N P CHANDRA SEKHAR AKA CHANDRU
STRATEGY AND BRAND CONSULTANT
Hyderabad - India
I am by nature an out-of-the-box thinker and the phrase Why Not has always been at the centre of my thought process. I believe that this constant self-advocacy has enabled me to successfully migrate through the various stages of my professional life.
The urge to know more, the urge to add incremental value, the urge to give 100% and the urge to make the difference defines me in a way. I have always thrived on challenges and honestly believe that I contribute more when confronted with a challenge. I believe that challenges possibly offer me an opportunity to demonstrate my competencies and enable me to contribute true value.
It would not be out of place to mention here that practically every consulting assignment I have handled in the last two and a half decades or so has lasted several years, which possibly indicates that clients have perceived that some intangible value is being generated out of my association with them. I take pride in also stating here that right through my 16-year advertising career too I have had long-term relationships with most of my clients and have rarely lost clients in my more than 4-decade professional career.
The reason why I am making a reference to the past is to give you a perspective of the way I look at a client-consultant relationship. I am fully aware that only consistent value creation and constant value addition will sustain a professional consulting career.
Specifically speaking, I can add incremental value in all/any of the below areas:
- Long term corporate strategy/positioning
- Product or Services positioning
- Employer branding
- Internal dialogue
- Relationships management
- Media and reputation management
- Advertising
- Digital/Social Media
- Public Relations
In the last 4 decades I have had an opportunity of adding significant value in practically every business category ranging from Fax machines to Condoms, from Financial services to Industrial products, from Political branding to Chocolates, from Restaurants to Real Estate, from Foods to Steel, from Stabilizers to Education, From Data sciences to Tutoring, From Private placements to IPOs, From Medtech to Edtech…… at Imageads, Ulka, BBDO, New Triangle, Omegapoint and Thinknow.
My Core competencies
- Ability to think laterally and vertically
- Good at initiating & managing any activity
- Management of any creative process
- Communication skills
- Strategy development
- Extensive Networking
I believe that any communication is only a means to an end and that the end is the business goals of the enterprise. I work with an open mind and as the quote below which says – Pure common sense – is what I bring to the table. So, if you are an entrepreneur or an entity looking for strategic help in corporate planning or brand and communication strategies, do connect with me and let us create magic in the marketplace.
I will be delighted to meet up and share my perspectives with you.