The Man Behind Men-Kind®
Paul Prathap
Former Battalion Commander, Singapore Armed Forces. Executive coach. Founder of Men-Kind.
Doctoral Researcher, Crisis Leadership
Cranfield University
Research into how leaders and their teams hold together under acute pressure.
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Co-Active Training Institute
A year-long certification from an institute that has trained over 65,000 coaches across 120 countries.
Professional Certified Coach
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
ICF's second of three credential levels: 500+ coaching hours and a performance-assessed exam. Listed on the ICF register as Prathap Latchmanan.
Certified Facilitator
LEGO® Serious Play™
Certified to facilitate strategy with the LSP method.
Certified Strengths Coach
Gallup
Certified to coach with CliftonStrengths.
Values Navigator Certified Practitioner
Beyond Leadership / Map of Me
Certified to map values with the Map of Me tool.
1,100+ coaching hours across 300+ clients.
Every credential self-funded. None of it rushed.
83% of coaching clients say certification is ‘important’ or ‘very important’ when choosing a coach. Source: ICF Global Consumer Awareness Study
What He Saw
Nineteen years in uniform, from the age of eighteen. Prathap watched soldiers carry unbearable weight in silence. One took his life. Another came close. Many had mastered the role and had no idea who they were without it.
The C-Suite Isn't Different
In the corporate world the faces changed and the dynamic stayed: executives leading hundreds, brilliant at the job, privately hollowed out. The Leadership Identity Matrix™ calls this the Hollow Leader. Prathap recognised it because he had lived it too.
Why Men-Kind Exists
He founded Men-Kind to give those leaders a place to step back from the role and lead from within.
“The role will come off one day. I help you build the person who is still standing when it does.”
Paul Prathap
Look closer. Men has always lived inside women.
Men-Kind was always for every leader willing to lead from within.
The Symbol
Every element is
deliberate.
The Brain Inside the Heart
A brain nested within a heart. Strong leaders hold thinking and feeling together.
Lead with conviction and compassion.
The Roots as the Path
The roots are the inward work you do before you lead anyone else.
We don't do shortcuts. We do the work with you.
Lead From Within
The Heart
The outer heart holds everything else. Bring presence and empathy into every room.
Lead from the heart.
Men-Kind, and woMEN
The name began with military roots, where the need was most urgent. Look again and 'woMEN' was always in there. Everyone is naturally resourceful, creative, and whole.
Every leader, ready to grow.
Lead From Within
The Brain Inside the Heart
A brain nested within a heart. Strong leaders hold thinking and feeling together.
Lead with conviction and compassion.
The Heart
The outer heart holds everything else. Bring presence and empathy into every room.
Lead from the heart.
The Roots as the Path
The roots are the inward work you do before you lead anyone else.
We don't do shortcuts. We do the work with you.
Men-Kind, and woMEN
The name began with military roots, where the need was most urgent. Look again and 'woMEN' was always in there. Everyone is naturally resourceful, creative, and whole.
Every leader, ready to grow.