After serving the corporate industry for 17 years in JCPenney, Amex, Infosys, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in various Strategic and transformative leadership roles in India and USA, Deepa Kannan founded DeeKay Excellence which
provides leadership excellence by coaching and training sessions to Individuals, Corporates and educational institutions using the overall corporate experience of 20+ years. Deepa Kannan is a Professional certified coach(PCC) from International Coach federation(ICF) and has various Corporate experience for about 22 years from technology delivery management to program management in various strategic role in US and India. Her leadership experience working with various vendors, leaders and clients from TCS, Accenture, Infosys, IBM, Ameriprise, Amex, JCPenney, Merrill Lynch and Bank of America helps to bring in the perspective of the challenges faced by Corporate leadership and to overcome the same through coaching process.
Suresh has clocked over 3000 hours of coaching, trained more than 70 coach trainees for coach certification and has done mentor coaching for many coach trainees. He is also certified in different Behaviour Analysis Tools like DISC, MBTI, PAPI, Chally and has the following certifications to his name:
• Credentialed coach from International Coach Federation (ICF-PCC)
• Applied Neuroscience in Coaching
• Social Cognitive Neuroscience Accredited Coach
• Neuroscience Certified Coach
• Master Certified Parent & Teacher Coach
• Certified mBIT Coach
• CPBA – Certified Professional Behaviour Analyst - DISC Accredited Professional
• Marshall Goldsmith Certified Facilitator and Coach
• Accredited MBTI coach
• Certified PAPI coach and facilitator
• Certified MRA (360 Deg) feedback coach and facilitator
• Certified Chally Coach
• Franklin Covey Certified facilitator
“Deepa's way of coaching is extraordinary. This session is helping me explore and analyse self and also her coaching shows us the ways to improve n emerge ourselves as leaders... .”
“DeeKay the one who creates leaders professionally and personally!.”
“Deepa is a passionate advocate of leadership coaching. Deepa's drive, energy and enthusiasm make his coaching imaginative, intuitive and easy to understand. Her obvious expertise is gained from her depth of knowledge in leadership coaching. Deepa's coaching course was the best I have ever attended. Her knowledge and industry experience allowed her to answer all questions posed by the delegates and she gave great advice and suggested approaches for many common project issues.”
“Deepa's patience in listening to challenges and then converting your challenges into questions and later into solutions/opportunities is amazing. Deepa goes out of the way to understand you and your coaching needs to provide you with most optimal and practical guidance. I would highly recommend her coaching services to all those who are seeking guidance in transforming and developing their Leadership skills.”
“This session had provided me with few valuable take aways and lot of motivation to follow them.”
“It is an excellant program to the mid/senior level executives to lead your teams/career in a thoughtful manner!”
“Plan to attend this session as it will help them to improve in their leadership skills.”
“Good, provides knowledge and skills and mitigate the leadership skill gap which exists”
Deepa is the Best trainer I ever encountered and encourage them to have a session. I have taken “Leadership transformation" course and Deepa is excellent coach and now I know whom to connect with when I have a question. Thank you Deepa!!!
I had the good fortune of attending Deepa's virtual sessions on 'Transition to Leadership roles' during the June of 2021. The program aligned well with my expected learning outcomes. It remains as one of the most well-structured, highly engaging, effectively communicated sessions with interactive moments touching on various subjects like - decision making, risk management, LISTENING(I particularly enjoyed this part!), influencing and negotiating. The quality of the content and the clarity with which everything was conveyed can only be described as top notch. I am grateful for Deepa's professionalism and willingness to coach me virtually despite a practical time-zone difference. I would highly recommend Deepa's mentorship/coaching for students, professionals and entrepreneurs alike for the definitive positive effect it brings about! Enlightening sessions conducted in an engaging and highly informative way. Would definitely mention the inspiring effect it had giving me. The commitment by Deepa despite time zone differences and her tendency to communicate with clarity deserves special praise!
“I did a coaching session with Deepa. She helped me very quickly zero on a key issue that I was having and helped me find answers. Very powerful session. It helped significantly.Having a coach / Mentor, a non-judgmental sounding board is of huge value in improving one's productivity. Deepa is a great coach to have in your corner.
“Life was a jumble of heightened emotions, uncertainty, lowered self-esteem and confidence, till I started to speak to her. Every session she made me delve and dig into the darkness in me and find my own light.She was my guide, just reminding me of all that was pouring out of me, and help me make sense out of it. Thank you, Deepa. I am so much more clear headed and focused thanks to you. More strength to the good work you do.---
“Great place for people who are looking for guidance to transition effortlessly into their second career. Thanks much Deepa for your time and effort spent in the many 1-1 discussions we had. It really helped me find my strength and discover my passion. I am happy I have landed up in the right place in the corporate world. Wishing you and your team all the very best to extend this service to all the future managers/leaders. Special appreciation for the recent webinars conducted on interesting topics. Looking forward for more of these”
“It's a very effective workshop for those aspiring to be leaders. During the 2 days’ workshop there was lot of group activities which made us to realize ourselves."
“This is excellent and thought-provoking session that every individual who wanted to be a leader must attend. Self-realization is the key and learning happen in both theory and activity since it's a workshop. Give it a go."
“Great dedication and commitment. Lot of new learning and leadership concepts. Enriching."
“Deepa Kannan is an icon for term “Dedication”. She always gives her 100% towards anything she believes in. Her keen interest to help people succeed is commendable. Overall, she is an amazing human with quite a lot of adoptive and people skills. With all these qualities, she is definitely a desirable coach. All the very best with your endeavors."
“I'm quite happy with the insights I got. Have already started work on it. I will fill in the feedback form and we can close this assignment. Thanks plenty for your help and god bless."
Deep is a coach adding true value to my career. She helped me greatly in making a leap in my career by asking the right questions and staying focused on the outcome while I was scattered all over the place. I found my lost hope in career with insightful sessions with her. I highly recommend her if you are looking to take your performance to the next level