In our latest interview this week, we invited P. Nivedita to know more about her initiatives and her various ventures. She is helping a lot of organisations by leveraging her expertise in POSH. She is also the founder of training and networking platform – ‘Training And Learning People’ which has also helped reshape the lives of many people within a short span of time. Let’s read more about her journey so far!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Nivedita:-
Tell us a little bit about yourself
I was born and brought up in Delhi. I had been a lawyer for more than 18 years, but my passion to train and teach people brought me to the domain of Training. For the last four years, I am into training domain. I am a person who believes that your “Network is your Net worth”,
We host many networking events under my Training Platform – Training and Learning People. Law being my DNA, POSH is one of my expertise and I now conduct a lot of POSH sessions in various organisations. I also conduct POSH TTT and am also an External Member in companies to investigate sexual harassment cases.
Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job?
My strength includes the flexibility to deal with people, to figure out flexible solutions to the toughest problems. I always think to create value for all and not just for myself. Weakness is that, sometimes, I tolerate people for long. Although I am straight forward sometimes I delay it. The other reason for choosing to become an entrepreneur is that I am my own manager, manager of myself, my work, my time, my professional life and my personal life. It is highly satisfying being in control of your life.
What gets you out of bed in the morning i.e. what’s your source of motivation?
I am always fond of figuring out something niche or new, which may create a proposition for me and the public at large. I usually keep this mode on all the times and it serves the source of my motivation all the time. By GOD’s grace, have been able to do that as well, where either I have created it or worked on something related to it.
Also, I am currently in the process of developing something niche on lines. But I never forget to thank God every morning, first thing in the morning, I pray and thank God for this new day. I am a 5 AM person, I plan my whole day in the morning itself. My challenges are my motivation.
Why should people choose your services?
See, people should always choose the product or service which tends to create value for them and talk sense. Also, All are our services are focused around it. If there is anything where we cannot serve the expectations or cannot create value, we are open to say no directly to the people. Also, I believe all your services & the way you provide it, should involve some sort of innovation. You can sense the flavour of same in our services. This is something which creates us as a differentiator. As a Trainer and running a Training Platform, we constantly believe in adding value in others lives, we always evaluate our self how we have helped someone in terms of knowledge and experience. We keep improving to improve others lives through training.
What challenges/obstacles did you face in your journey so far?
Every business has risks. Our risks are associated with a right skillset that we look for expansion in future. We already have a core niche team but I see from future expansion perspective, we would need innovative minds, with the flexible thought process. You need to be very very clear in what you are doing today and what you would be doing in future, clarity clears every obstacle. The journey so far had been interesting and challenging as well.
Tell our audience more about your failures? How should one bounce back?
Yes, I have faced failure as well as rejection but it should not affect you for too long, you need to be strong enough to get up again, I always say, run, fail, fall, get up the run again, run faster than your failures. Success is yours.
What comes first for you – money or emotions?
I am an emotional person business needs to have emotions. But clients need quality deliverables. One must be concerned about client satisfaction, targets and roadmap you have planned for and how you are going to achieve it etc. Money is obviously the priority but I believe if your value creation process is right for others, the money will automatically come as an outcome of it.
How do you handle the pressure and manage stress?
There will always be pressures and stress in life, you can not say one I will be free from stress, if one challenge is over , another one will be there , this is how life goes, need not deter from your goal in situations of stress, you need to think deep, work on it , but yes it is you only who can deal with it , no one else.
What advice would you give to someone starting out, particularly women?
Keep your focus intact, must know what you want to do and achieve, always think where do you want to stand 10 years ahead. Planning is the most important aspect of a business. Always keep an alternate plan ready if one plan fails. Follow the never give up rule in life, and yes most important focus on revenue from day one.
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