About Me


Gobinathan Manickam

Trainer, Coach, and Speaker

About

Gobi holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Henderson State University and is passionate about building effective teams, and leveraging design thinking to create high performance culture. His cross-cultural exposure and a deep interest in organizational behaviour have added value to his clients and impacted many professionals positively. He is an advocate for people-first organizational culture.

He is currently the subject matter expert with School of Marketing and Management at Asia Pacific University. Gobi also serves as Master Facilitator for Academic Mentoring, and a panel member for ISO 9001: 2015 internal audit for the university. He has previously managed faculty teams at Brickfields Asia College, Petaling Jaya and Inti International College, Kuala Lumpur. He cofounded a training company and spent a few years as a freelance trainer.

Gobi is a member of Maxwell Leadership Certified Team and American Psychological Association . He is a HRD Corp certified trainer and IBM Design Thinking practitioner.

He loves books, travel, yoga, and nature.

Speaking

Academic Development Program (ADP) Session, 2023
Mental Resilience
Bukit Jalil, MY

TRAINING

Academic Mentoring , 2023
Essentials for Successful Mentoring of Students
Bukit Jalil, MY

COACHING

Leadership & Productivity, 2023
Getting Things Done
Cyberjaya, MY

Get in touch

Gobi is available for private and group coaching, training and talks worldwide. If you want to chat or collaborate about leadership, workplace culture, and productivity or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out.

RESEARCH

Why research is needed in Women Entrepreneurship in Malaysia: A
viewpoint paper, 2023

Promoting Holistic Education through Design of Meaningful and Effective Assignments in Sustainable Engineering,
2013

Identifying Trends in ‘job hopping’ in Private Institutions of Higher Learning, 2012

Global Financial Tsunami (Case Study), 2010