Empower Business Recognized for Leadership Coaching Excellence at the 9th SME Business Award 2026 by Great Companies
- Great Companies
- Aug 3
- 4 min read
Honouring a leadership transformation company that empowers founders, CXOs, and senior executives to unlock their full potential through personalized coaching, emotional intelligence, and behavioural transformation.
About Empower Business
Founder: Subhash Bhaskaran
Business: Empower Business
Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Founded: 2012
Recognition: Leadership Coaching Excellence
Industry: Leadership Development | Executive Coaching | Organizational Transformation
Website: www.empowerbusiness.in
Company Overview
Founded in 2012, Empower Business is a leadership development and executive coaching company dedicated to transforming professionals, entrepreneurs, founders, and senior business leaders through personalized coaching and behavioural transformation.
Unlike conventional training programs that focus primarily on skills, Empower Business helps individuals identify and overcome the self-limiting beliefs and behavioural blind spots that often prevent them from achieving their highest potential. Its signature 45-day personalized coaching programme combines one-to-one coaching, data-driven assessments, objective-based development plans, and dashboard-led progress tracking to create measurable leadership transformation.
Guided by its philosophy of "Unlearn, Learn, Re-learn," Empower Business empowers leaders to develop stronger emotional intelligence, improve decision-making, strengthen relationships, and create sustainable professional growth in today's rapidly evolving business environment.
Award Recognition
At the 9th SME Business Award 2026, Great Companies proudly recognizes Empower Business with the Leadership Coaching Excellence recognition for its outstanding contribution to executive coaching, behavioural transformation, and leadership development.
Through its highly personalized coaching methodology, the organization has helped founders, CXOs, entrepreneurs, and senior management professionals develop stronger leadership capabilities while creating lasting personal and professional transformation.
Why Empower Business Was Selected
Empower Business has redefined executive coaching by focusing not only on leadership skills but also on the underlying beliefs and behavioural patterns that influence performance.
Its coaching methodology begins with detailed behavioural assessment and data collection to identify leadership blind spots before creating customized development objectives. Throughout the structured 45-day coaching journey, participants receive one-to-one guidance supported by measurable progress dashboards, enabling continuous improvement and sustainable behavioural change.
Having successfully delivered more than 1,000 personalized leadership transformation assignments for founders, CXOs, entrepreneurs, and senior executives, Empower Business has built a strong reputation for helping leaders unlock their potential through emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and practical leadership development. This unique approach makes the organization a deserving recipient of the Leadership Coaching Excellence recognition at the 9th SME Business Award 2026.
The Vision Behind Empower Business
Empower Business believes that sustainable business growth begins with personal transformation.
Its mission is to help individuals move beyond limiting beliefs, develop emotional intelligence, and discover their best version through continuous learning and behavioural evolution. The organization's purpose is beautifully reflected in its guiding philosophy:
"We are in the business of surprising people with their better version."
By combining coaching, behavioural science, and leadership development, Empower Business continues to prepare leaders for the human challenges that technology alone cannot solve.
Leadership That Inspires
Founder Subhash Bhaskaran is a Personal Performance Coach, Certified Executive Coach, entrepreneur, speaker, and leadership mentor with extensive experience across business operations, organizational transformation, and executive coaching.
Having coached more than 1,000 professionals from diverse backgrounds—including CEOs, entrepreneurs, senior executives, educators, students, and business owners—he has developed a unique coaching framework that integrates business experience with behavioural science and emotional intelligence.
His leadership philosophy emphasizes that true transformation occurs when individuals challenge their own belief systems and unlock capabilities they never believed possible.
What Makes Empower Business Different
✔ Personalized One-to-One Executive Coaching
✔ Behavioural Transformation Framework
✔ Emotional Intelligence Development
✔ Data-Driven Leadership Assessment
✔ Dashboard-Based Progress Monitoring
✔ 45-Day Structured Coaching Journey
✔ Focus on Blind Spot Identification
✔ Sustainable Leadership Development
Key Achievements
Successfully completed more than 1,000 personalized coaching and leadership transformation assignments.
Developed a unique coaching methodology combining behavioural science, emotional intelligence, and measurable leadership development.
Worked extensively with founders, CXOs, entrepreneurs, and senior management professionals.
Created a structured coaching framework based on "Unlearn – Learn – Re-learn."
Established a reputation for delivering measurable behavioural and leadership transformation across industries.
Creating Meaningful Impact
Empower Business believes leadership transformation creates a ripple effect that extends beyond individuals to organizations, families, and society.
Through executive coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and leadership development, the organization helps professionals become more effective leaders, improve workplace collaboration, strengthen organizational culture, and inspire future generations of leaders.
Its work demonstrates that investing in human potential remains one of the most powerful drivers of long-term organizational success.
Great Companies Editorial Note
The 9th SME Business Award 2026 celebrates organizations that demonstrate exceptional innovation, leadership, customer value, and business excellence.
Empower Business has established itself as a trusted leadership transformation partner by helping business leaders develop greater self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and sustainable leadership capabilities. Its personalized coaching methodology continues to create meaningful transformation for founders, entrepreneurs, CXOs, and senior professionals navigating today's complex business environment.
Great Companies proudly recognizes Empower Business for its outstanding contribution to leadership development and executive coaching excellence.
About Great Companies
Great Companies is one of India's leading online business magazines dedicated to recognizing entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs, and innovative organizations creating meaningful impact across industries. Through editorial features, business recognition, and prestigious award programs, Great Companies celebrates organizations that inspire innovation, leadership, customer excellence, and sustainable growth.