About Anil Bhatnagar

Anil Bhatnagar, a 1979 graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, is a newspaper columnist (The Times of India and The Sunday Standard), an award-winning author of five books and a sought-after leadership guru, corporate trainer and a keynote speaker for LAMIs (Large Audience Motivational Interventions) to over 125 leading private, multinational and public-sector companies in India, the Middle East and the US.   Apart from this, he has appeared on the national television as an expert on behavioural issues and is a visiting faculty at several management institutes in India.  

His words and techniques have the power of the dynamite. The way, the wisdom, passion and clarity of his words explode your self-imposed limitations one after the other to set free the giant within you, need only be seen to be believed. It is almost impossible to continue living your life the same way after attending any one of his sincere, pragmatic, mesmerizing and power-packed workshops of his. With a participants’ feedback rating of 9.4 on a ten-point scale averaged over a career spanning over a period of 17 years (between 2001 and 2018), his workshops almost always receive standing ovations from the audience. His ratings continue to consistently remain between 9 and 10 irrespective of the size and hierarchical and cultural background of the audience.

The USP of his workshops is that they speak to our whole being: they stir the soul, motivate the heart, fulfil the intellect and give the hands the purpose they were always longing for—all in one go.  A master storyteller, his participants can relate to and identify themselves in the lively and crisp anecdotes and stories he often uses to illustrate the learning points. Above all, the participants see in him the change that he is seeking for the world.

He has been featured

  • As the Trainer of the Month (March 2017) by SAA, a Washington DC based training company. https://t.co/sNMXi9zXA5 
  • (Along with his lead articles) twice on the covers of Personal Excellence—a magazine brought out by the Covey Leadership Centre in US (Executive Excellence Publications). The magazine features articles of the stature of Jack Welch, Al Gore, Stephen Covey and Mark Victor Hansen. He has also written for Executive Excellence (now Leadership Excellence).
  • As one among the 19 gurus picked up from all over the world by Brenda Barnaby, the British author of 'Beyond the Secret' whose work she has quoted in and based her book on.
  • Among world's best speakers interviewed at the America's Live Big Media Worldwide Tele summit on Awaken to Your Greatest Life hosted by Lance Hood. (Listen to the interview below)
  • “Tim Janakos Interviews Anil Bhatnagar in “The Great Masters Series”.

 

Apart from this, he has received testimonials for his books from international authorities on the subject, such as Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dianna Booher, Dr.​William Cottringer, Tom Gegax (ex-CEO of Tires Plus, USA), Ira Chaleff (Chairman, Board of Congressional Management Foundation, Washington, D.C.) Dr. Kobus Neethling and many more.

He worked for over two decades in Steel Authority of India Limited at its Rourkela Steel Plant and subsequently at its corporate office in Delhi before founding Thrive!


WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT HIS WORKSHOPS

  • "Prominent personalities like Deepak Chopra, Anil Bhatnagar, Professor S.K.Chakravarty, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, Ravishankarji Maharaj, Suresh Pandit, and Swami Someswarananda etc. are on their toes to spread the wisdom of Indian ethos to the Indian community for the development of Spiritual Business world".

    -Dr. Ajayraj Vyas Assistant Professor, SEMCOM College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
  • “Anil is one of the best corporate trainers in the country today. His style is simple, lucid yet very effective. He has conducted workshops for both my organizations - World Phone and Life Positive. What impressed me most is his immense versatility to engage different sets of audience at their level and his all-inclusive holistic approach. I highly recommend him”.

    – Aditya Ahluwalia, Chairman at World Phone Internet Services, New Jersey, USA
  • “A powerful speaker and great story-teller, his counterintuitive and out-of-the-box strategies are helping build holographic teams-- wherein each team member works with the concerns and responsibility of their leader”.

    –Tom Gegax, Chairman, The Gramercy Fund, Minnesota, USA
  • “Mr Anil Bhatnagar is one of the best corporate trainers we have come across… his trainings have been rated best by our senior management teams”.

    –Arun Kumar, President and HR Head, Hindalco Industries Ltd.
  • “If you are looking for a motivational speaker to keep an audience engaged, focused through all day long and, on top of that, to receive invaluable and inspiring messages then Mr. Anil Bhatnagar is your perfect match!
    I don’t think we could have found a better speaker for our workshop!”

    –Luiz Camarini, Head Product Hub Proposals, Andritz
  • “I honestly feel that Anil and his work deserve to be taken to every nook and corner of the world. A master story teller, Anil transforms you with his empathetic observations about human behaviour that are often sprinkled with latest scientific research and real-life examples that you can readily relate to. His counter-intuitive suggestions on how to bring about the desired change individually and collectively as teams often reveal his own first-hand experience of transforming himself. While offering a refreshingly new window to look at the world, the life, the human behavior and the habits to raise your awareness levels, he makes ‘becoming your best’ look so well within your reach. Indeed, he takes your trust in the value of training to new heights. Trainer on so many subjects to so many organizations, he is an institution in himself.”

