Keynote · Workshop
Influence can take your career to the next level
Why some people get heard and others get ignored, and the simple habits that change which side you are on.
From How Leaders Influence
Senior Vice President, Human Resources · Reliance Jio
Helping leaders decide better, influence wisely and adopt AI with confidence.
Author of ten books, speaker of 5 TEDx talks and Professor of Practice at XLRI and Woxsen. Three decades of building HR at Tata Motors, Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio, told through stories people actually remember.
TEDx Speaker
10books across 3 domains
30+HR products, with 4 patents
5TEDx talks, reaching 65 countries
30years across 8 industries
Spoken and taught at
- IIMs
- IITs
- XLRI
- TEDx
- Toastmasters
- SHRM
- NHRD
- NASSCOM
- CII
- Leading organisations
On stage
conferences, classrooms and campuses
out in November
New book · November 2026
How Leaders Influence
Some people move a room without a title. This book shows how they do it, and how anyone can learn to. With a foreword by Harsh Goenka. Published by Rupa Publications.
Signature talks
Six talks, each drawn from a book or a career's worth of practice
Keynote · Masterclass
How leaders decide, and the biases that decide for them
Authority bias, comfort zone bias and the other quiet forces in every boardroom, with ways to catch them in time.
From How Leaders Decide (Sage)
Keynote · Workshop
AI and the future of HR
What really changes when AI enters hiring, learning and everyday work. Lessons from building more than 30 HR products.
From 30 years of practice
Keynote · Workshop
The art of storytelling
Why a one minute story beats a forty slide deck. Built on micro stories read over 10 million times on LinkedIn.
From The Storytelling Leader
Workshop · Course
Strategic talent acquisition at scale without losing the human touch
How to find, assess and win talent when the numbers are huge and every candidate still expects to feel seen.
From Hiring Mastermind and the XLRI programme
Workshop · Course
HR analytics leaders will trust
Turning people data into decisions, with clear questions first and dashboards second.
From the HR Analytics course with Keka
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Keynotes and panels
- Conference keynotes, national and international
- Literature festivals and book talks
- Leadership offsites and town halls
For HR leaders and colleges
Workshops and courses
- Leadership courses on influence, decisions and storytelling
- TA Mastermind with XLRI
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- Applied AI for HR with SightsIn Plus
For HR leaders, founders and innovators
Coaching and advising
- AI in HR and HR technology
- Leadership and decision making
- Talent and hiring at scale
- HR transformation and governance
Books
Ten books, one idea. Make HR simple enough to use on Monday morning.
Also in Hindi. Tuktuk Ki Rail, poems by Sardar Tuktuk.
Stories
Short stories with a business lesson inside
Harjeet's micro stories have been read more than 10 million times on LinkedIn. A few favourites live here.
Excellence
In the Asian Games,
India has 54 medals.
India is among the top 4 nations
that won 50+ medals.
Yet, India is in 9th place.
Because rank is based first on the number of golds won.
World recognises you when you are at the top of your game.
Read on LinkedIn Work life balanceRaj asked,
Your wife told me,
That you work on Sundays.
Jay replied,
We have a review on Monday.
I prepare the report for it.
Raj asked,
Can't we automate this report?
Jay replied,
I never thought about it.
Jay was lucky. But you have to think about your work-life balance yourself.
Read on LinkedIn LearningCEO asked,
We invested in training.
I don’t see any change.
HR Head replied,
It’s only one week.
Change is never overnight.
CEO said,
There must be a little change!
HR Head replied,
Think of it like making popcorn.
Nothing happens for first 2 mins
Then it’s a full transformation.
Learning is like heat, steady and silent at first. But give it time, and results will begin to burst.
Read on LinkedIn Employee experienceMy driver said,
Uber is a good company.
I asked,
Why do you say that?
Does it pay more?
He replied,
It is not about pay.
When I want to go home.
It gives me a trip near my home.
That shows they care.
People appreciate it, when you truly care.
Read on LinkedIn
About Harjeet
An engineer who fell in love with people
Harjeet studied at IIT Roorkee, where he won the Thomson Medal, and later at INSEAD. He has spent three decades building HR at companies in the middle of fast growth.
- Tata MotorsLed the first Kaizen implementation, recognised by Ratan Tata
- Reliance RetailPart of the core team that grew from 500 to 28,000 people
- ConJoin Group (Anthelio), now AtosHelped scale the business from $6 million to $250 million
- Reliance JioSVP Human Resources since 2012, building the HR function from day one
Behind his serious facade hides a witty and highly humorous person. He is a great asset while supporting CEOs and finds solutions to sticky problems.
Sandip DasIndependent Board Director, STLHarjeet is an outstanding HR professional. He has a unique ability to connect with both employees and managers on both a personal and business level.
Rick KneipperChairman of the Board, Aquity HoldingsHarjeet brings a sense of accountability in every employee in the organization, be it performance accountability or behavioral accountability.
Vish SivaswamyInvestor, ZAMSTARS and TATVAWhat readers say
I can imagine picking it up every day, opening to any page and within a minute be left with a life lesson.
Nothing about Business, everything about life. These are like zen nuggets.
Harjeet presents bite sized capsules, shuns the superfluous and draws us within.
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