The founder
Shanti Ramakrishna Satish
From corporate boardrooms across India and Dubai to the training room — an executive coach and L&D consultant who builds learning that is relevant, transformational and deeply human.
Three decades in the room where leadership happens
Shanti brings around 25 years of corporate experience in senior Credit Management roles across India and Dubai — with Citigroup, Dell, ICICI Bank and Flextronics in India, and seven years each with Jumeirah International and Al Ghurair Investments in Dubai — alongside extensive work travel across China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States.
Since 2016, she has channelled that experience into learning and development, delivering over 500 workshops on leadership, communication, negotiation, emotional intelligence and behavioural skills — for corporates, and for schools, degree colleges, MBA institutions and engineering colleges across Bangalore and Mysore.
As a consultant with Middle Earth HR, she delivers certification programs in Instructional Design, Psychometric Assessment, and Learning & Development. She founded Phoenix Path Learning Solutions to build learning journeys that begin within — and carry back into the confidence, capability and character people bring to their work and their lives.
What makes Phoenix Path different
Most training addresses what people do. Phoenix Path addresses who they are becoming.
The work here isn’t about adding a new skill set to an unchanged person. It’s about helping professionals identify the beliefs, habits and blind spots that limit them — and replacing them with something more grounded and more effective. Every program is built around real workplace scenarios, honest conversation, and the kind of practice that creates lasting change rather than a temporary lift.
Our compass
We’re building a world where professionals don’t let self-doubt hold them back — where they lead with clarity, build confidence through hands-on experience, and stay true to who they are.
We help people and organisations grow by focusing on the skills that matter most: confidence under pressure, communication that builds trust, and leadership that starts from within.
What we believe
Three convictions at the core of everything we do.
Confidence is built, not born.
It is the product of the right environment, honest feedback and deliberate practice — not personality.
Leadership begins within.
Before you can lead a team, a meeting or a difficult conversation, you have to lead yourself. That inner work is not a detour. It is the work.
Sustainable success comes from alignment, not pressure.
When what you do connects to what you value, performance follows naturally. When it doesn’t, even impressive results feel hollow.
Credentials
- MBA in Finance
- Master’s in Clinical Psychology
- L&D certifications — IRATD & KPMG
- Life Mentor Character Coach — UCMHP, Singapore
- Psychometric Assessment, OD & Talent Management — Middle Earth HR
- Career Counselling Certification — Edumilestones
- ICF Life Coaching certification (in progress)
Trusted by
Corporate teams who have partnered with Phoenix Path for leadership and behavioural learning.
Work with Shanti
Executive coaching, mentoring, or a learning partnership for your organisation.