By Vahisté Sinor

Dr. Adil Dalal, DBA, CEO – Pinnacle Process Solutions, Intl., and an award-winning, global transformative leader, recently shared his expertise in an titled ‘Stress to Success: Empowering Global Leaders for Peak Performance’, organized by Prism Healing Institute, on 4^th April, 2024, at the offices of Nishith Desai Associates, one of India’s leading law firms.

Based in the US, Dr. Adil Dalal is a prominent voice on this topic and his speech invoked much applause, making the workshop fun, engaging, and practical. According to the Harvard Medical School, chronic stress is a physically and mentally crippling disorder that is affecting approximately 4 billion people worldwide. As per Dr. Dalal’s projections, the world stress index will soon skyrocket, even getting to a point where nearly 90-95% of the world’s population will experience such a high level of chronic stress that it will impede their daily functions, and impact productivity, and the global economy.

Having written four books and won numerous awards for his leadership, teaching, and thought leadership on topics like stress management, Dr. Dalal’s inclination to spread the message about the ill effects of stress stems from his personal experiences. Unfortunately, several years ago, an episode of chronic stress landed him in the ER. That, coupled with the experience of another colleague, whose body was so badly damaged by chronic stress that he could not even perform simple routine tasks was a real ‘wake-up call’ for Dr. Dalal.

He made it his mission to help others globally understand the debilitating effects of stress on the human mind and body. Dr. Dalal was able to start his journey of self-improvement through deep meditation in the Himalayas, self-retrospection, and authoring books. This shaped his path, teaching himself, and later others, about chronic stress; which has rightfully been given the moniker ‘the silent killer’. To not let this ‘silent killer’ infiltrate and disintegrate companies from within, Dr. Dalal began working with CEOs to develop customised plans for stress management, both for themselves and the company employees at large.

During his recent talk at the Nishith Desai Associates, he shared his deep insights into finding the root cause of stressors (stress triggers) and the solutions he has developed, based on Eastern and Western technologies. As part of this workshop, Dr. Dalal introduced the audience to the theory of the Pinnacle Performance Zone (PPZ), which has five basic zones of how stress affects humans, ranging from zones of ‘Boredom’ to ‘Injury’.

In his multiple award-winning book, ‘The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence’, Dr. Dalal introduced an additional zone, ‘Zone of Pinnacle Performance’ that is between the zone of Safe work and Zone of Injury.  According to the research done by Dr. Dalal, the ‘Pinnacle Zone’ is where human beings need to operate to convert stress into peak performance.  A short demonstration of the PPZ software was conducted, in which the audience was able to see how stress affects focus and the body as a whole. The software is created in a way that the person is attached to via sensors. This innovative technology can be customised for individuals and companies to judge their stress levels daily and provide insight into healthy coping and management mechanisms.

As per Dr. Dalal, some simple approaches to dealing with stress, are proper sleep, exercise, abdominal breathing and simply trusting the process. Although these seem like common knowledge solutions, unfortunately, due to the fast pace of modern life, people often overlook the small things that are necessary to help their mental and physical well-being.  Dr. Dalal also briefly introduced some advanced techniques for stress management like metacognition, logotherapy, and others. All in all, a brilliant workshop which left the audience enlightened and grateful for the knowledge shared by Dr. Dalal.

 As an award-winning author of four books, coach, and consultant, Dr. Dalal acts as a catalyst, empowering teams to unprecedented performance levels. As a distinguished international keynote speaker, he has delivered over 100 keynotes on technology and humanistic subjects worldwide. He has received prestigious awards, including the Achievers of Asia Africa, Hall of Fame 2024, Most Inspiring Thought Leader, Global Award for Quality & Leadership, Shingo Award, ASQ Crosby Medal, Teaching Excellence Awards, and the Axiom Best Business Book Award. He has also pioneered several advances like The V-Factor™, Pinnacle Performance Zone™, iLean Technology™, and others.