Sonal comes with an academic background in Organisation Development and a rich 25 + years of diverse work experience that spans across industries & countries. What she sees as the common denominator, is the role people play in any successful enterprise and her belief in the endless potential of people which makes her passionate about Organisation Development. She is a visionary and has taken a lead to setup OD function in organizations. She is a Coach & has vast experience in Learning & Leadership development, Culture Transformations, Development centers, Competency Mapping, Career progression frameworks and Creating Disruption in Learning for Modern Day Learners, for building organizational agility.

In L&T Technology Service, Sonal’s role is to Lead leadership and people capability across levels to support organizational effectiveness and business rigor. Her key role is to build the talent capital in alignment with the organization’s strategic intent. She heads  two functions : Organisation Development which works along with the CEO & CXO’s to build a Leadership pipeline, Succession Planning and Culture and Organisation Effectiveness, which is  responsible for strategizing Learning & Development needs for the organization to ensure capability building & organisation Effectiveness.  She also heads  the Diversity & Inclusion Portfolio for the organisation .

Awards & Honours:

• Elevated L&T Technology Services Limited to #1 position amongst 71 winners at ATD BEST Award 2021 . ( erstwhile ASTD  American Society for Training & Development) by competing  against 3000 global organisations for driving business excellence through talent  development strategy by championing industry leading initiatives in leadership & organizational development.
• Essayed a success story by marking presence in India for Leadership Development Practices by being felicitated by Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee for driving Business Excellence through Talent Development at LTTS
• Winners of SHRM HR Excellence Award 2020 for Excellence in Developing Leaders of Tomorrow.
• Felicitated by GPTW award on “ Creating  Leadership factory”
• Top 6 organisations in “Global Leadership Award” by Dale Carnegie Book -honor issuer Dale Carnegie
• Top 100 Global Training & Development minds – ET Now
• Asia Pacific Award – Excellence in Learning & Development
• Golden Globe Tigers Awards – World HRD Congress – Best Coaching Intervention
• Women Leadership Award – Women Super Achiever

Professional Accreditations:

• Certified Culture Practioner (LSI,GSI & OCI)– Human Synergistics International-USA
• Certified OD Consultant – National Training Laboratories – USA
• Coaching – ICF Accredited
• Hogan Assessment certification
• Certified DISC Practitioner – Thomas International Ltd, UK
• Certified on HJA (Human Job Benchmarking) – Thomas International Ltd, UK
• Certified Assessment Center Analyst- CAMI– Middle Earth Consultants UK
• Certified Crucial conversations Facilitator – Vital Smarts – USA
• Certified Training Need Analysis- Langevin Learning Services, USA
• Certified Training Evaluation & ROI (5 Levels) – Langevin Learning Services, USA
• Certified Competency Mapping – Middle Earth Consultant
• Certified – Corporate Coach U – UK
• Change Management Certification – Who Moved My Cheese (Awareness + Skill + Tools) – Spencer & Johnson Partners USA
• ISABS – BLHP & ALHP program