Magan Kalra
Leadership Development Expert | Learning & Development Expert | Executive Coach | Speaker | Author | Founder & CEO, Performance Advantage Group
Magan Kalra is a globally recognised Leadership Development Expert, Learning & Development Expert, Executive Coach, Speaker and Author, and the Founder & CEO of Performance Advantage Group (PAG).
With more than two decades of experience, his work spans leadership development, learning and development, executive coaching, experiential learning and behavioural transformation.
His professional philosophy is:
Personal Growth Leads to Business Growth.
Leadership Development
Leadership development is at the heart of Magan Kalra’s work.
He works with organisations to help leaders move beyond managing tasks and responsibilities to becoming more effective in leading people, influencing stakeholders, making decisions, creating accountability and building high-performing teams.
His leadership development work encompasses:
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Leadership mindset and effectiveness
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Strategic thinking and decision-making
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People leadership
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Accountability and ownership
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Communication and influence
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Coaching and feedback
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Employee engagement
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Collaboration and high-performing teams
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Leading through change
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Developing future leaders
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Behavioural effectiveness
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Personal effectiveness
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Translating leadership capability into business performance
A defining feature of Magan’s approach is the emphasis on application and behaviour change. His learning interventions are designed not merely to help participants understand a concept, but to experience it, reflect on it, practise it and apply it in the workplace.
Learning & Development Specialist
As a Learning & Development Expert, Magan Kalra specialises in creating learning experiences that go beyond conventional classroom training.
His approach combines experiential learning, storytelling, business simulations, behavioural insights, practice, reflection and application to help individuals and organisations convert learning into performance.
His L&D expertise includes leadership development, learning intervention design, experiential learning, behavioural transformation, executive coaching, business simulations, assessment and development, train-the-trainer programmes, communication development, sales effectiveness, team effectiveness, personal effectiveness, organisational learning, people capability development and workplace application.
His approach to learning is guided by a simple question:
How do we turn learning into behaviour, and behaviour into performance?
POWERTAINMENT™
One of Magan Kalra’s distinctive contributions to experiential learning is POWERTAINMENT™, his proprietary learning methodology.
POWERTAINMENT™ combines powerful learning experiences with storytelling, participation, entertainment, reflection and practical application.
The methodology follows the progression:
Experience → Insight → Reflection → Practice → Behaviour Change → Application
Executive Coaching
Magan Kalra is also an Executive Coach, working with leaders and professionals to strengthen personal effectiveness, leadership capability and performance.
His coaching focuses on leadership effectiveness, mindset and behaviour, personal accountability, performance, leadership habits, communication and influence, goals and priorities, relationship effectiveness, overcoming performance barriers and developing greater self-awareness.
Founder & CEO, Performance Advantage Group
Magan Kalra is the Founder & CEO of Performance Advantage Group, a leadership development and organisational learning company.
Performance Advantage Group works with organisations across leadership development, communication excellence, sales effectiveness, customer service and experience, team collaboration and engagement, personal effectiveness, assessments and experiential learning.
From Waiting Tables to Transforming Leaders
Magan Kalra’s professional journey began far away from the boardroom.
He started his career by waiting tables and went on to build a career across corporate leadership, learning and development, consulting, executive coaching, entrepreneurship and leadership development.
His journey reinforced his belief that a person’s starting point does not have to determine their destination and that personal transformation is possible when people are willing to learn, adapt and take ownership of their growth.
Corporate Experience
Before establishing and leading Performance Advantage Group, Magan Kalra held senior roles in corporate and learning environments.
His professional experience includes roles with:
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Genpact
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Oriflame
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The Friedman Group
This corporate experience provided him with first-hand exposure to business operations, leadership, organisational capability, sales, learning and development and people performance.
Global Experience
Magan Kalra’s leadership development and learning work has extended across 51 countries and more than 100 nationalities.
Across his career, his work has reached 500+ clients and more than 240,000 professionals.
His experience spans Asia, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa and includes working with senior leaders, managers, emerging leaders, sales professionals, entrepreneurs and business teams.
Recognition
Magan Kalra has been recognised among the Top 10 trainers globally by Carnegie, reflecting his contribution and standing in professional training and leadership development.
He is also an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB).
Author
Magan Kalra is the author of the bestselling book:
Success Isn’t a Problem, Our Ignorance Is
The book explores behaviours, choices, beliefs and patterns that can influence personal and professional success.
Magan has also developed The Success Code 2.0, exploring principles and behaviours associated with personal growth, achievement and sustainable success.
Areas of Expertise
Leadership Development
Developing leaders who can lead people, performance and change more effectively.
Learning & Development
Designing learning interventions that translate knowledge into behaviour and workplace performance.
Executive Coaching
Helping leaders improve self-awareness, effectiveness, relationships and performance.
Experiential Learning
Using experience, reflection, practice and application to create deeper and more sustainable learning.
Behavioural Transformation
Helping individuals identify behavioural patterns and develop more effective ways of working.
Business Simulations
Using simulations and experiential activities to help leaders and teams understand business, strategy, collaboration and decision-making.
Communication & Influence
Developing communication capabilities that improve leadership, collaboration and stakeholder relationships.
Team Effectiveness
Helping teams strengthen trust, collaboration, accountability and collective performance.
Personal Effectiveness
Helping professionals improve ownership, mindset, productivity, relationships and performance.
Sales Effectiveness
Developing sales capabilities, customer conversations, influencing skills and commercial effectiveness.
Train-the-Trainer
Developing facilitators and trainers who can create engaging, effective and application-focused learning experiences.
Leadership Philosophy
At the centre of Magan Kalra’s work is the belief:
Personal Growth Leads to Business Growth.
Organisations grow when their people grow.
For Magan, leadership development is not simply about teaching leaders new models or frameworks. It is about creating the awareness, mindset, capability and behavioural change required to perform differently in the real world.
The objective is simple:
Better people. Better leaders. Better performance.
Magan Kalra Today
Today, Magan Kalra continues to work as a Leadership Development Expert, Learning & Development Expert, Executive Coach, Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur, helping organisations and leaders strengthen the people side of business.
Through Performance Advantage Group, his work focuses on developing leadership capability, improving behaviour, strengthening teams and creating learning experiences that people remember and apply.
His journey from waiting tables to working with leaders across the world remains central to his belief that transformation is possible for anyone.
Key Facts
Name: Magan Kalra
Profession: Leadership Development Expert, Learning & Development Expert, Executive Coach, Speaker and Author
Current Role: Founder & CEO, Performance Advantage Group
Education: Alumnus, Indian School of Business (ISB)
Areas of Expertise: Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Executive Coaching, Experiential Learning, Behavioural Transformation, Communication, Team Effectiveness, Sales Effectiveness and Personal Effectiveness
Proprietary Methodology: POWERTAINMENT™
Global Experience: 51 countries
Professional Reach: 500+ clients, 100+ nationalities and 240,000+ professionals
Author: Success Isn’t a Problem, Our Ignorance Is
Professional Recognition: Recognised among the Top 10 trainers globally by Carnegie
Professional Philosophy: Personal Growth Leads to Business Growth.
