Women Leadership Coaching: A Business Imperative
Leadership is gender neutral.
Yet, despite equal competence, women remain underrepresented in senior leadership roles.
- Only 8.9% of top executive roles in India’s Nifty 500 companies are held by women.
- Women make up just 18% of board positions globally.
- And countless others drop off at mid-senior levels—not for lack of skill, but lack of support and visibility.
What’s missing isn’t potential. It’s Executive presence.
This coaching is designed to help women leaders:
Show up with assertiveness, clarity, and impact
Push back respectfully and lead without apology
Build trust and credibility in male-dominated rooms
Leverage their unique leadership style and strengths—without conforming
“I wholeheartedly recommend Kshitij, an exceptional personal coach who has been instrumental in my journey of executive presence development over the past year. Kshitij’s approach was refreshingly unique and tailored to my specific needs.”
“This focused coaching has empowered me to be a more effective communicator and enabled me to become an impactful public speaker. It gives me immense pride and satisfaction to state that I have become a new person with different perspective to business and life during the coaching.”
This Isn’t About Changing Who You Are—It’s About Leading From the Core of Who You Are
You don’t need to conform.
You already have the capability—this is about activating your presence so that your leadership is seen, heard, and respected at every level.
You already have what it takes—let’s bring it forward.
Leadership Coaching helps women leaders:
Own their seat at the table with clarity and conviction
Navigate high-stakes conversations with confidence and strategic influence
Assert boundaries and decisions with calm authority
Leverage emotional and positive intelligence as leadership strengths—not soft skills
Lead authentically, without diluting their style to fit outdated models of power
Coaching Outcomes
Speak with authority—without losing authenticity
Assert yourself without fear of being labelled “difficult”
Get comfortable holding power and space
Influence peers, seniors, and stakeholders—including alpha males
Celebrate and channel your feminine leadership strengths
Our Coaching Approach
Grounded in the book Demystifying Executive Presence, published in Bangalore, India ,and adapted for the lived experiences of women leaders.
Focus Areas
Assertiveness without aggression
Influence without needing to dominate
Strategic storytelling and succinct communication
Emotional Intelligence and Positive Intelligence practices
Navigating complex interpersonal dynamics at senior levels
Coach Kshitij
Women Leadership Coach| Advocate for Women in Leadership in India | Bangalore
Coach Kshitij is a Bangalore-based trusted women leadership coach to C-suite leaders, Fortune 500 executives, and top consulting professionals, with over 15 years of experience in leadership development, executive presence coaching, and strategic influence.
Known for his high-impact coaching style, Coach Kshitij has helped many women leaders navigate complex organizational landscapes with clarity, confidence, and authenticity. His approach blends deep business insight with a strong focus on empowerment, presence, and purpose-driven leadership.
As a widely recognized TEDx speaker on Executive Presence, his insights continue to shape leadership conversations across industries and inspire women to step into visible, influential roles—without compromising who they are.
Whether you’re aiming to build boardroom credibility, speak with greater authority, or lead in high-stakes environments, Coach Kshitij brings the tools and strategies to support your next level of leadership.
Testimonials
Swayta Murarka
Managing Director, HSBC
Coaching by Kshitij Sharma is the one of the most positive experiences one can sign up for .
His empathetic nature and commitment to client’s success works exceptionally well for women leaders looking for the milestone.
He is able to create clarity of vision and purpose so that success is more aligned with one’s core strength.
Sahana Shetty
Senior VP, ANZ
I admire his focus and passion towards coaching and supporting leaders reach their goals.
I felt a strong urge to find my ‘purpose’ In life that made me happy. I was trying to find the balance between my personal and professional life . I could express my duality of thoughts.
The way he approached my challenges and took me through simple steps helped me get a lot of clarity. From there it was easy to move forward and put a plan that worked for me.
Dr Rajashree Devarkonda
Country Head, Voisin Life Science
Kshitij is a gifted coach with many years of experience in various fields with backing of academics. He uses variety of creative teaching methods to ensure you learn what you need to within a short period. He is an intellectual person, stands for integrity, has strong analytical problem-solving skills, creative, flexible and takes personal responsibility for the results.
I enjoyed my coaching sessions with him on time management and strongly recommend him for others.
Case Study
From Being the Lone Women Leader to a Respected Voice in the Boardroom
In a male-dominated industry, Ananya (name changed) was the only woman on the senior leadership team. A high-performing leader with strong domain expertise and exceptional stakeholder management skills, she often believed that her work would speak for itself. However, her quiet demeanor, non-participation in after-hours networking (drinks, smoking), and reluctance to self-promote left her sidelined in critical discussions.
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Why Women Leadership Coaching ?
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Leading in challenging times
Your Time Is Now
You don’t need to become someone else.
You need to become more you—and own that presence.
Let’s start your journey.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is Women Leadership Coaching, and how is it different from general executive coaching?
I am a true believer that leadership quality is gender neutral; however unfortunately the environments in which women lead often are not gender neutral.
A lot of women leaders despite having great potentials are not able to reach the boardroom as often as their male colleagues with equal capability.
This is due to inherent bias in our society.
Women Leadership coaching creates space to look at overall leadership effectiveness, confidence, visibility, etc., in a woman leader, while also acknowledging realities many women leaders face — being interrupted, underestimated, over-scrutinised, etc.
The intent is not to mould you into someone else or ask you to “fit a template.”
It’s to help you lead in a way that feels authentic, grounded, and impactful — without losing yourself in the process.
General Executive coaching helps senior executives of both genders rediscover their greatness within through reflective conversations.
2. Who is Women Leadership Coaching meant for?
This coaching is for women leaders who are already capable — and know there is more within them waiting to emerge.
It’s especially relevant if you are:
- Stepping into a senior or highly visible role
- Aspiring for larger leadership responsibility or board-level presence
- Strong in your technical or functional expertise, yet wanting greater influence
- Doing consistently good work, but feeling under-recognised
- Seeking clarity, confidence, and self-mastery in how you lead
Many women I work with are not lacking competence — they are looking to move from quiet excellence to being seen, trusted, and influential at senior levels.
3. What outcomes can I expect from Women Leadership Coaching?
Most women leaders I have worked with commonly notice the following outcomes:
Greater confidence and presence in meetings and senior forums
A clearer, stronger voice in one-to-many conversations
Greater influence on key stakeholders
improved decision-making quality
More powerful gravitas and executive presence.
In essence coaching facilitates self-mastery — helping you lead with composure, gravitas, and self assurance, even in challenging situations at work and home.
4. Is this coaching about fixing gaps or developing strengths?
This Coaching is about supporting women leaders discover a more powerful version of themselves.
Its accepting and finding your strengths, recognising your shackles, and mindfully working toward becoming a powerful avatar as a leader.
We navigate through strengths, patterns and habits with a sense of inquisitiveness not judgement.
The aim is to broaden our horizon not to find faults.
5. How does Women Leadership Coaching help with executive presence and visibility?
This coaching is a medium using which we zoom-in how you carry yourself-how you communicate, your faith in yourself, the vibrations you carry and bring-in your leadership communication.
The purpose is not to make you dominate or loud rather to help you be more grounded and poise.To assist you retain your authenticity in the most natural way / to be the owner of your space without being commanding.
In a nutshell it’s about being effective and impressive in a subtle way.
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