- +91 85270 59122
- divesh@purposegenie.com
- Noida, Delhi NCR, India
Talks That Don't Just Inspire —
They Change How Leaders Lead.
Divesh Soni is a Hogan-certified leadership coach, professional speaker, and PSAI Chapter President who brings the science of personality, the depth of purpose, and 15 years of real organisational experience to every stage he walks onto. His talks create the kind of clarity that outlasts the applause.
Divesh Soni
Professional Speaker · Hogan Certified Coach · Author
India
Delhi NCR · Mumbai · Bangalore · Faridabad · Gurgaon
International
Australia · Singapore · Malaysia · UK · France · Turkey
Audiences
Corporate · Manufacturing · Retail · L&D · Business Schools
Formats
45-min Keynote · Half-Day · Full-Day · Virtual
Featured At
2025 Middle Managers Online Muster · Australia · PSAI Events · Corporate Summits
A Speaker Who Brings Science, Story, and Substance
Most keynote speakers give audiences a feeling. Divesh gives them a framework — one they can actually use on Monday morning. His talks combine the rigour of Hogan personality science, the authenticity of 15 years in industry, and the storytelling instinct of someone who has spent a career helping leaders understand themselves.
Rooted in real experience — not just theory
Every talk draws on 15 years across retail sourcing, manufacturing, and L&D in India and globally. The examples are real. The insights are earned.
Backed by validated science
As a Hogan-certified practitioner, Divesh brings the most rigorously validated personality science in the world into every keynote. Not opinions — evidence.
Tailored to your audience every time
No off-the-shelf decks. Every talk is customised to the specific challenges, sector, and culture of the audience — whether that is a manufacturing leadership summit in Delhi or a business school in Singapore.
Practical takeaways, not just inspiration
Audiences leave with a clear model, a personal reflection, and at least one specific action they can take before the week is out. The feeling fades. The framework stays.
Flexible to Your Event
Every format is available in-person across India and internationally, or fully virtual.
Keynote — 45 to 60 Minutes
A single, powerful talk designed to shift perspective and leave a lasting impression. Ideal for conferences, leadership summits, and annual events. Opens with a story, builds to a model, closes with a challenge.
Half-Day Workshop — 3 to 4 Hours
A deeper, interactive session that combines keynote content with structured reflection, team activities, and personal application. Participants leave with a completed individual action plan.
Full-Day Immersive — 6 to 7 Hours
A transformational day that takes a leadership team from awareness to action. Includes Hogan assessment insights, team dynamics work, and a shared leadership development plan. Best for leadership off-sites and team retreats.
Virtual Keynote — 45 to 60 Minutes
Fully optimised for online audiences — with audience interaction, live reflection exercises, and the same energy and substance as an in-person session. Available globally, any time zone.
Five Talks. One Central Idea: Leaders Who Know Themselves Lead Better.
Each talk is a standalone keynote or workshop. All five can be combined into a multi-day leadership development programme. Click any topic to explore.
Most leaders believe they are doing a reasonable job. Most of their teams quietly disagree. This is not a skills problem. It is a self-awareness problem — and it is costing organisations billions in disengagement, attrition, and missed performance every year.
This keynote uses Hogan personality science and the ECG Framework to help leaders understand the gap between who they intend to be and who their team actually experiences. It is honest, evidence-based, and — for many people in the room — the most useful conversation they have had about leadership in years.
Why personality under pressure — not skill or intention — determines leadership impact
The three Hogan lenses: how you are seen, how you derail, and what drives you
The ECG Framework — Experience, Contribution, Growth — as a practical leadership model
One concrete action every leader can take this week to close the gap
We live in a world that rewards volume — more content, more connections, more visibility. Yet the leaders and speakers who create lasting influence are not the loudest. They are the clearest. Clarity about who you are, what you value, and why you do what you do is the foundation of every form of genuine authority.
This talk — perfect for speakers, thought leaders, business leaders, and anyone building a platform — explores the relationship between personal purpose, authentic presence, and long-term influence. Drawing on Hogan values science (MVPI) and Divesh's own journey from following someone else's map to building PurposeGenie, it is part framework, part story, and entirely practical.
How to articulate your purpose beyond a statement — and embody it in how you show up
The ROI Framework: Role, Offer, Impact — a practical tool for purpose clarity
Why values misalignment silently drains influence — and how to diagnose it
The link between knowing your purpose and performing under real pressure
Most organisations have invested significantly in diversity and inclusion. Most employees from underrepresented groups still feel unseen, unheard, and unwilling to fully contribute their thinking. The problem is not policy. The problem is leadership behaviour — specifically, the unconscious patterns that leaders fall into under pressure that systematically exclude the very voices they say they want.
This talk connects Hogan personality science with practical inclusion — showing how a leader's stress behaviours, values, and blind spots either create or undermine psychological safety. It moves the conversation from diversity metrics to daily leadership behaviour, which is where inclusion actually lives.
Why inclusion fails at the manager level even when the organisation's intent is genuine
How Hogan derailers create exclusion without a leader ever intending it
The three daily behaviours that build psychological safety in diverse teams
How to lead inclusively under pressure — when it is hardest and matters most
As India emerges as a preferred global sourcing destination through FTAs and supply chain realignments, the question is no longer whether Indian manufacturers and suppliers can deliver on execution. They can. The question is whether their leaders can show up as genuine strategic partners — in how they communicate, how they make decisions, how they handle pressure, and how they lead the people around them.
This talk — built specifically for manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial leadership audiences — makes the case that the next competitive differentiation for Indian suppliers is not capacity or cost. It is leadership quality. And it shows what that specifically means for how supplier leaders need to develop.
How global buyers actually evaluate supplier leadership — beyond quality and delivery
The five behaviours that separate vendor relationships from strategic partnerships
Why ethical governance and purpose-driven culture are now commercial requirements
A practical roadmap for supplier leaders ready to make the transition
Every conversation about the future of work circles around technology, AI, and the C-suite. Almost none of them talk about the middle manager — the single leadership layer most responsible for whether strategy reaches the ground, whether people feel engaged or hollow, and whether organisations can sustain performance without burning people out.
This is Divesh's most personal talk. Drawing on 15 years of watching the middle manager carry impossible weight without adequate development, it is a call to action for every organisation that wants to close the gap between their strategy and their culture. It is designed to make HR leaders and CEOs deeply uncomfortable — in the best possible way — about what they have been under-investing in.
Why 70% of engagement variance lives at the manager level — and what that means for strategy
The three ways organisations systematically fail their middle managers
What future-fit middle manager leadership actually looks like — with the ECG Framework
A practical investment case for middle manager development that HR teams can take to the board
The Impact Doesn't End When Divesh Leaves the Stage
Having Divesh conduct a workshop on Purposeful Leadership for all our store managers in North India was an incredible experience. His core message — that leadership extends beyond oneself to include our humanity and our planet — resonated profoundly. The session was meticulously tailored to our specific needs and provided practical, valuable guidance.
Adhir Singh Chauhan
General Manager · Saundh India
Divesh was one of the speakers for the 2025 Middle Managers Online Muster. He is as engaging as he is insightful — and his approach to aligning goals with global goals helps leaders be active contributors to a better world. Exactly the kind of voice the leadership development community needs.
Sally Foley-Lewis
Global Keynote Speaker, CSP · Australia
Ready to Bring Divesh to Your Event?
Whether it is a 45-minute keynote at your annual leadership summit or a full-day immersive workshop for your management team — let's start with a conversation about what your audience needs most.