February 2016 Woman At Work Digital

SIMPLY SUCCESSFUL
tremble and shake, which in turn
caused the pole to shake. We affect
our surroundings in a much bigger
way than we can imagine.”
With fifteen years of
experience in coaching and
facilitating, it has been an
extensive journey for Malti. A
personal mentor, a dynamic
leader, a patient listener and a
focused guide, Malti feels
coaching is an incredible
experience. It is an empowering
feeling to be so trusted. “As a
coach I have no answers. I just
have some questions to support
them in getting to their truths and
help them understand themselves
and their roadblocks better,”
explains Malti. Describing the role
and professional life of a coach,
she says one needs to be prepared
to attract a lot of steel wool when
you pursue your goal. Like steel
wool makes your pots and pans
shine again, these are the people
who will come into your life and
challenge you to polish you.
Sharing one such experience, Malti
says candidly, “I had this
experience with the HR head of a
company I was doing workshops
and coaching for I felt like a kid
being smacked on her wrist for not
doing her homework and being
sent back to the drawing board.
But that was exactly what I
needed. Don’t let them get to you,
on the contrary, be grateful.
Constructive criticism is useful, it
helps to polish up your own act in
order to improve and achieve
more.”
As a personal coach and
facilitator having control over your
own emotions and keeping
yourself inspired and motivated
may not be an easy task. But daily
mediation and tapping into the
universal consciousness is the key
to keep your individuality and
objectivity intact.Malti, a devout
yoga and Transcendental
Meditation practitioner says,
“Spirituality and discipline help
me to become a better observer of
my thoughts, reactions and beliefs.
I feel I am able to see myself and
choose empowering responses
rather than react impulsively to
stimuli.” She is also deeply
inspired by authors and books like
Mike Dooley’s Infinite
Possibilities, Viktor Frankl’s
Man’s Search for Meaning, Echart
Tolle’s Power of Now and the
words of Abraham and Esther
Hicks.
Some people write books to
chronicle their lives and
achievements, while some others
write as a reference material for
their work. But Malti became an
author to leave a legacy of joy
when she is gone. And what better
than books to outlive her message
of compassion and joy in the
minds of the readers. She is an
acclaimed author of many books -
Thankfulness, Appreciation
Gratitude, Don't Think of a Blue
Ball and The Mind Spa – Ignite
Your Inner Life Coach.
Having lived in many countries
like Australia, Spain, Indonesia,
India and Singapore, Malti has
seen a multi cultural spectrum of
clients and organizations as a
coach. While coaching and
mentoring had become a part of
leadership curriculum across many
countries, it has picked pace in
India in the recent past. She
observes that there is a clear need
for well tailored coaching and
facilitating programs in India Inc
but people are often looking for
cheap and quick fixes. “The real
stuff takes years of commitment
and humility to learn and to
become good. It also requires
extensive training. Trying
to find shorthand to leadership gets
the soul out of coaching,” she rues.
At the same time she is excited and
hopeful with the changing mindset
of millennial India. She sees a
commitment towards transformational
leadership and executive mentoring
in India and this could be a good
breakthrough, Malti foresees.
Celebrating her achievements
and professional accomplishments
with Malti is her author-daughter,
Drishti. A strong supporter of
working flexibly, from home or
from anywhere that helps your
creative juices flow, Maltiis a firm
believer that to get the desired
output out of work, one needs to
enjoy it. A strong champion of
equality, Malti advocates a
growing family system that would
benefit men and especially women
in their professional pursuits.
Growing families would benefit
from having parents who can be
around more. Men as well as
women would evolve quicker if
they weren’t boxed in and could
both take on active roles equally in
bringing up kids. She outlines her
views on flexibility and efficiency
as, “remaining firm to your values
but flexible in how you embody
them and how you get there.”
Just like a manuscript changes
multiple times by the time it
goes to final print, Malti believes
she outgrows herself with every
experience and evolves to better
insights. Looking forward to
the journey ahead, she plans to
facilitate smaller retreats for
entrepreneurs and young
Presidents. She wants to design
programs and retreats where,“a
default setting of joy will create
organizations and communities
which smile more than they frown
and express gratitude more than
they complain.” A perennial
optimist at work!
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