About Anand Chaturvedi
Anand Chaturvedi, founder of The People 1st, is a leading consultant in Sales Capability & Leadership Behavioral Development. With decades of experience, Anand has assisted organizations and professionals in India and around the globe to address their capability and performance challenges and unleash their potential to accomplish their goals in dynamic business environment. His expertise spans across different industries and reputed global organizations.
Anand Chaturvedi is a highly competent trainer, Facilitator, Business Coach, Mentor, and Guide who has earned the respect of the leadership teams of top organizations across the Indian Subcontinent and the world.
"Self-development is all about cleaning your own face not the mirror"
Experience in World Class Organizations
Anand Chaturvedi has hands-on sales and line management experience with Hindalco, Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd (Tata Sons), and Hewlett Packard.
He headed Training Function at Luxor Writing (Gillette JV), Kellogg India, Eveready Industries, Reliance Retail, MARS International (MWC) in the Indian subcontinent for over 20 years.
Anand has also made a mark in the RTM & GTM execution of various organizations by building sales team capabilities and performance for their higher achievements and setting them on the path of sustained organizational success. He has more than 20,000 hours of Sales Training and Leadership Facilitation experience under his belt.
Sales Training & Leadership Development Experiencece
Anand Chaturvedi leverages his unique blend of Line Sales, Sales Capability, and Leadership Development experience that spans over three decades across world-class organizations. He has facilitated Cross-Functional and Cultural Leadership Programs for the senior & middle management participants in organizations in the APAC Region, Middle East, and South Africa.
Anand has brought out innovative models for corporate career aspirants and assisted professionals to accelerate the transition in their career development. He has also facilitated and inspired professionals to develop their behaviors according to world-class models to accomplish individual and organizational goals.
Qualification, Certifications, & Accreditations
Anand Chaturvedi combines his academic study in Psychology with a keen interest in human behavior to drive Leadership Behavioral Development and Facilitation. His passion for People Development helped him discover his talent that got transformed into a professional Calling.
Anand is a certified practitioner of various global leadership models, including MBTI, FIRO-B, STONG Interest Inventory, Situational Leadership II, Hypnosis & IMPACT. He is also internally accredited in GROW Coaching, TRAIN Feedback, Gallup Engagement, High-Performance Collaboration, Developing People, etc
Addressing People & Organization’s Challenges
Through Anand Chaturvedi’s uncanny Sales Functional and Behavioral Capabilities, The People 1st is now helping professionals and leaders to overcome the challenges in today's transforming world & making them future-ready. Anand believes that the Discovery of Personalities, Building New Capabilities, Enhancing Commitment, and Taking Principled Decisions will help steer People & Organizations. Anand follows a People-Centric approach by working with individuals and teams to take them to next level in their development for maximizing current performance & to make them future-ready. He is also guiding startups to become transformative market leaders in their respective industries.
Organizations Worked With
What Corporate Professionals Say about Anand Chaturvedi
Anand and I have been a part of Building some fantastic Sales Teams together. His insights both on technical skills and behavioral science have helped unlock the true potential of every team member.
A Skillful and authentic orator , Anand connects with teams very quickly during his development & training programs.
Navneet Saluja
Managing Director, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. ISC
It was a great experience of closely working with Mr Anand Chaturvedi in many projects including launch of Functional Capability Framework , Sales Call Process , Merchandizing Workshop, Sales Graduate Trainee Program in India. His Professionalism & enthusiasm for Building Capability for the Associates & Organization inspired many people around him, including myself.
Anand is also certified facilitator of MARS Global Leadership Programs , including Essence of MARS , MARS Leadership Capabilities , Development@MARS, Leadership@MARS etc. and has contributed a lot on the Leadership Development of MARS Line Managers across many Asian Business Units in MARS
Phil Chen
Director People & Organization, MARS Wrigley Confectionery Ltd. China
Anand is passionate and committed professional who enjoys his work thoroughly . He was great support during our transformation journey at Wrigley where he partnered on areas of frontline training & development, driving the merchandizing standards & frontline execution. He partnered with Sales HR in designing & launching Sales Academy for our Sales Trainees & ASMs which was key initiative as part of our Talent Development. It was great pleasure to have him as part of the team. I wish him all the very Best as he embarks on new entrepreneurial journey and I am confident that he would be great partner to any organization .
