Dr. Madana Kumar

Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD, is an industry veteran with more than 4 decades of Industry Experience in organisations like Bharti, HCL, IBM etc.. He is a passionate student, thought leader and practitioner of Servant Leadership. His passion is in Transforming Organisations by evangelizing Servant Leadership (a topic he chose for his Doctoral dissertation) in all types of organisations, including Corporates, Educational Institutions and Social Sector organisations.

He is the co-founder of Leadyne Organisation Builders (www.leadyne.com) , an organisation that has a vision of changing the leadership paradigm of organisations and individuals.. Additionally, he is currently leading the Implementation of Servant Leadership Culture in a Digital Services company, UST, enabling the organisation to accelerate its transformation and bring in significant business impact.

His efforts have brought several national and international laurels to him personally (eg: CLO of the Year, Global CLO of the year, Talent Development Champion of the year etc) and for the organisation (Several Brandon Hall awards, ATD Awards, Learning Elite Listings etc). The organisation transformation movement has resulted in organisations significantly enhancing their employer branding and Employee Engagement, a fact that is acknowledged by Great Place to Work, Top Employer Institute, Glassdoor etc., while continuing to grow its top and bottom line. Madana is recognized as a Thought Leader, Strategist and Mentor, in the fields of Leadership and Organisation Transformation.

He is recognized as a Community Top Voice on Servant Leadership by LinkedIn. He is a much sought after speaker at several national and international conferences, Tier 1 Management Institutes in the country, and a prolific writer in several national and international magazines on the Topics of Organisation Culture and Servant Leadership. He is a much sought after resource for Faculty Development programs in leading Universities and coaching for academic institution leaders. His Servant Leadership lessons are available in leading eLearning platforms including Skillsoft, which is one of the largest eLearning content providers globally.