Prof. Hardik Harshadkumar Shah

Biography

Dr. Hardik Shah is a passionate faculty, trainer and researcher having around 15 years of experience in HRM & OD domain. He successfully facilitated and steered number training/consulting assignments in the different organizations including Mahindra Comviva, NIAM, CEL, Apollo Tyres, Reckitt Benkiser (RB), EXL Service Inc.,IFB, NIIT, NHPC,ISP, GSRTC, NTPC, SAIL, UPCL, HPCL, GUVNL, EISS, Hindustan Zink, GETRI, Cadila Pharma, Eureka Forbes etc. As an experienced facilitator/trainer and delivered 300+ MDPs & trained over 8500 managers across levels. He has also authored three books and 30+ research papers. He is on the editorial board of 'AI Practitioner’, the only journal worldwide, dedicated to 'appreciative inquiry’. He is also reviewer for Journal of public administration and policy research (JPAPR), Journal of Management Development (JMD), European Journal of Training and Development (EJTD) and Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research (JPAPR). Few of his completed consulting/research work includes- Career Aspirations and Attributes of Indian Gen Y @ Workplace, a joint research by Academy of HRD, IKYA Human Capital Solutions Ltd. and MTHR Global Inc; Training Needs Identification and Analysis for Bus Depot Managers for GSRTC; Team Member for the developing SAFI (Self-Assessment through Feedback on Instruments); Exit Interviews (western region) and Employee Satisfaction survey for Eureka Forbes Ltd.; Designing Performance Tests to measure Competencies of Jr.Engineers for an oil PSU; Contribute towards the pilot testing of the psychometric test/s & AC tools; Competency Mapping for various roles for large power sector organization; HR audit for the Banking Sector; and Job satisfaction and fatigue study among Health Care Professionals for a super speciality hospital. Professional Credentials- MBTI© Step –I & II, Hogan Assessment© and Thomas© PPA & TEIQue; Associate Certified Coach© (ACC); Certificate in Multivariate Analysis; Certified Assessor (Assessment and Development Centre); Psychometric Testing Professional and Human Process Labs—Basic & Advance, ISABS.

Research Interest

Appreciative Inquiry, Team based working, Project teams, Empowerment, Employee Engagement, Performance Management