 +years of overall leadership experience. He has for the last 12 years been a Business Mentor - Leadership, Executive & Holistic Coach/Strategic Leadership facilitator /Panel Member/ Speaker/ Writer focused on the mid to large SME sector Entrepreneurs, solo entrepreneurs and Corporate leaders. He was associated with IIM Ahmedabad CIIE, India SME Forum and Wadhwani Foundation for their entrepreneur programs as a jury member, speaker, panel member and Mentor. He is a… Show more Cherian comes with 40 +years of overall leadership experience. He has for the last 12 years been a Business Mentor - Leadership, Executive & Holistic Coach/Strategic Leadership facilitator /Panel Member/ Speaker/ Writer focused on the mid to large SME sector Entrepreneurs, solo entrepreneurs and Corporate leaders. He was associated with IIM Ahmedabad CIIE, India SME Forum and Wadhwani Foundation for their entrepreneur programs as a jury member, speaker, panel member and Mentor. He is a Certified Corporate Director with the Institute of Directors and a Certified Leadership/ Executive Coach.He is the Managing Partner in his firm CNC Transcend Management Services since its inception in 2010. The firm has been recognized purely on merit among Top 10 most admired Outsourcing firms and 10 most recommended Management & Strategy Consultants for medium to large enterprises based on their Core offerings and excellent client feedbacks and impact. More details at www.cnctms.com His mission is to share his vast learnings over the last 4 decades by . Enabling businesses to restructure or grow their business 2X through an intense, execution focused, time bound, professional, structured CEO & team Business Mentoring & Strategic Leadership approach, and/ or . - Empowering corporate CXO’s or entrepreneurs to the next level of leadership as a group or individually using an Executive Coaching approach.. Facilitating group Leadership or Entrepreneurship sessions around Goal Setting, Strategic Leadership, High Performance Behaviour, Executive Presence, Business Reinvention/Acceleration.He has also woven his learnings over 3 decades in a story telling form in over 70 articles and hundreds of short topical posts to help spread the learnings, under the heads – Entrepreneurship, Leadership , Coaching, HR, Branding, Wellness. He also has a Business Videos - Music Youtube Channel - Type Cherian Kuruvila Youtube or https://www.youtube.com/c/cheriankuruvilamentorcoachamateurmusician Show less

Was responsible for managing the Direct Hiring /Executive search across 8 business verticals - IT/ITES, BFSI, Manufacturing, Telecom, Consumer - Retail/Hospitality, Healthcare, Oil and Gas through a team of over 200 across the country .Responsibility to professionalise , strategise and drive a turnaround during the recessionary phase at that time for the Recruitment industry.

Was responsible as part of the Headquarters Launch Core Team to help project manage the business readiness rollout to reach out to customers in 110 cities at launch for wireless services.Prime responsibility was to strategise, conceptualise from the drawing board, plan, and execute the cross functional rollout of the Telecom Retail Franchisee showroom model with over 800 Franchisees in the first phase. This included driving diverse cross functional teams across 22 circles from… Show more Was responsible as part of the Headquarters Launch Core Team to help project manage the business readiness rollout to reach out to customers in 110 cities at launch for wireless services.Prime responsibility was to strategise, conceptualise from the drawing board, plan, and execute the cross functional rollout of the Telecom Retail Franchisee showroom model with over 800 Franchisees in the first phase. This included driving diverse cross functional teams across 22 circles from land acquisition, branding, layout, interiors, franchisee selection, staff selection and training .. through a tight Project Management approach with tight deadlines.In Phase 2 increased the spread to more cities and was responsible for customer acquisition from Retail outlets and later from Direct Sales team. Was National Channel Sales Head managing Distribution, Retail and Direct Sales as a Sr Vice President. Show less

Pure start up venture. Was first employee of the operation mandated with launching Broadband services in Karnataka within 1 year from the drawing board with very tight deadlines and financial boundaries to ensure profitable operations within 2 years from start upResponsible for defining optimal organisation structure, hiring leadership team, quick build up of entire team of 200 +, defining and sign up of over 50 cross functional processes, Project Management for rollout of Network… Show more Pure start up venture. Was first employee of the operation mandated with launching Broadband services in Karnataka within 1 year from the drawing board with very tight deadlines and financial boundaries to ensure profitable operations within 2 years from start upResponsible for defining optimal organisation structure, hiring leadership team, quick build up of entire team of 200 +, defining and sign up of over 50 cross functional processes, Project Management for rollout of Network across state, office, call centre and switch facilities, marketing and branding, and government interface for smooth progress .Launched landline /broadband services in record time in presence of CM of Karnataka . Show less

Handled roles like Area Sales Manager ,Branch Manager ,Product Manager, Marketing Manager, GM, Director, Executive Director - Profit centre operations across 4 locations. Joined in the initial start up phase in 1984.During his 16 year stint in Xerox, Cherian was a consistent High performer National Champ in different locations and roles and won numerous awards and recogntions namely: - National Champion Branch Manager - turned around a No 18 branch in 2 years to No 1-… Show more Handled roles like Area Sales Manager ,Branch Manager ,Product Manager, Marketing Manager, GM, Director, Executive Director - Profit centre operations across 4 locations. Joined in the initial start up phase in 1984.During his 16 year stint in Xerox, Cherian was a consistent High performer National Champ in different locations and roles and won numerous awards and recogntions namely: - National Champion Branch Manager - turned around a No 18 branch in 2 years to No 1- National Champion as a Regional Director consistently for couple of years- Directors National Quality Award for Quality project - Long service awards > 15 years in Modi Xerox /XeroxIn addition, the Branches under Cherian's Profit centre region were No 1 Nationally during his tenure. Show less

Joined as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in the Consumer Durables division handling Lighting and Fan range of products through a dealer /distributor network .