Author Srikumar Rao

Professor Srikumars Rao conceived the pioneering course Creativity and Personal Mastery that was among the most popular and highest rated courses at many of the world’s top business schools. It remains the only business school course to have its own alumni association. Dr. Rao’s work has been extensively covered in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Times, Time, the Financial Times, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week and dozens of other publications. CBS, PBS, CNN, Voice of America and many radio and TV stations have interviewed him. He is a powerful speaker and his talks are hosted on many sites including TED.com   He is the author of "Are You Ready to Succeed? Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life" Hyperion, 2006 and "Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated and Successful - No Matter What" McGraw-Hill, 2010. He is also the author and narrator of "The Personal Mastery Program" Sounds True, 2008.   Dr. Rao has done pioneering work in motivation and helps senior executives become more engaged in work and discover deep meaning in it. He also works with teams and groups and has been extraordinarily successful in using group dynamics to foster lasting personal change. Many who have been through his program experience quantum leaps in professional and personal effectiveness.   Dr. Rao has a Ph.D. in marketing from Columbia Business School, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.S. in physics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.