FAQs

The Positive Instigation Coaching Program is inspired by Olympian pommel horse champion Stephen Nedoroscik whose teammates have described him as a Positive Instigator. It’s an interesting oxymoron and represents the ability of leaders to drive change in the world and in those around them.

The Positive Instigation Coaching Program logo symbolizes the essence of Chitra Ragavan’s coaching philosophy: growth, transformation, and purpose-driven leadership rooted in courage, clarity, and conviction.

The circle evokes completion, continuity, and the cyclical nature of growth. It’s a reminder that leadership and self-development are ongoing, intentional journeys. The branches inside the circle resemble a tree and a neural network, symbolizing personal evolution, learning, and the rewiring of mindset that occurs through the coaching process.

The six nodes symbolize balance and harmony, reflecting the multidimensional approach of Positive Instigation, aligning intellect, emotion, intuition, creativity, strategy, and action. The upward stem conveys forward motion and aspiration, embodying Chitra’s belief in helping leaders grow upward into their fullest potential through purposeful provocation and self-reflection.

The purple color palette signifies insight, transformation, and wisdom, core values that anchor Chitra’s methodology. Altogether, the logo tells a story of transformation through intention, which is at the heart of Positive Instigation.

This executive coaching and leadership coaching program is exclusively designed and built for CEOs, corporate leaders, startup founders, venture capitalists, national security, media leaders, and military leaders, athletes, and bold thinkers navigating high-stakes transitions and turnarounds, reinvention, or rapid growth. See chitraragavan.com/coaching for more details.

Most traditional coaching programs are long and open-ended, almost like therapy. Often, the coach is in listening mode and at the end of the process, the client still has little idea as to next steps. The open-ended format results in loss of energy, interest, and initiative over time.

Using my two decades of experience in the high-intensity startup world, I created the Positive Instigation Coaching Program to overcome those limitations by creating a high-octane, time-bound deep-listening method and system that actively engages and challenges the client with the coach playing an active role in the process.

The program has a strong narrative arc, with pre-assessments, welcome gifts, assessments, readings, and reflections, a detailed Final Report, a graduation gift and a graduation certificate.

The program is strategic, tactical, structured, detail-oriented, personalized, and specifically designed for leaders navigating high-pressure, high-stakes environments. It’s highly structured and tailored to each client, but also highly adaptive, depending on the client’s needs. Clients receive direct feedback, ideas, and suggestions for driving immediate results.

Seven sessions held every two weeks over three months, plus custom reflections and assessments, and a granular Final Report of insights and recommendations. From my experience, I believe that clients can achieve a meaningful path for transformation in that defined time-frame using my proprietary Positive Instigation Method.

There are five Rewires spanning leadership, strategy, brand, advisory, and corporate depending on the client’s needs and priorities.

This executive coaching and leadership coaching program is a premium offering tailored exclusively for CEOs, founders, co-founders, venture capitalists, C-suite executives, turnaround specialists, and senior corporate and government leaders who are at high-risk, high-stakes inflection points in their careers and want to position themselves to become Positive Instigators.

The assessments of the Leadership Rewire, Strategy Rewire, and Brand Rewire are an integral part of this high-intensity coaching program.

Each assessment only takes a few minutes to fill out but does require some thought. Completing the brief assessments is optional, but highly recommended because doing so will greatly enhance the outcomes for coach and client.

Clients who don’t need these structured Rewires can sign up for the Advisory Rewire, which does not include assessments and is geared towards solving specific challenges.

The Positive Instigation Coaching Program fee is paid upfront and is nonrefundable.

Yes. Confidentiality is my number one core value.

The client will have their own confidential, easy-to-use portal on the Positive Instigation coaching platform. It will include all their relevant documents, invoices, coaching assessments, and email communications, making the coaching communication and process frictionless.

Fill out this brief questionnaire to get a complimentary Discovery Call invitation to this premium coaching program. I look forward to hearing from you!