    –Danielle Tasso, Life Coach, Greater New York, USA
  • “Mr Bhatnagar is a HR professional who can keep a large group of people glued to his inspirational talk for hours. He touches the heart and is transformational. We had a session with him in Durgapur Steel Plant and it was quite successful”.

    –Arun Kumar Rath, CEO, Durgapur Steel Plant
  • “I am grateful that you introduced us to so many useful concepts, especially the five “animal natures” within us as well as “breaking the egg from within” …I am carrying those ideas with me these days…they are in the forefront of my mind. Also, the encouragement of practice of daily reflection with the envisioning a new response and playing it in the mind three times…wow, that will take my personal reflection to the next level! And also, brainwriting (vs brainstorming) …another way of activating the wonderful minds around me! Many thanks!

    --Allen Gavilan, Vice President (Innovation), Farragut Systems, North Carolina, USA
  • “Your style of teaching is itself an innovation. Time stood still and you ushered us into a world we never wanted to get out of “, shared during his one-on-one session with me”.

    –Jiwanmoy Roy, GM (Oprn-SLCC), SAIL
  • “Anil Bhatnagar...this name got imprinted on my soul and mind once I met him. I attended his workshop on Decision Making & Problem Solving while I was at Daiichi Sankyo. He is a trainer who can convey what he has to, with deep clarity and conviction. You won't even know when he makes an impact on you very subtly with his humour, or at other times when he touches you with his concerns about serious real-life issues. I think he is the only trainer out of many that I have come across who, I found, can change the way you think about Life and who can transform you with his simple thoughts”.

    – Sameer Sharma, Director-Drug Discovery Research Pharma & Healthcare Consultant| SME
  • “Anil Bhatnagar is the ultimate Trainer of Trainers! In World Bank Procurement Team in India, we have availed his services for two instances and the learning we had was invaluable. Using experiential learning techniques through situations and simulations, Anil ji demonstrated how to mix the theory and practice in the right blend!”

    – AK Kalesh Kumar, Capacity Building Coordinator, Solutions and Innovations in Procurement, Governance Global Practice at The World Bank
  • “As he speaks and interacts with the participants, the life-transforming impact of his counterintuitive wisdom and humor is palpable—the seeds of transformation begin to take root within the participants at deep subliminal levels. His workshops are unlike any others you may have attended”.

    –Diane Kubal, Management Consulting and HR Talent Broker, Fulcrum Network, Chicago, USA
  • “Mr Anil Bhatnagar is one of the best Corporate Trainers we have come across. His trainings have been rated best by our senior management teams and are considered most effective. Besides his excellent communication skills, he has un unmatched presentation style”.

    Dr. Ranjana Mittal, Additional General Manager & Sr. Corporate Trainer at NTPC
  • “I am a processing person and I was quiet in the workshop because I was processing whatever you were teaching—and it was so new, so profound and so useful that speaking would have interfered with that inner processing”.

    – Jeff McDonald (VP), Farragut Systems, North Carolina, USA
  • “We have been doing frequent trainings with Mr Anil Bhatnagar now for more than a year. All along we have found Anil to be a prolific trainer whose special delivery skill make any content so simple and relevant that it leaves a life-long mark on the audience. The high energy levels and practical – real life examples keep the trainees thoroughly engaged during the entire duration. The efficacy of the training conducted by him is well evident from the fact that I see my team using quite a few practices /tools that they learnt during the training, in their daily work place as well in their personal life. This has really helped them a lot in improving their overall deliveries.
    Anil exuberates tremendous art of relating with the audience – irrespective of levels (from a Territory Manager to General Manager), understanding their gaps and building up the program to address those needs. The impetus of his trainings has been to build lasting changes in behaviour and habits of the trainees that they would like to practice beyond their work life”.

    –Dinesh Gulati, Circle Head – Mumbai, Reliance Communications Limited
  • “I have sat through his training sessions enraptured! The style and the manner of training on the most complex fundamentals is simplistic and engaging”.

    – Ira Utkarsh, Head Human Resource, Head, Human Resources, Forest Essentials
  • “Anil Bhatnagar is a great thinker and a master trainer. He did a workshop for us in Paul Wurth India office in New Delhi which was also attended by our expat colleagues. The workshop was a unique experience not only for expats also for us Indians. He is blessed with great wisdom, deep spiritualism which he combines with practicality of modern management”.

    – Vinay Sethi, Director, INTECO Special Melting Technologies (India) Pvt. Limited
  • “I have attended two one-day workshops conducted by Anil in the past 3-4 years. And since then the first recall I have for a coaching assignment in any gathering or networking environment is Mr Anil Bhatnagar. He has a tremendous charisma to keep his audience totally involved. He has deep insight to the subjects he touches upon”.

