The talk built around the exercise that changed my own life — and has since been used with thousands of professionals. Participants leave with a visual map of the life they actually want and three concrete steps to reach it. Available as a keynote or half-day workshop.
What happens to people inside organisations that are winning on every external metric. Based on two decades of building HR from the inside at companies ranging from 300 to 30,000 people. Practical, uncomfortable, and necessary.
Why financially successful people can't stop. What they're actually running from. And what it takes to build a life you don't need a holiday from. Drawn from coaching senior professionals across 11 countries.
What AI actually changes about leadership — and what it doesn't. The human capacities that become more valuable, not less, in an AI-augmented organisation. A grounded, non-hype perspective from someone who has designed organisations for two decades.
Drawing from Bhakti Yatra — journeys to Ujjain, Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Kainchi Dham — this talk explores the quiet conviction that has driven the world's most effective leaders across centuries. For audiences ready to go deeper.
— Keynote: 45–60 min— Audience: Leadership retreats, conscious business forums
Personal Brand & Thought Leadership
From Expert to Authority
How senior professionals and founders build credibility beyond their job title — and why most get it backwards. Built from my own transition from CHRO to independent thought leader.
Amit Chilka spent 22 years as a senior HR leader — including as CHRO of a technology company — before making a deliberate exit at 45 to move to the Himalayan foothills of Dehradun.
He is an ICF-certified coach, a 4× Limca Record Holder, the author of three books on career design and intentional living, and the founder of Pause and Arrive — a structured retreat for senior professionals redesigning their relationship with success.
He has coached leaders across 11 countries and spoken at organisations including Mahindra, Anand Group, ONGC, and Force Motors. His talks are not motivational — they are evidential. Every story he tells, he has lived.
22 yearsSenior HR leadership across technology, manufacturing and FMCG sectors
CHROChief HR Officer experience at a technology company
4×Limca Record Holder — valley crossing and rappelling
3 booksPublished on Amazon Kindle — career, transition, intentional living
ICFCertified coach — individual and leadership team engagements
11 countriesLeaders coached across India, US, UK, Europe, Southeast Asia
NUSGlobal HR Leaders Program — National University of Singapore
Book Amit to speak
Every talk is built for the room.
No off-the-shelf slides. No generic frameworks. Before every engagement, Amit spends time understanding your audience, their specific pressure points, and what you actually want them to leave with.
Amit Chilka is a leadership speaker India based in Dehradun offering corporate keynotes on leadership, intentional living, and the human cost of high performance. As a leadership speaker for corporate events, he has spoken at Mahindra, Anand Group, ONGC, and Force Motors. His keynotes draw on 22 years of HR leadership and the deliberate decision to leave corporate life at 45. Book Amit Chilka as a corporate leadership keynote speaker for your next leadership offsite, conference, or team event.