Amar Jethithor
Chief Operating Officer, Food Services India Pvt. Ltd.
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I have had the pleasure of working with Anand from 2010-2012 at Wrigley MARS India . Anand Worked closely with the team as a business partner to implement WERA on low cost Mobile. Training more than 1800 associates in the deployment and this initiative won the Best Practice Award 2011 in APAC region.
Anand is authentic Leader and one who is passionate about making a difference in the areas of Competency , Commitment & Culture.
Christina Keilthy
Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Thinking Group, Singapore
I know Anand for almost 9 years & found him to be highly passionate , hard working & dedicated person. He has great command over his training Skills & uses his skills to get connected with audience very well.
I had the privilege of working with him in rolling out Sales Force Automation & a SMS platform for around 1200 Distributor Salesmen & 1700 Distributors for Wrigley India respectively & thanks to his knowledge and Skills. These two projects were highly recognized at regional & global levels in Wrigley.
Vivek Rathi
Director – Global Applications, Tata Consumer Products Ltd. India
Anand is Leadership Development Facilitator who has solid ground field Sales Expertise & broader experience in several roles in Sales & HR functions . He is practitioner of Good Line Management Programs & one of the Best Sales Training Person I know.
Somporn Tungwongprasert
MARS Pet Nutrition – Emerging Asia, Thailand
Anand is a Person of High integrity . He would put his Best foot forward with utmost sincerity to accomplish the task in hand. There is never a moment when Anand is seen wanting of enthusiasm and energy for completing the assignment on hand.
A Trust worthy professional . Wishing him the very Best.
Rajagopalan Purushothaman ( Puru)
Head- L&D Jio Mart Digital
Anand is a very Strong Communicator and a great Trainer . He is a man with tremendous passion and a strong motivation to excel. I wish him all the Best in his Life & Career .
Manoj Kumar
Co-Founder Val-More Action Advisory Gurgaon - India
Anand Chaturvedi is an extremely Committed and Focused Training Professional with a soud pedigree and brings with him a repository of knowledge and experience from his previous organizations like Gillette, Kellogg , Eveready , Nerolac etc. having closely worked with Anand in Reliance Retail Ltd, I can vouch for his sincerity and dedication to his chosen area of expertise. To me Anand stand for total involvement & commitment.
Sandeep Joshi
Vice President HR, JCB India
Anand is a Well grounded Sales & Training Professional. He is extremely industrious , willing to go to any length to make a positive contribution in the company . He travels extensively to spot the opportunities for enhancing People’s Capabilities and then comes up with solutions to address them.
He brings lot of passion to the training design & delivery . a great person to have on the team.
Anuraag Maini
VP & Head Human Resources , International Businesses Prudential Financial United States
Anand & I Worked on the HP World Retail Program at Hewlett Packard India , launched the HP World Stores with Powerful Merchandizing followed by Consumer Promotions . Anand Trained the Store Staff in Products , Processes Customer Service ; Organized & addressed Press Meet – He not only met the business numbers but professionally managed and kept the Channels Happy. Soft spoken and systematic , Anand achieved the Business goals through successful relationships.
Ashwini K Aggarwal
Director – Government Affairs, Applied Materials India
“Anand Chaturvedi is an international expert trainer who has the rare quality to be equally at ease with leadership or technical skills. Having worked with Anand on matters related to line management excellence within a very large MNC, I’ve come to appreciate Anand’s deep appetite for learning and sharing his knowledge with those who need it most, to create the greatest impact. In life, as on stage, Anand is a true gentleman who commands the room with the right balance of care and authority. Anand always manages to relate to his audience thanks to his great empathy. His body of knowledge is always kept to date and relevant to today’s changing expectations.”