Garima Deveshwar-Bahl

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DISC Type : cs

Founding Team at The Foundery

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Garima Deveshwar-Bahl is a leadership coach on the founding team of The Foundery, an entrepreneur launchpad. With over 16 years in the development sector at the World Bank and UNICEF, she leverages her Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins and Economics from Cambridge to guide leaders.

Her writings suggest a strong personal interest in the connection between inner well-being and professional effectiveness. She emphasizes the importance of introspection, self-awareness, purpose, and compassion as foundational elements for both personal growth and impactful leadership in todays complex world.

She champions the concept of an "Abundant Leader, " focusing on mastering the inner game of self-awareness and introspection to drive external success.

Personality Overview

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

Process Oriented

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.  They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Topics They Care About

Abundant Leadership
Authored articles on this concept, which posits that mastering introspection and self-awareness is critical for effective leadership.
Entrepreneur Mentorship
Serves as a Leadership and Culture Coach for early-stage founders at The Foundery, a residential business launchpad.
Public Health
Spent 16 years in the development sector with the World Bank, UNICEF, and SNEHA, and holds an MPH from Johns Hopkins.

Media Appearances

Garima has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Founding Team at The Foundery
7-2014
Founder at avasaram Leadership Coaching
8-2007 - 12-2013
Program Director at SNEHA: Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action
9-1999 - 6-2004
Consultant, Health Nutrition and Population at World Bank

Education

2001 - 2002
Master of Public Health - MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1997 - 1999
MA CANTAB from University of Cambridge

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Exp : 22 Location : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founding Team at The Foundery
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Insights For Selling To Garima

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision
  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Garima is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Garima

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Garima move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Garima take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Garima

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