Happiness Facilitator Revathi Turaga believes that we live in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, and Digital world today. Having christened it as a VUCA-D world, the experienced Leadership & Team Coach also understands the needs and demands of this new world. The perceptive leader has thus established LearnSprint, a unique self-paced, e-learning portal with short videos and courses for the leaders of today. Taking into account the need to constantly learn and up-skill oneself while working under time constraints, Revathi facilitates learning through 30-minute capsules focused on specific outcomes of various implementable tactics.

Revathi builds on her 23 years of industry experience and draws from her prior experience of working in organizations such as GE, Satyam, and Wipro. She is also driven by her objective to be the source of bliss and excellence that aids people in learning and being the best that they can be in order to achieve the success and happiness that they desire in life.

The Women Entrepreneur Magazine team interviewed Revathi Turaga, the driving force behind the establishment of LearnSprint.

Give Us An Overview Of Learnsprint. What Are Some Important Features About Your Expertise As A Leadership Coach And Entrepreneur That You Want Us To Highlight Through The Article?

LearnSprint Solutions is a self-paced, e-learning portal with short (30-minute) courses that are agile, technique-driven, and easy to grasp. It is built on the premise that learning must be outcome-centric by concentrating on why and how to learn rather than what to learn. The concept behind LearnSprint is that in today's environment, learning is critical, yet time is limited. Individuals should understand why they need particular skills and how to implement them. Every entrepreneur, leader, employee, and individual in today's VUCA-D world needs to get the information, attitudes, and skills necessary for career and personal progress, and we facilitate this learning through 30-minute capsules focused on specific outcomes of various implementable competencies.

I've been a corporate trainer for almost 23 years and I've always believed in guided reflective practice as a coach, which means that it's not just about training or coaching and then leaving the employee, but you need to be able to enable implementation by helping employees reflect when they're practicing whatever they've learned. And, as an entrepreneur, I've always taken a forward-thinking approach to the need to dream big, look to the future where we want to go, and then see what changes we can make today to really get there.

Take Us Through Your Early Educational Journey And Prior Industry Experience That You Bring To The Table.

I completed my B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from SVUCE, Tirupathi. Working in the field of IT-ES in both the US and India during early 2000s, I completed my Masters in Management and Psychology as well as became an NLP Practitioner. Learner has always been my go-to strength and approach in life, so I followed it on with de Bono’s Six Hats and Lateral Thinking, Dale Carnegie’s Presentations, Assessments like MBTI, DISC, and Hogan, ICF and GTCI leadership and team coach credentials, amongst many more across the years.

Prior to launching LearnSprint, I have been in managerial and learning & development positions in various market leading companies such as Satyam (now TechMahindra), GE, and Wipro. I served as the Vice-Chair of the Indian Society for Training and Development, Hyderabad as well as the Founder- Member & Joint Secretary of the Hyderabad Director/ CEO Forum, and am currently a life member of various HR Organizations and on the editorial team of the Hyderabad Runners’ monthly newsletter Rundezvous. As a Trustee of the Turaga Foundation, we help enable, inspire, and celebrate progressive paradigm shifts in the fields of education, literature, and arts.

What Led To The Foundation Of Learnsprint? Tell Us About The Company’s Expertise In Terms Of Skill Development And Its Usp?

LearnSprint was founded to address three challenges. The first challenge is that learning is essential in today's world, but time is limited. As a result, learning must be customizedand suited to specific needs and outcomes, which is why I created bite-sized capsules with actionable strategies. In a nutshell, the one skill they learn today will help them advance to the next level. A second challenge is that people learn but then feel lost on how to implement what they have learned.

They need to practice and review how they are growing and advancing. LearnSprint’s use of specific post-learning journals that we give includes guided reflection practices. The last and third challenge is that managers tend to track targets and results rather than coach and enable learning and growth. Through the manager coaching logs, LearnSprint creates a process to help them train and empower learners rather than merely evaluate performance. So, these are the challenges that we are addressing through LearnSprint.

The unique selling feature of LearnSprint is that anyone can learn a technique, go, apply, practice, and then come back and learn the next technique. Our unique feature, “highlights” allows users to do a quick review of 30-minute courses through a 3-minutes infographic video or a simple downloadable poster.

Most Significant Milestones That You Have Achieved So Far In Your Professional Journey? What Has Been The Driving Force Behind Your Success As An Entrepreneur?

The major milestone I have reached is initially delving into this industry because I wanted to work in a field where I could always learn, innovate, and provide value to other people. From the first goal I wrote for myself in 2001, I worked with determination to not only get a firm foothold but also continue to prosper and contribute to the field and the learners through a wide range of industries and designing courses customized to all of them. I have trained and coached numerous managers and executives to become trainers and coaches in their organisations, allowing them to cascade the knowledge as widely as possible.

On a personal note, I worked on my fitness way late in the day and got my weight down from a whooping 110+ kg to in my 80kgs now through strength workouts and running 10kms!

"When one excels, one becomes successful; when one is successful, one feels happy; when one feels happy, one excels more! Learnsprint solutions is a self-paced, e-learning portal with short (30-minute) agile, technique-driven, and easy to grasp courses that enable this very cycle to keep on and on..."

I have always believed in dreaming big and taking concrete measures to keep moving forward. I believe in the cyclical framework of excellence, success, and happiness. My two books, “You Have the Power” and “Unlock” are a compilation of a compendium of articles and quotations around this framework. As an element of bliss and excellence, I believe that just by choosing to change the way one thinks/acts, we have the power to change the way things happen, and I wish to keep aiding people learn to be the best that they can be in order to achieve the success and happiness that they desire. That has always been my mission, and it has always propelled me forward.

Drawing From Your Experience As A Successful Business Leader, What Would Your Advise Be To Young Women And Girls Who Also Aspire To Become Business Leaders And Entrepreneurs In The Future?

Women are accustomed to giving a lot. We constantly think about how we can help and invest ourselves emotionally and mentally in every aspect of our lives. I believe it is equally critical to choose, to aim for, and then achieve something for ourselves too. Entrepreneurship is one of the most valuable contributions that women can make to the society, since we can create employment, build income, and help the world flourish. So, my advice is to believe in yourself and your dreams, believe in the abundance that exists out there, believe in what you can build, and go out there and make things happen!

Revathi Turaga, Founder & Director, Learnsprint

An entrepreneur by spirit and a runner by heart, Revathi is a psychologist and author with 23+ years of global experience in using practical, inspiring, and blended methodologies to enable and guide individuals, entrepreneurs, leaders, teams, and organizations succeed in their personal, career, fitness, and business goals.