You don’t know what you want, and you’re either stuck in a job you hate or still figuring out what you want to do with your life. You’ve been daydreaming about doing something crazy, but you feel paralyzed by indecision. You constantly compare yourself to your friends who are of your age. If your mind is occupied with similar thoughts then give yourself an opportunity to get inspired, receive thoughtful answers to your key questions from Leadership expert Anil Sachdev - founder & CEO of School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL). Key Questions Answered How do I know if I need higher education at this stage of my career? How can higher education help me in building a career of my choice? If higher education is the answer, then what kind of education? How to select a ‘good’ institution and how to define ‘good’? What’s the first step and how do I take it?

1. Present a webinar on
Higher Education: Answer to Quarter-
life crisis

2. A New Conversation about Self
Anil Sachdev

3. How do I know if I need higher
education at this stage of my career?

5. Connecting with
people, enabling people
Human Resources
Influencing others, enjoy
different ways of
communicating
Marketing
Organizing resources, getting
things done
Operations
Raising resources, dealing with
numbers
Finance
Risk taking, innovation and
passion
Entrepreneurship
Life and Career Goals
Reflect and find your words

6. • Caliper Profile (developed by a Princeton based organization)
is a psychometric tool used by over 28,000 companies
worldwide to identify the strengths of individual’s
• Creates a psychometric profile of individuals on 6 core
leadership competencies:
1. Leadership
2. Problem solving/decision making
3. Influencing
4. Interpersonal
5. Service/Consulting
6. Time management/Personal organization
Measure your Potential
-You may need a Tool

7. • It helps us to build strong VALUES and
CHARACTER
• It makes us develop not just IQ but also
EQ, Creativity and the Spiritual dimension
• It helps each student to know themselves
better and choose a life and career path that
leverages their strengths and develops their
capacity to live a purposeful life
Why holistic education is critical?

8. How can higher education help me
in building a career of my choice?

9. • Career determines the way we spend 60%
of our lives
• If the way we spend time at work nourishes
us, we return home happy and spread
positive energy in our families and
communities
• Life Planning is a prerequisite for career
planning
What is a career?
Reference: Adapted from a University resource from the Internet

10. • Know myself better
– My interest, my natural talent
– My learning agenda
• Develop global perspective on new careers
and opportunities
• Help me to form virtuous networks
• Mentoring & Coaching to make informed
choices
• Generate opportunities of a diverse kind
How will higher education help?

11. If higher education is the
answer, then what kind of
education?

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• Nurture Character:
Through the practice of our values through
rituals and symbols (like Morning Circle,
Himalayan Retreats, Appreciative Inquiry,
working on Social Innovation, Yoga,
Simulation through theatre)
• Build Competence
By focusing on whole systems thinking, a
fresh and future ready curriculum, teaching
methods and spaces that deploy multiple
intelligences and one to one mentoring by
seasoned leaders and live projects
• Generate Enthusiasm
By enabling people to define their purpose,
identify their gifts and learn to leverage their
strengths towards their calling
The Pillars of Inspired Leadership
Sustainability
Diversity
Compassion
Ethics
Mindful-
ness
Inspired Leadership

13. • Participant centric learning
through action learning projects
• Personalized learning through
an “Individual Learning Plan”
based on inputs from Caliper
Assessment, Development
Center and Mentorship program
• Student Assessment based on
pre-defined learning outcomes:
Role
Model, Accomplished, Competen
t, Beginner, Novice
• Working with an NGO as part of
the Social Innovation Program
An education which focuses on applied learning, personalized
learning, accelerated learning and shared learning
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ImplementationHolistic Learning

14. How to select a ‘good’ institution
and how to define ‘good’?

15. Seek answers to the following questions
Does the institution provide a curriculum which is designed to
quickly and thoroughly prepare you for a career in a global business
environment?
Does the institution provide distinguished faculty who have taught
and consulted across the world?
Do they have deep industry association, so that you get the best
industry exposure?
How do they focus on your individual learning needs? Do they give
personalized attention?
Is the institute capable of providing leadership training? How do
they coach you to become a leader & not just a manager?
Do they attract the right kind of talent so that you have an able
peer group to learn from?

16. What’s the first step and how do
I take it?

17. • Once you realize that you have a
“purpose/cause” that you deeply care
about, begin the journey of developing yourself
• What kind of learning strategy would enable my
development?
• Which are the sources of this learning?
• How can I get meaningful information to act on
the answers of these questions?
First Step

18. • What will matter after 10 years?
o Generating Ideas
o Influencing People
o Getting best out of the people
o Earning effective Return on Investment (ROI)
What actually matters?
• Irrespective of how you start, it’s about
o Enjoying & learning various aspects of business
o Making a difference to the organization, society and
nation

19. Thanks
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