Mirza Yawar Baig is the Founder President of Yawar Baig & Associates specializing in Leadership Development, enabling technical specialists transition into leadership roles. In 40 years, consulting with Multinational Corporations, Government and Business Entrepreneurs on 3 continents he’s taught more than 200,000 managers, administrators, teachers, technologists, and clergy. He specializes in Family business consulting and Entrepreneurship development and his books, The Business of Family Business and An Entrepreneur’s Diary, describe his approach. He has a keen interest in school education and his method of Integrated Teaching is practiced in many schools in different countries.
Yawar was Imam & Khateeb of MHMIC (Mahmood Habib Masjid & Islamic Center, Hyderabad) from 2009, until he moved to the US in 2019 where he is the Imam & Khateeb at the Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts, West Springfield and Muslim Chaplain at Springfield College and Westfield State University. Yawar is also a Board Member of the Islamic Council of New England (ICNE). In 2008, Yawar was invited by the Ministry of Haj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to speak at the International Haj Conference, by ICK & Ministry of Awqaf, Kuwait (since 2010) to deliver Friday sermons and lectures, by The Diwan to the Royal Court of Sultan Qaboos of Oman (2014) and by Al Fanar, (2016) and Education City Mosque (2018), Qatar. Yawar is a published author with 40 books to his credit, spanning Islam, leadership, wildlife conservation, and education. He speaks five languages.
Consultant Faculty Memberships
Business and Leadership
- AMA International, New York, NY
- GE Corporate University, Crotonville, NY
- SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad
Islamic
- Advisor, Jamiat ul Ulama, South Africa
- Advisor, Association of Muslim Schools, SA
- Advisor, Jamiat ul Ulama, Sri Lanka
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Executive MBA (MEP), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad, India
Professional Member, Indian Society of Applied Behavioural Science
P-CMM Certification Program, TeraQuest & Carnegie Mellon University, Austin, TX, USA
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator© Step I & II, Otto Kroeger Associates, Fairfax, Virginia, USA & APPIPL, Bangalore
Books Include
- Leadership Lessons: Life of Rasoolullahﷺ
- Hiring Winners
- The Business of Family Business
- An Entrepreneur’s Diary
- Race Towards Forgiveness
- Seerah is the Answer
- Marriage, the making & living of it
- In a Teacup
- Reflect on the Quran
- The World we don’t see
Clients Include
GE, Oracle, Motorola, Microsoft, IBM, National Semiconductor, Unilever, Colgate, Asian Paints, Siemens, Wartsila, MphasiS, EXL Service, CGIAR-ICRISAT, CGIAR-WorldFish, World Bank, Tata Corporate, J & J, Accenture, Zeneca Seeds, Shanta Biotech, Advanta, Reuters, Air India, Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, Olam, Regal Beloit, Reliance World, NIS Sparta, AMKA, Checkout, Emami Group, Suzlon, JP Morgan, SEW Infrastructure, SEAPOL, Expolanka, KAR Group, LANCO, Verizon, Mars Chocolates, Godrej
His lectures on YouTube (www.youtube.com/myawarbaig) have a global following.
