On a mission to scale people managers to become effective leaders of tomorrow

Our Story

In 2018, I (Aishwarya Goel) was working at one of the fastest-growing digital payment startups in the country. I was responsible for initiating and leading an entirely new category while managing many stakeholders and team members. The problem was that I had no prior experience or training for leadership positions. Being a home-grown manager, I got promoted into a leadership position simply on the basis of my past individual performances & entrepreneurial stints. Nilesh, my cofounder & CTO being an engineer faced his own struggle around people management while building his first company.

These experiences, shared by my co-founder and me, gave us an important lesson. We understood that even though the modern corporate world demanded leadership at every level of an organization, there are hardly any structured approaches to bestowing the leadership skills and experience required. At the same time, organizations go through their own set of unprecedented challenges like hyper-competition, knowledge becoming a salable commodity, etc. And to thrive, they need to make innovation the core of whatever work they do.

It is with this context in mind that p*eakperformer* was formed to not only serve the leadership development needs at the top of the pyramid but to groom leaders at all levels who can thrive in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world.

Why do we exist?

Continuous Learning is already ripe for disruption and we are making it contextual, interactive, and scalable via:

1. Accessible to all: As we are moving towards servant leadership from positional leadership, cross-functional teams are becoming a norm. Even Individual contributors, first-time managers are assumed to take leadership responsibilities without any formal training process. Our platform democratizes it across levels, from ICs to CEO-level.
2. New age frameworks & tools: Enterprises still follow traditional competencies that are built for existing leaders to progress in their careers. Employees often start in entry-level roles that require the ability to be inclusive, influence, collaborate, innovate, and inspire. We are building disruptive frameworks with our team of coaches & mentors from fast-growing global companies for the emerging leaders of tomorrow.
3. Context over Content: While most leadership development training programs emphasize content, it’s really context that matters most from the people with similar life experiences. We have productized our programs in a way that allows the coaches/mentors to offer the customized modules that matter most to the organization & learner, instead of bombarding them with everything that looks like leadership.

Impact: 95% learner engagement, with strong buy-in & enrollment from executives & CEOs to the program. Focussed on helping them grow in their personal lives tied to tangible & intangible business outcomes. 4.8 session rating and 60% upgrade of learners at the enterprise level.

How does it work?

Our platform consists of remote 1:1 sessions targeted exclusively towards dynamic enterprises. Some of Peakperformer USPs include:

● Smart coach-learner pairing

● 24*7 live chat with coaches