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Anish Hole

A talent-transformation leader for more than 25 years, helping organisations build the capabilities they need for today and tomorrow — and helping entrepreneurs choose, launch and grow businesses that last.

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Anish Hole
Since 2005Director, Seven/Eighths
6 industriesRetail · Mfg · IT · Insurance · Pharma · Construction
Hero HondaJCB IndiaTata TeleservicesFrito-LayLegrand IndiaEndurance TechnologiesGoodyear TyresCarraro IndiaOrchid PharmaNTPCArcelorMittalBhartiGECISDiamonds R UsHero HondaJCB IndiaTata TeleservicesFrito-LayLegrand IndiaEndurance TechnologiesGoodyear TyresCarraro IndiaOrchid PharmaNTPCArcelorMittalBhartiGECISDiamonds R Us
Case studies

Where strategy met the shop floor

Selected engagements with SMEs, family-managed businesses and large enterprises.

Facility Management · ₹56 Cr, 5,500 employees

Built an MIS for quick assessment and early action

Integrated billing, pay-sheet and expense systems across two levels of hierarchy.

By the 8th of every month the MD sees every vertical's performance against benchmark.
Poultry Retail Chain · 175 outlets, ₹25 Cr

A new method for enhancing revenue

Designed a Purchase → Revenue model for every purchase point, piloted in 5 outlets, rolled out in 3 months.

Sales up 35% with no drop in margin.
Potato Trading · ₹32 Cr, 5 states, VC-funded

Field-level productivity

Diagnosed 3 critical yield drivers and ran consultative workshops for farmer representatives.

Yield rose from 5.5 to 10.7 tons/acre in six months.
Facility Management · vision ₹200 Cr

Roadmap for an SME to chart focus areas

Top-team buy-in, vertical roadmaps, period targets and investment-gap analysis.

A performance-driven culture in a 20-year-old organisation.
School

Performance appraisal for the second tier

Targets for all, trained function heads, new appraisal and incentive system.

A culture that delights students and parents without compromising discipline.
National mobile operator

Customer-centric culture

Trained 200+ managers who in turn trained 3,000+ employees in new competencies.

CSAT up by 150 points.
Automobile OEM · 25+ plants

Skills for the new curve

Intervention for 1,200+ managers with intermittent assessment.

Customer ratings and perception of management substantially improved.
Largest insurance company

Deliver high performance

Built competencies and trained 300+ managers as internal trainers.

25,000+ employees impacted.
Career

The journey

2005 — PRESENT

Director, Seven/Eighths, Pune

People-capability interventions across industries: high-performance competencies for India's largest insurer, a "new culture" for an MNC auto manufacturer, training centres for new plants, HR systems for a 650-person export organisation, and business selection and planning for small and family businesses.

2003 — 2005

Senior Consultant, Vyaktitva, New Delhi

Organisational change for Legrand, GECIS, Hero Honda, Bharti, Frito-Lay, JCB, Endurance, NTPC, ArcelorMittal and Tata Teleservices. LEAN change management impacting 5,000+ people; mentoring for 400+ managers in a large PSU.

2000 — 2002

Consultant, Eternal Learning, Pune

250+ management development workshops for 5,000+ managers; campus-to-corporate induction for 2,000+ management trainees.

TODAY

Author & founder, Nirvighna Academy

Five books for new entrepreneurs, from choosing a business to raising capital.

Expertise

What Anish is called in for

First-time Managers' TrainingManagerial EffectivenessTrain the Trainer: Instructional DesignLeadership DevelopmentGoal Setting & Time ManagementKnowledge Transfer SkillsAttrition ManagementWorkmen TrainingMentoring & CoachingPresentation SkillsCulture ChangeBusiness Idea Selection & Business Planning
Education
  • MBA, Marketing — Pune University
  • MA, Political Science — Pune University
  • Bachelor of Communication & Journalism — Pune University
  • B.Sc., Geology — Pune University
Languages

English (fluent) · French (fluent) · Spanish (intermediate) · German (basics)

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