Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar, PCC
Executive Coach, Facilitator and Consultant
Vinay helps senior leaders take their effectiveness to the next level. As a former business leader, Vinay’s unique combination of deep business acumen, senior leadership experience and focus on leadership development creates a strong foundation for clients who value his ability to understand their business context and challenges.
- Phone : (703) 665-0940
- Email : [email protected]
Education
Vinay has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He’s multilingual (English, Hindi and Urdu), and grew up in a multicultural family.
His coaching certifications include:
Experience
Prior to transitioning into leadership development in 2008, Vinay co-led a family business where he grew revenue 28-fold, doubled the rate of profitability, and dramatically increased client and staff loyalty and retention. He also worked in the Fortune 50 and public sectors, and has coached executives from Amazon, Boeing, Medtronic, Booz Allen Hamilton, GAF, REI Systems, the Federal Reserve System, Farragut Corporation, Valley Health, Mercy Hospital, the U.S. Secret Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.
Vinay is the co-author (with Chalmers Brothers) of Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence: How Extraordinary Leaders Build Relationships, Shape Culture and Drive Breakthrough Results, and the author of Customers, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: 57 Ways to Love Your Customers.
Vinay serves as an adjunct faculty member in George Washington University’s leadership coaching program, and faculty at Full-Circle Group, training coaches in the use of Leadership Circle’s suite of tools. He’s also an executive coach for American University’s Key Executive Leadership Program, and he’s a frequent CEO forums speaker through his association with Vistage.
Expertise
Having worked with over 1,000 leaders through executive coaching or group learning programs in the U.S. and overseas, Vinay focuses on helping leaders and potential leaders improve self-awareness and self-management; strengthen self-confidence, courage, collaboration and communication; and assess and increase their individual and collective leadership effectiveness. His clients often come from technical backgrounds such as engineering, IT, software development, medicine, law enforcement and finance.
Vinay’s coaching style is compassionate, direct and results-oriented, while also creating and holding space for self-reflection. He’s adept at leveraging his extensive business experience to understand the challenges executive clients face in today’s business environment. Foundationally, Vinay helps leaders assess where they are, where they need to be and how to get there to deliver qualitative and quantitative results. After working with clients to identify gaps in their practice, Vinay helps them pinpoint development priorities and acts as a thinking partner in gaining insight and expanding their skills so they can face the ever-changing business environment with confidence and courage.
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