At an age when most children begin to spin dreams of their career, Jeroninio (Jerry) Almeida had already begun to walk on the path of his ambition. For someone who began training and mentoring people at the age of 17, it was the belief of creating a more responsible and humane society, and a better world for all that motivated him to become a management consultant and leadership coach.
As a missionary entrepreneur, Jerry founded iCONGO International Federation of NGOs and has championed fundraising campaigns and awareness generating social movements, and these fundraising movements have been significant in changing the overall attitude towards fundraising, philanthropy and social justice in India.
Jerry inherently believes there is a Hero in every heart and aims to help people discover the huge potential within them to be heroes, leaders, volunteers & champions of change. He is an eminent and celebrated Motivational Speaker, internationally certified and revered Leadership Specialist/ Trainer and Life/ Executive Coach maverick.
He is the Best-selling Author of the “Karma Kurry” – Bestseller Book series, which has a foreword by Mr. Nelson Mandela. Karma Kurry for the Mind, Body, Heart & Soul is a decade-long journey of discovering soul-stirring narratives that celebrate the triumph of the human spirit. Jerry’s purpose in life is to enable each and all of us, whose life he touches through his learning programs, coaching session, inspirational talks, books, and writings, to discover THE HERO IN ME.
Jerry inherently believes that each and all of us human beings are blessed with heroic potential and through his years of research on Real Heroes for his books, has created the moJOsh Inspirator Learning framework and system that has benefited many over the years. The moJOsh Inspirator Learning framework is designed to simplify life and leadership lessons, for inspiring you to unleash your infinite potential to change your life and in turn to change the world for the better.
Jerry is an internationally certified and much sought Leadership Coach, Management Consultant, Motivational / Inspirational Orator and Master Storyteller. As a Leadership Subject Matter Expert and Master Mentor, Jerry has Mentored the Master Trainers in Learning and Development Departments of several Fortune 500 companies.
Jerry is certified and empaneled as a Leadership Subject Matter Expert with Franklin Covey the world’s #1 leadership learning institute. Jerry is one of the few master trainers with Franklin Covey globally who facilitates and Trains the Trainer for all Franklin Covey programs.
Jerry is certified and empaneled as a Master Executive Coach with Neuro-Leadership Institute, Australia and USA, the premier coaching institution that specializes in Brain Based Coaching and has learned directly from Dr. David Rock. He is also certified for Life Coaching and has learned directly from Dr. Peter Reding of Global Impact Coaching- USA.
Jerry is a certified NLP subject matter expert and has learned directly from Dr. John Grinder and Dr. Richard McHugh.
Jerry is a certified for mentoring and coaching and has learned directly from Prof. David Clutterbuck of David Clutterbuck, UK.
Jerry is certified for Appreciative Enquiry and Strength Based Strategies learning from Dr. Venkat Pulla of Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice- Australia and Dr. Phil Zimbardo of Heroic Imagination Project, Stanford University- USA.
Besides learning directly from his mentors, Jerry also learns from books, research and internet based learning programs.
In his quest to add value to people who learn with him, Jerry who is a learning and human science enthusiast has read research material on ancient and modern human sciences from Enneagram to Epigenetics and several published books and unpublished manuscripts on self-learning, psychology, practical positive psychology, philosophy, anthropology, spiritualism, religion, mindfulness, leadership, neuroscience, management, business sciences and success and prosperity literature. He has also studied several autobiographies and ancient literature like Thirukurral, Vachanas, iChing, Ikigai, Uncommon Therapies etc.
Jerry also has exposure to learning from several participants from over 6 countries from several Fortune 5oo companies, who have attended his sessions and enriched his learning with their insights and ideas.
The constant quest for learning to add more value to people who learn from him and exposure to people from several geographies, enables and empowers Jerry to extrapolate (extend and deliberate by inferring known and unknown values from trends in the recognized data and research) learning from all over the world during his training/ coaching sessions. This supports him to bring the LEARNING TO LIFE with simple examples, stories and case studies from around the world and from several organisations.
As a Life and Executive Coach Jerry has worked with several CEOs/CXOs.
Jerry is also the architect of global movements like The Joy of Giving, Right every Wrong, Karmaveer Global Awards, Swachh Bharat Mission and REX-not just talks , ideas for action.
Jerry has enthralled audiences ranging from corporate executives to world leaders, teachers, parents, students and entrepreneurs around the world in conferences organized by the World Economic Forum, UN, Rotary International, Lions International, World Affairs Council, US Consulate, British Council , BNI and several premier Educational Institutions.