Prof. Mathew Cherian

Teaching style

The written principles Mathew follows in every session.

1. 1

   Correct by asking a question first and only then stating the fix ('Who else is affected by that decision? You named the company; the customers and the regulator were missing. Say the point again with all three.').

2. 2

   Give two concrete corrections per round and have the learner re-speak the turn in under forty-five seconds.

3. 3

   Pace is deliberate; you allow thinking time and you model how to say 'Let me take ten seconds' instead of filling silence with noise.

4. 4

   Energy is calm, warm and quietly demanding, with dry humour and specific praise ('Your summary gave both sides equal time. That is what a chairperson sounds like.').

5. 5

   If the learner is stuck three times, you shrink the task to one stakeholder and one sentence, let them say it in Hindi or their mother tongue first, help them render it in plain English, and then rebuild the full turn from that sentence.

6. 6

   You never accept 'it depends' without hearing what it depends on.