A. Nagappan - TED Learning

Nagappan is an enthusiastic and dynamic trainer, consultant, author and motivation speaker. He has trained an extensive number of business and technical professionals, lecturers, students, and parents on a variety of areas. His personal mission is to train, educate, motivate and empower individuals, teams and organizations in achieving excellence. Nagappan’s areas of training specialty includes a wide spectrum of soft skills. He is the author of the book “The Negotiating Edge: Strategies to create a win-win outcome.”

He has more than 18 years of hands-on experience in education and training, in most of which have been spent on “people development”. He had served as the Group Training Manager for several well-diversified public-listed manufacturing and service companies in Malaysia, where his focus were on personal, professional and organizational development training. Besides that, he has also held the position of Director of Studies for a leading IT educational institution in Malaysia.

Nagappan had obtained his Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Management and Information Technology from the United States (USA) and a MBA from Charles Sturt University (Australia). In addition, he had also undergone a practitioner certification training in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), a modern communication psychology certification, in Australia. He actively uses the concepts of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and ALP (Accelerated Learning Principles) in all training programs that he conducts to enhance the learning outcomes and effectiveness among the participants.

A Certified NLP Practitioner with the IANLP (International Association of NLP, Australia), Nagappan conducts various training programs on personal, professional and organizational development throughout the Malaysia. He has conducted an extensive number in-house programs and public seminars in Malaysia.

These are Nagappan’s core training areas:-

• Coaching, counseling and mentoring
• Cornerstones of successful negotiations
• Leadership dynamics
• Proactive stress management
• Problem solving and decision making
• Pyschology of influence
• Successful time management
• Thinking out-of-the box
• Train-the-trainer

Below is a list of organizations that have benefited from Nagappan’s training sessions on various aspects of soft skills in the past:-

•  Acmar Holdings Berhad
•  Airod Sdn Bhd
•  Amcor Renstch (M) Sdn Bhd
•  BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
•  BBraun Medical Supplies (M) Sdn Bhd
•  BHP Steel (M) Sdn Bhd
•  Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad
•  Claytan Industries Sdn Bhd
•  DHL Logistics Sdn Bhd
•  Dupont Powder Coatings (M) Sdn Bhd
•  Edaran Otomobil Nasional (EON) Berhad
•  Flexsys Chemicals (M) Sdn Bhd
•  Golden Pharos Doors Sdn Bhd
•  Hartalega Sdn Bhd
•  Hitachi Data Systems Sdn Bhd
•  IDS Manufacturing Sdn Bhd
•  Malaysia Truck and Bus Sdn Bhd
•  Manulife Insurance Berhad
•  Mayflower Acme Tours Sdn Bhd
•  Mayflower Group of Companies
•  Mewah Oil Sdn Bhd
•  M-POL Rubber Products Sdn Bhd
•  MT Picture Display (M) Sdn Bhd
•  Nakagawa Rubber Industries (M) Sdn Bhd
•  Nordenia Thong-Fook Sdn Bhd
•  Pacific Insurance Berhad
•  Phillip Morris (M) Sdn Bhd
•  PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd
•  Putra Perdana Construction Sdn Bhd
•  Rimbunan Hijau Group
•  Royal Selangor International Sdn Bhd
•  SELIA Group
•  Sime Darby Group
•  Tan Chong Group of Companies
•  Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd
•  Telekom Malaysia berhad
•  Tenaga Nasional Berhad
•  TM Net Sdn Bhd
•  UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd
•  WR Grace Specialty Chemicals (M) Sdn Bhd