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Jalaja Pillai

- Leadership/Executive/Team Coaching - Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development - DEI and Culture, Women’s Leadership Development - Emotional Wellness, Mental Health, Counselling and Psychotherapy

Bengaluru

13+ years of work experience

Dec 20257 mosPresent

My Persona
Jun 20242 yrs 1 moPresent

Private Practice
Apr 201313 yrs 3 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Biocon Biologics
May 20241 yr 6 mosOct 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

InMobi
Feb 20213 yrs 2 mosMar 2024

India

Education

Master Certified Coach ( MCC ), Executive Coaching

The International Coaching Federation

20232 yrs2025

Completed the professional year long training in Compassionate Inquiry

Compassionate Inquiry

20231 yr2024

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Headline

- Leadership/Executive/Team Coaching - Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development - DEI and Culture, Women’s Leadership Development - Emotional Wellness, Mental Health, Counselling and Psychotherapy

About

I am an Executive and Leadership Coach, a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation, partnering with leaders to deepen self-awareness, explore and align closer with their purpose, enhance their personal and professional effectiveness and engage with life with more joy and ease. I also design and facilitate team coaching and leadership development group interventions. My work is grounded in a strong foundation of global credentials in both Coaching and Counselling. I am an ICF-MCC, a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, and trained in Team Coaching through Intact Academy, Europe. I am also an internationally certified counsellor, with training in Transactional Analysis (Counselling), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Basic and Advanced, from the Albert Ellis Institute), and Compassionate Inquiry. I am deeply interested in going beyond visible behaviors to understand the underlying patterns that shape how we function—as individuals, leaders, and teams and how this impacts the experiences we create for us and others. I support my clients in building deeper self-awareness, emotional intelligence, understanding interpersonal, team, and cultural dynamics, and recognizing how these influence outcomes, relationships, and overall experience. Over the past five years, I have coached more than 220 leaders in one-on-one engagements and facilitated over 50 team and group sessions. I have worked with organizations such as Biocon Biologics, where I was a Leadership Coach and Organizational Development Consultant, and InMobi, where I coached leaders and leadership teams over a three-year period. Earlier in my career, I worked with Interweave Consulting, facilitating over 140 workshops in areas of Diversity and Inclusion and Women’s Leadership Development. I also spent a decade with IBM India, where I led several pioneering initiatives, including Corporate Social Responsibility function and a Centre of Excellence for Client Satisfaction. Alongside my coaching work, I have a private practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy, where I work with individuals, couples, families and people with diagnosed medical conditions in the area of mental health, offering one-on-one Counselling and Psychotherapeutic support. Specialties: Executive/Leadership/Team/Group Coaching, Life Coaching, Leadership Development and Facilitation, Women's Leadership Development programs, Behavioural training, Emotional Intelligence, DEI, Culture, Corporate Social Responsibility, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Mental Health, Wellness.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Leadership Coaching at Pivut, Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

Leadership Development and Coaching at My Persona, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Counselor, Psychotherapist, Coach at Private Practice, Apr 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru

Leadership Coaching and Organizational Development at Biocon Biologics, May 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Director - Learning and Organizational Development and Leadership Coaching at InMobi, Feb 2021 - Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos, India

Education

Master Certified Coach ( MCC ), Executive Coaching, The International Coaching Federation

Completed the professional year long training in Compassionate Inquiry, Compassionate Inquiry

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