Coaching – Sonali Dsilva

Coaching with Sonali

Sonali makes her years of corporate experience count as she gets to the heart of what challenges leaders in being effective, inclusive and creating a psychologically safe team climate. Her coaching sessions have been called eye-opening, reassuring, inspiring and impactful.

Talk to Sonali for a 6-month personalised coaching engagement on the following key areas of work and leadership.

Senior leaders stepping into inclusive leadership

Inclusive Leadership is about adding to your leadership skills, so you can respond to a diverse work environment, and become a leader people feel comfortable engaging with.

Best suited to:

Senior and executive leaders in diverse organisations
Team leaders needing to adapt to diverse teams
Those struggling to lead confidently in diversity

You will receive guidance on how to:

Make meaning of different kinds of diversity at work
Understand your behaviour hot buttons as a leader
Safely examine biases and how these may impact others
Learn inclusive practices best suited to your position
Practice inclusion in your day-to-day leadership
Communicate to create team psychological safety

D&I Professionals and diversity program leaders

Diversity & Inclusion professionals can find it hard to balance the competing priorities of a diversity portfolio, this could help finding your anchors and prioritising your time.

Best suited to:

Current diversity, equity & inclusion leads at work
Aspiring or newly appointed D&I heads or leaders
Those tasked with D&I as an additional responsibility

You will receive guidance on how to:

Reduce overwhelm and structure your responsibilities
Understand your diversity hot button issues at work
Safely challenge your assumptions and grow into the role
Learn to recognise and respectfully interrupt biases at work
Hold others accountable and have tough conversations
Push back on unreasonable demands and seek balance

Women who lead or stepping into senior roles

Women can find themselves alone or spotlighted at work when they get promoted and may not have role models and mentors who can help them through new challenges.

Best suited to:

Current senior and executive women leaders
Rising middle-management women leaders
Those informally tasked with leadership at work

You will receive guidance on how to:

Find a sense of direction and purpose in your role
Clarify your leadership values and intentions at work
Rediscover and reframe your sense of confidence
Boost your leadership reputation and presence
Communicate like a leader in tough situations
Create meaningful connections and expand influence

Non-executive Directors and Board members

Board Directors can often find themselves challenged on the D&I front through vocal and aware employees, alert customers, stakeholders, and D&I advocates and leaders.

Best suited to:

Board Directors and Chairs of Corporate Boards
New Board Directors with no prior experience
Those tasked with leading committees and governance

You will receive guidance on how to:

Rise into diversity and inclusion related strategy
Connect Board responsibilities with D&I outcomes
Clarify your stance on D&I and related matters
Find inclusive practices best suited to your position
Get comfortable with diversity related conflicts
Weave inclusion and diversity into governance goals

Coaching testimonial

“Sonali came into my professional life at a time when I really needed someone to guide and mentor me in my new role as Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator. At all times, Sonali came prepared with questions, materials and resources that were best practice and commercially cutting edge. I cannot thank her enough for the way in which she gently encouraged me to develop my confidence in my role by helping me to analyse DEI issues at Future Super with fresh eyes. All the very best Sonali, I cannot wait to see how your consultancy evolves over the coming years!” – Lydia H, D&I Officer, Future Super