    – Vineet Chaudhri, CMD, TTGA Pvt. Ltd.| Tyre Doctor
  • “I attended a workshop that Mr. Anil Bhatnagar taught at Farragut Systems in North Carolina USA. Anil is a very energetic and animated presenter. This kept the team engaged through a very intense day of learning. His understanding of Human Behavior and depth of research he shared with us is impressive. He makes complex concepts fun using humorous stories. It was a very impactful experience for us”.

    –Sucheta Jain, COO, Farragut Systems, North Carolina, USA
  • “Your workshop on ‘Attitude for Excellence’ that you have been conducting for employees of our corporate office and Steel Plants created a tremendous impact on the participants.
    Many of the participants came personally to thank me for sponsoring them for these workshops. many who missed, specially made a request to include their names in the future workshops. Steel Plants also specially convey their appreciation and praise for you”.

    –Ram Mohan, GM (Personnel), SAIL Corporate Office
  • “I have seen Mr Anil Bhatnagar doing wonders in umpteen workshops for us at NTPC Ltd for last 14 years with us. He displays perfect sense of language, tonality, throw of voice and mono acting to depict different attitudes, moods and situation. These create a mesmerizing impact even in the so-called post lunch sessions, which is not possible for a trainer unless there is a deep conviction and values embedded within himself”.

    – Dr. Alokesh Banerjee, Addnl General Manager at NTPC's Learning & Development Centre
  • “Mr. Bhatnagar is passionate about his work. I got a chance to attend one of his sessions during my initial association with World Bank. That one session has left a lasting impression. I could clearly see that Mr. Bhatnagar does what he loves to do and he is perfect in that with a refreshing and effective style”.

    –Devender Madan, Director at Burning Brain Management Systems Pvt. Ltd.
  • “I had the good opportunity to attend Anil’s workshops at Muscat on two different occasions. One of the many things that makes him so special as a trainer is that he really succeeds in urging you to change positively and move forward. I have rarely felt so inspired, enthusiastic and determined to bring about an inner transformation through a change in my habits, as I have after attending Anil’s workshops.
    He really knows how to touch and reach the depths of participants’ hearts and inspire them from there—sometimes without their consciously knowing it. He keeps you engrossed--you never want his workshop to come to an end. On top of it, his expertise on how to help the participants convert the learning points gradually into deep rooted habits, really makes him stand out from the rest of the trainers. I highly recommend him for any organisation that really wants to step up its return on investments on training programs and wants to see a visible and remarkable positive change in its people”.

    Ayoub Chebli, Sr. Utility Consultant-BEng, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
  • “Anil Bhatnagar is a trainer par-excellence. I have done two of his fun-filled workshops on relationship management, and emotional intelligence. From what I have observed, his trainings not just motivate you, but also gives you solutions to make lasting changes in your life. His in-depth subject knowledge, deep concern for human development, and fun way of explaining tricky concepts make his trainings indispensable for any organization looking to sky-rocket its productivity”.

    –Manish Bansal, Chief Operating Officer at iDreamCareer.com
  • “Anil is… brilliant, insightful, entertaining, accepting and humble”.

    –Dr. William Cottringer, President, Puget Sound Security, Seattle, USA
  • “I had the luck and fortune to attend two of his workshops. His management training workshops are not only motivating and inspiring but rationally applicable in most situations of life (both personally and officially). His humble, enthusiastic & unique style of delivering ideas comes from his vast personal experience that is so catchy”.

    --Savijesh Pozath, Electrical and automation control engineer, Sultanate of Oman
  • “Mr. Anil Bhatnagar has been associated with our company for past so many years as a soft skills trainer. He is a charismatic trainer who transforms people through his knowledge and experience sharing. He has absolute clarity about his subject and through his expertise in story telling he transfers his knowledge to the participants. We are privileged to have him as a trainer in our organization."

    --Colonel SC Upreti, VP-HR, Sheela Foam Pvt. Ltd.
  • “Well, it was no less than a once-in-a-life-time-opportunity to have attended the 'Conflict Resolution' workshop facilitated by sir, the value gained is an intangible asset for life. I have proven examples in my personal/professional life where the skills he imparted helped me sail through smoothly. And I must say he has set the bar too high for all other trainers to impress us so profoundly”.

    – Sakshi Jain, Assistant Manager - Digital Content Management, Portal Development & Internal Communication, Ericsson
  • “It was my privilege to have you with us for the international conference on “Work Life Balance” at Power Management Institute (NTPC), Noida. I convey my sincere thanks for your excellent presentation and immense contribution to the conference”.

    –Dr Suneeta Singh, GM, PMI (NTPC)
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