Today we’re in Melbourne, Australia and chatting with our guest Mr. Utkarsh Naran, the Founder and CEO of IgnitedNeurons.

Utkarsh is on a mission to help managers become future leaders for the world.

He is a learning consultant and an accomplished coach on the path to achieving ICF-PCC accreditation, having over 1,000 hours of coaching experience.

With a career spanning 17 years across healthcare, leadership, and e-learning, Utkarsh has led numerous cross-domain teams in both tech startups and large-scale client projects for Fortune 500 companies. 

His career started as a 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 in 2007 before moving to 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 in 2013, to 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 and leading sales in 2017 and now since 2020 with his company helping individuals and teams 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.

Utkarsh holds certifications as a Happiness Coach from the Berkeley Institute of Well-Being and as a NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) Coach. 

He serves as an Executive Coach at BetterUp, Torch.io, and other Silicon Valley startups, catering to executives globally. Notable clients of his coaching include LinkedIn, Infosys, MakeMyTrip, Zynga Games, Salesforce, and The Lego Group. 

TEAM ET you will hear during our conversation that we go into Utkarsh’s TEDTalk and a word that was foreign to me until this discussion – a “Funambulist.” Listen in to learn more about what that means.

We also speak about Change, Growth mindsets, Values, Curiosity, Fear and Courage.

This is a wide ranging discussion that you are sure to take a lot from. 

So please join Utkarsh and I as we tackle the topic of “How we can all become better Managers or Leaders one step at a time.”

Utkarsh’s message: 

“A spark is a little thing, yet it may kindle the world. Let's work together and ignite that spark within.”

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