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UNSTUCK: Breaking Through The Middle Management Plateau

Build the capabilities to navigate complexity, influence across boundaries, lead high-performing teams and drive lasting transformation.

Participating Leader

Sunder is a transformation and commercial excellence leader with over two decades of cross-industry experience across healthcare, technology, and financial services.

He has held leadership roles at GSK, Pfizer and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, including serving as Country Managing Director for GSK Sri Lanka during one of the region’s most turbulent economic crises.

He is the author of Get Unstuck (Westland, 2026), written for managers trying to break through the middle-management plateau, and co-author of HeadStart (Penguin, 2024), a career book for young professionals. The book has received wide acclaim from business leaders for its practical advice, lived wisdom, and focus on skills that matter in dynamic workplaces.

Sunder Ramachandran, Senior Business Leader

Break through the plateau and become the leader who shapes the enterprise, not just runs it.


Mid-career professionals often find themselves delivering consistently yet not progressing meaningfully. Unstuck helps them break through that plateau by developing the six enterprise capabilities required to move from trusted operator to enterprise shaper. The course builds on the principles of Sunder Ramachandran’s book Unstuck: Breaking Through the Middle Management Plateau and translates them into actionable learning modules.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will:

  • Understand the three tectonic shifts transforming leadership.
  • Build six capabilities that enable success at enterprise scale.
  • Apply tested frameworks to manage volatility, values, complexity, visibility, teams, and transformation.
  • Walk away with a complete playbook of templates and reflection tools for sustained career growth. 

Combine bite-sized, self-paced video lessons with live cohort sessions to explore leadership challenges, discuss real-world cases and apply concepts at work.

18 downloadable templates and 6 module playbooks you can apply to your real work from day one

Learn through fortnightly live sessions featuring case-based simulations, peer discussions and practical application of leadership concepts to real workplace situations.

The VALUES Framework

A six-capability framework to help managers navigate complexity, influence effectively, empower teams and lead transformation.


 V- Navigating Volatility

Leading through uncertainty and complexity

A - Anchoring in Values

Making principled decisions under pressure

L - Leading Across Boundaries

Managing global–local tensions and influence without authority

U - Unshakable Reputation

Building credibility and visibility in matrix
environments

E - Empowering Teams

Creating scalable performance and trust systems

S - Shaping Transformation

Driving sustainable change and long-term impact

Course Structure

Introductory Videos: Course Introduction and Course Overview

Modules: 6 Modules × 4 videos each (3 concept videos + 1 Play book)

Video Duration: 7-10 mins per concept video, 5 min per Play book video

Templates / Frameworks: 3 per module (18 total)

Reflections: 1–2 questions per video

Quizzes: 1 per module (5 questions each)

Live Cohort Sessions: 3 fortnightly each - 120-minute live session

Who Should Join


Mid to senior level professionals who consistently deliver results but feel stuck
Managers and aspiring middle
managers who want to step into
leadership roles.
Curious learners from diverse set of companies ranging from growth startups and large enterprises 

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Course Completion & Certification

Participants who complete all modules and quizzes receive a Certificate of Completion signed by Sunder Ramachandran & Corporate Shiksha

You’ve proven you can deliver. Now prove you can lead at scale.


Six capabilities. 18 frameworks. One clear path out of the plateau.

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