About this ebook
It focusses on the best possible usage of the English language at the workplace. English has tremendous importance in all aspects of business, information technology, law, general management and in day-to-day life. If you are dealing with the world, English is possibly your passport to success.
The book contains time-tested, practical exercises conducted at Persona Skill Development Institute, the author’s very own institute ( www.PersonaAcademy.in ) which will help many executives, managers, finance professionals, engineers and I.T. professionals to change their destiny.
About the author
Dinesh Bandiwadekar has studied and worked in India, the Middle East and in the U.S.A. His 30 years of work experience, mainly in business development, has taken him to over 25 countries. He started Persona Skill Development Institute in Thane, a suburb of Mumbai after working 30 years in many corporates, handling various functions in business development, marketing & sales. After personally training over 550 executives and managers (many from multinational companies and from the I.T. industry), he decided to document his practical exercises & training techniques in this book, which are also based on his work experience.
A VJTI Engineer- and an IIFT MBA, he worked for 10 years in senior management positions at RAK Ceramics PJSC in the U.A.E. He also worked in India at V.P. level positions in Pidilite Industries Ltd; the TPF Group of Europe, and a few other MNCs, after starting his career as an Engineer Trainee in Tata Electric Companies. He is now a consultant to several engineering companies and also manages Persona Skill Development Institute full time.
He has also participated in the Engineering Leadership Program of the Rice Centre for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) of Rice University in Houston, TX, USA and holds certificates in Personal Leadership Development Planning & Leading High Performing Teams, Relationship Management, and Self Awareness and the Effective Leader.
He also holds a certificate in Positive Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), a certificate in Psychology at Work from the University of Western Australia at Perth and a certificate in Personality Types at Work from the University of Florida. He is also certified in English for Career Development from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
He has written for over 20 international magazines and has contributed to the American Marketing Association’s journal—The Marketing Educator. He also worked as a Consulting Editor of the Arab Construction World magazine published from Lebanon from 2001-2003.
The book carries a foreword from Atul Bhobe, a renowned Structural Engineer and member of the Executive Committee of the TPF Group of Europe, which is a Euro 240 million engineering consultancy operating in 50 countries.