We invited Monica Swamy, for an interview with Most Popular Stories.
Let’s get to know about her Career Coach and Behavioral Trainer and her beautiful journey as Women Career Coach.
- Tell us a little bit about yourself and your journey as an entrepreneur:
I started my career in Accenture as a Software Engineer in SAP. After working for few years in various technical roles in various organizations, I was aspired for working closely with human resources and hence I was directed to complete my MBA degree in HR, Certification in Global Career Counselling, and Coaching certification in Life & Career Transition.
2. Why did you choose entrepreneurship over a job?
After 12 years of my corporate stint, I decided to leave my corporate journey and started my solopreneurship life. The major reason which ignited within was to “DO MORE” indeed “EXPAND MY WINGS MORE”. I always desired to give more quality time and moments to my personal life and do a lot more work in the social skill enhancement space.
3. What was the vision behind it?
With automation and digitalization almost super powering in every industry in Industrial revolution 4.0 it becomes an alarming need for a human to upgrade their skills and get better visibility in areas humans are still most in demand. With this thought, I had a vision of empowering humans with their Power skills aka. Life skills in the AI era.
4. Describe the services that you offer to your customers and in what way they are unique?
Skill Enhancement Programs: I work with various institutes & Corporates to enhance the required soft skills as per the need of the era.
- Universities & Schools: A lot of individuals in their early career are unanchored and without any goal. For a lot of them, the selection of their career is not out of choice rather lack of knowledge of choices available. I help students to identify their true potential towards forming a successful career.
- Corporates: We all know that employees are hired for their Hard skills but generally fired for soft skills. Hence this domain of service focuses on understanding the needs of businesses and organizations and develop their employees. I have trained thousands of professionals on key skills like
- Leadership
- Effective Communication
- Customer Management
- Decision Making
- Creativity
- Priority Management etc.
Women Career Coach: Lots of women, spend a lot of time and focus on balancing personal and professional, and that’s where they get lost in their own career journey. I help women to define their purpose in life, grow their confidence, and improve their self-worth.
5. What difficulties which you have faced or you are facing?
Well in this fast-paced automated world the biggest challenge for me comes when I need to explain to people the need of being themselves and the need of learning the key life skills. As each one of us is born unique and only our uniqueness can help us making our identity in this competitive world.
6. How do you handle the pressure and manage stress?
For me, my work is my passion and hence I have never had stress since the day I started this beautiful journey.
7. How do you market your business?
In my case, the “Word of Mouth” has been the biggest source of work I have done so far. Indeed, I have not spent any amount on marketing or other public events.
8. In your opinion what are the keys to success?
Consistency and love for your work is the key to success in my opinion.
9. What advice would you give to someone starting out as an aspiring
entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship is a challenging and unstable journey. Only select if you truly love what you want to create.
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LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-swamy-9858a834/