Priya Kher

Priya Kher is a learning and performance consultant who is the Director at Collective Quest®. She has a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from the Adler University, Chicago, USA, and is an Associate Certified Coach from Erikson College International. She has an advanced certification in MBTI® assessment, and has an international certification to administer and interpret psychological instruments like the MBTI®, FIRO-B, and 16PF from CPP, USA.

She is passionate about learning and development and has been a facilitator, coach and instructional designer since 1996. For over six years she was the Chief Learning Officer and Head of Corporate Training at Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD, Pune, where she was responsible for curriculum design and corporate development activities. She was responsible for introducing competency-based selection at SCMHRD; a selection design that is still followed today.

She established Collective Quest® in 2010 to support organisations in developing their people capability. Her training modules include Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Coaching Skills for Leaders, Leading Change, Conflict Management, Influencing without Authority, Communicating with Impact, Customer Relations, Team Building, Behavioural Event Interviewing, Leadership Development using the MBTI®, FIRO-Business for Interpersonal Skills, Frontline Managers’ Training, Time and Goal Management, and Campus to Corporate Skills. She works as an executive coach to senior leaders, and also designs and runs assessment centres.

Some of the companies she has worked with are Danone, Aditya Birla Group, Henkel, Faurecia, John Deere, Seco Tools, Thoughtworks, Fiserv Global Services, Honeywell India, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, GE, Mahindra Tsubaki, Hella Automotive, Emids and Aker Solutions.