About Raj Mali

After finishing his post graduation in Advertising & PR, Raj went on to become one of the earliest certified NLP Practitioner from NFNLP, US way back in 1999. During his brief stint in Advertising & as an entrepreneur, Raj discovered his passion for OD and Consulting. He was mentored by Sanjeev Bhamre, author of “The five great myths of career building and how successful careerist debunk them?”, and one of the leading authority figures in India on Systems Thinking & building Learning Organization. While learning Systems Thinking & Principles of Appreciative Inquiry, shortly Raj grew to become a Principal Partner with MAF a consulting firm headed by Sanjiv Bhamre. With more than 14 years of extensive experience in diverse industries, Raj has been contributing meaningfully & significantly to corporate India.

Due to his natural flair for facilitation & his understanding of Large organization systems, during his tenure with GE, Raj was certified by John F. Welch Leadership Development Center, better known as “Crotonville,” in different programs like Building Essential Leadership Skills, Coaching Skills, Facilitation Skills, Mentoring, Conflict Management, Change Management etc.

In his role of Sr. Manager, Learning & OD with GE Capital, he had also designed and delivered many interventions and programs for different GE businesses spread across India, Hungary & China. Having worked with organizations like GE as an insider and outsider, Raj created a vision of contributing his skills, knowledge and abilities to build leaders who are willing to walk the path of balancing head and heart.

After his last role as VP-Organization Development, with a US based company, Raj returned from US with a dream of building the next line of leadership who are willing to challenge the existing yet limiting work & leadership paradigms. Many Sr. Executives from organizations like IBM, Accenture, Cognizant etc. were benefited by his work in the domain of Leadership, Innovation and Coaching and could create a possibility of leading from a space of balance, abundance and long-term focus.

In 2006, Raj established Mint Consulting which began to offer key leadership development initiatives and OD consulting work. With a bigger focus of including Research & Branding, MINT lapped up an envious portfolio of clients ranging from IT majors like KPIT Cummins, Amdocs to other giants from other industries like BNP Paribas, Deepak Fertilizers etc.

Over a period of time with his growing focus in Facilitation, OD consulting & Executive Coaching, Raj created a new entity  Raj Mali Consulting , which is focused on these areas and MINT Consulting is growing with a tight focus on Brand Consulting, Qualitative Research & Corporate sponsored Anthropological Research. Now he serves as an active member of the Executive Board of Mint Consulting where in he lends his insight and expertise in the area of Semiotic Decoding, Appreciative Inquiry & Qualitative Research Moderation etc.

As a Facilitator, OD consultant & Coach, Raj has worked with a long list of customers globally. You can find out more about it in the clients link. The heart of Raj’s work is enrolling leaders, employees and organization in creating and living possibilities that look challenging yet inspiring. May it be about growing concern over market uncertainty, to functioning and expanding influence in large organization system or handling everyday challenges of managing people and conflict, Raj has worked with organization leaders to co-create simple yet powerful functional and cognitive models that work.

Raj has been recognized as a a key contributor to leadership development & innovation initiatives with organizations like KPIT Cummins, Amdocs etc. His facilitation is compared to one of the world’s best.

In the words of people touched by his work; Raj connects to everyday reality as closely as possible and yet enrolls people in new possibilities.

“Its a different joy and exhilaration to learn with Raj. His tremendous knowledge, exceptional facilitation skills and abilities are on the borderlines of that of a New Age Mystic. Who makes complete business sense and yet touches the heart. A rare species of facilitator and consultant who is so focused on delivering real value without getting caught in jargons. His simplicity and quiet demeanor creates safe space for people to show up as who they are and create new possibilities and ways of being which are freeing, empowering and many a times life altering “