About Rakesh Upadhyay

I am an ICF PCC Executive & Leadership Coach, Leadership Assessor and Facilitator working with VPs, Directors, CXOs and other senior leaders navigating new mandates, leadership transitions, stakeholder complexity and consequential decisions. My work is most relevant when the scope of a role has expanded, expectations have shifted, or the first 90–180 days will shape credibility, alignment and performance.

Since 2022, I have delivered 2,000+ paid coaching hours across 40+ organisations, including 1,600+ hours through structured enterprise coaching programmes. The work spans global financial services, technology, consumer and other enterprise environments; representative organisations across these engagements include Oracle, Citi, TCS, London Stock Exchange Group, General Mills, MSCI, Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Gartner. I am also Hogan Certified, enabling assessment to be integrated selectively where it adds useful evidence and depth to leadership development.

My foundation is nearly 30 years of Indian Army leadership experience, from 1992 to May 2022. About 15 years of that career were spent in appointments carrying substantial formal responsibility for training and leader development. That experience shaped my understanding of judgement, accountability, composure, decision quality and leading through uncertainty—qualities that continue to inform how I work with senior leaders today.

In practice, I often serve as a confidential strategic thinking partner: creating an independent space in which leaders can examine assumptions, work through competing priorities, navigate stakeholder dynamics and make more deliberate decisions. My role is not to supply ready-made answers, but to help leaders think with greater clarity and exercise sound judgement when the stakes are high.

Coaching is conducted in accordance with the ICF Code of Ethics. Confidentiality boundaries are agreed at the outset. In organisation-sponsored engagements, individual session content remains confidential; any agreed reporting on goals, themes or progress is handled transparently and with the coachee’s knowledge.

I work best with leaders who are willing to think deeply, engage honestly and take responsibility for the choices that serious leadership requires.

2000+

Paid Coaching Hours

40+

Organisations