Dr. Srikumar Rao Reviews & Stories

Course led me to examine fundamental beliefs that had become part of my DNA... exercises had a huge impact on the way I lived my life... impact on everything I did in every sphere of my life... My efficiency improved dramatically... was able to concentrate and focus on issues that would normally have fallen between cracks... am brimming with confidence and also filled with deep responsibility

Admittedly I entered skeptical but this has truly been one of those life highlights I will never forget... received so many pragmatic, powerful tools for leading a happier, more fulfilled life

Prof. Rao has presented this vital and difficult topic in a brilliant way... Prof. S. Rao is one of my heroes in my shortlist of great leaders and contributors of modern society.

Through the lessons learned from the course an impact is felt in the lives of their families, their future places of work and their communities. CPM invites its' participants to go deep inside themselves to discover the spark of passion, the deep desire to make a difference in the world by contributing their unique talents and education in a positive way.

Since taking the course two years ago my life has become infinitely clearer, more enjoyable, far less stressful and altogether more meaningful. I encouraged my husband to take the course and our family life has become more fulfilling and our relationship stronger.

To achieve greater happiness at work, you don't need your boss to stop calling you at night. You don't need to make more money. You don't need to follow your dream of being a sommelier, or running a B&B in Vermont. So says Srikumar Rao, the author of Happiness at Work. The biggest obstacle to happiness is simply your…

CPM took over my life because of the exercises... immensely powerful and life-transforming... feel reborn into a world of possibility... much happier and grateful about life... looooooooooved every minute of it and still do

Professor SRIKUMAR RAO ("Creativity and Personal Mastery," Columbia Business School, to class): I would like you to give me a list of things that you need to get in order to be happy. LUCKY SEVERSON: The answer to Professor Srikumar Rao's question would seem obvious. These are, after all, MBA students at Columbia…

Failure is sometimes lauded as a key to successful innovation, but it takes a psychic toll on the manager. Anxiety can lead to exaggerated worry, irrational fear, and obsessive thoughts. So how do you maintain your calm when the roof is falling on you? One way, of course, is to fake it. You act confident and put on a…

It is a rare business school programme that invokes in its participants a similar fervour to that experienced in a revivalist religious meeting. But this would appear to be the case with Srikumar Rao's elective course, Creative and Personal Mastery. Now in its third year at London Business School, the course has also…

CPM literally took over my life and I loved it like that…feel like I am floating on air…never felt this way before and this is not an over-excited feeling but very contented, centered, confident and grateful…CPM helped me remove many layers of dirt, protective gear and societal and cultural inhibitions and set me…

Many MBA courses focus on creating great technicians. CPM is helping to create great leaders and (even more important) to create great people... CPM is a great step in helping graduates live a life that is both personally meaningful and makes a contribution to our world.