Co-Founder - Next Human Orbit

About Co-Founder - Sharad Jain | Next Human Orbit Consulting

Sharad Jain

Co-Founder

Sharad Jain is an accomplished Leadership, Behavioural, and Capability Development trainer with over 29+ years of Industry experience designing and delivering learning interventions and leading HR across manufacturing, automotive, engineering, and diversified business environments.

He is a seasoned People & Performance leader partnering with Chairman, MD, Promoters and CXOs, to align business strategy with human capability. Former Corporate Talent Development Head at Hero MotoCorp and Group CHRO, VP-HR at high-growth organisations like Highway Industries, Revolt Motors, and Best Group.

Training Credentials

His training credibility is rooted not in classroom theory, but in real business contexts—greenfield to large unionised plants, leadership transitions, post-merger integration, and high-pressure growth phases.

He has personally designed, delivered, and institutionalised learning programs spanning behavioural skills, leadership development, functional capability building, and organisational development. He has trained senior leaders, middle managers, engineers, supervisors, and shop-floor workmen, on a wide range of topics in both English and Hindi, ensuring relevance across levels.

Backed by global leadership, psychometric, and organisation design frameworks such as Korn & Ferry, Hay, SHL, his facilitation style blends structured models, experiential learning, reflection, and application, resulting in measurable shifts in behaviour, capability, and performance aligned to Business Strategy.

Experience & Impact Highlights (Training) :

• Delivered 100+ batches of behavioural, leadership, systems, and functional capability programs

• Designed and led Leadership Development, OD, and Behavioural Training interventions aligned to business and culture transformation goals

• Established and scaled Learning Centers supporting large workforces and future skill readiness

• Created and deployed Individual Development Plans (IDPs), coaching journeys, projects, and assessment-based development

• Co-developed and rolled out Leadership Competency Frameworks in partnership with global consulting firms

• Led Train-the-Trainer, induction, and transition capability programs, improving retention and on-the-job effectiveness

HR Consultant Credentials

He has led learning and people culture transformation, leadership pipelines, organisation restructuring, and performance systems that delivered measurable gains in growth, productivity, and profitability.

His career spans enterprise-scale transformations, greenfield and turnaround contexts, unionised environments, high-growth startups, and legacy organisations—making him uniquely equipped to advise leaders navigating complexity, change, and scale. Sharad brings a rare blend of strategic HR, operational rigor, and human insight, grounded in execution, not theory.

He imbibed Systems Thinking at Eicher, Motherson, Delphi. Backed by global leadership, psychometric, and organisation design frameworks such as Korn & Ferry, Hay, SHL, he brings a rare blend of strategic depth, execution discipline, and human insight.

What He Is Known For

Business-Linked People Strategy
Designed and executed HR strategies tightly aligned with revenue growth, EBITDA improvement, cost optimisation, and productivity enhancement.

Culture & Performance Transformation
Architected meritocratic performance systems, leadership frameworks, and engagement interventions that shifted mindsets and delivered sustained results.

Leadership & Succession Depth
Built future-ready leadership pipelines, Hi-Po frameworks, assessment centres, and succession plans for mid and senior leadership roles.

Change, Restructuring & Scale-Up
Led organization restructuring, role clarity, compensation redesign, HR digitization, and post-merger people integration.

Impact Highlights :

• Facilitated impactful workshops for HODs, managers, employees

• Enabled multi-crore cost savings through manpower optimisation, hiring strategy redesign, and workforce models

• Reduced attrition by up to 30% through structural and cultural interventions

• Supported 2X–5X growth agendas by aligning leadership, talent, and organisation design

• Led HR for organisations with 250+ to 4000+ workforce strength for People & HR Transformation.

• Drove HR digitisation with platforms like SAP, SuccessFactors, Zing HR

Professional Pedigree :

Global HR meets Engineering Logic. An Engineer from MNIT and PGDM-HR from MDI Gurgaon, he is a recognized "NextGen HR Trailblazer" with expertise in Labour Laws from XLRI. Former SVP-HR / CHRO / VP-HR / Corporate Talent Development Head at organisations such as Hero MotoCorp, Revolt Motors, Highway Industries, and Best Group.

He brings a world-class toolkit to every project, with global certifications in psychometrics, leadership from Korn Ferry, Predictive Index, Hay, SHL-CEB, and Thomas International. Backed by rigorous training from the IIMs, Franklin Covey, and DDI, Sharad leverages insights from CII, NHRD, and SHRM to drive organizational excellence.

"Behavioral mastery beats technical brilliance. Every time. When Organizational Leadership has the openness to new ideas and change; things transform with the right catalyst. He has been one."

Professional Journey

SVP-HR (Group CHRO)

Best Group

₹400 Cr

VP-HR (Business HR Head)

Revolt Motors, RattanIndia Group, Delhi

₹100 Cr

VP-HR (CHRO)

Highway Industries Ltd, Ludhiana

₹1000 Cr

Corporate Talent Development Head( Corporate HR) & GM-HR (Plant HR)

Hero MotoCorp Ltd

Corporate Quality Head

Minda Sai Ltd

Education & Professional Development

Academic Qualifications

B.E. - MREC (now MNIT) Jaipur

PGDM HR - MDI Gurgaon

EDP (LLM) - XLRI Jamshedpur

Specialized Training

Leverages insights blended from various specialized workshops from IIMs, Franklin Covey, Korn & ferry, Hays, SHL, Thomas, Mafoi, Vyaktitva, DDI, ISABS, Landmark Forum and various High Impact conferences of CII, NHRD, SHRM, SIAM, Transformance Forum.