Ruma is a highly proficient and experienced C-Suite coach with an international background. She is sharp in her approach, cultivating brutally honest & intuitive conversations and has coached leaders (1:1 coaching) as well as executive teams & members of the board (Systems coaching).  

Her systems coaching approach mainly pertains to 5 elements of any successful & high performing team: (i) Autonomy or individual brilliance, (ii) Inter-dependence, (iii) Channelling the energy in conflicts, (iv) Vulnerability and (v) Direction or Purpose.

She is one of the pioneers of Systems Coaching in Asia & has worked with Leadership teams in the Retail, FMCG, Manufacturing, Telecom, Logistics, Healthcare industries, & the UN. With her very rich coaching experiences working with C-suites comprising of members from various cultures and nationalities, she quickly senses the needs and shifts in a system and guides them skillfully towards the desired outcome. Her passion is to co-create a systemic impact by focusing teams on understanding the internal dynamics of relationships, power & powerlessness.

With almost 20 years of corporate background before becoming a coach, she brings a rich experience of leading high performing teams in large MNCs and has unique experiences of being the only woman in high stakes sales and negotiation processes; and being the only woman in her Mechanical Engg class. Today, she is on the board of 3 ventures, a prolific writer on leadership topics and a keynote speaker on relationships & systems. Ruma has been published in leading publications in India such as Huffington Post & PeopleMatters.

Credentials

• Certified ORSC (Organization Relationships & Systems Coach), from CRR London

• Certified CBC (Corporate Business Coach), WABC

• Certified PCC, ICF

• Certified Co-active Coach, CTI, London

• Finance for Senior Execs, London Business School

• B. E (Mechanical Engg), UCE Burla

Expertise / Services Provided

• 1:1 CXO Coaching / Transition Coaching

• Systems Coaching / Strategy to Execution Coaching

• Mentor Coach for professional coaches

• Senior Faculty for professional coach certification programs by Progress-U

Assessments / Tools

• 360 degrees for leaders

• Harrison Assessment

• PTC - Team Coaching Assessment

Language: English

Corporate Experience

• ~20 years of corporate experience in leadership positions / Led a global sales team for an MNC

• Was a founder member of a technology startup

• Opened up new revenue streams for an MNC in the highly competitive European market

International Exposure

• Born in India and studied in India & UK

• Work experiences in US, UK, India & Hong Kong

Selection of Executive & Team Coaching Clients

• The United Nations: Across Asia

• BFSI: Max life Insurance, Mahindra Finance, Tower Insurance

• Chemicals: Bayer, BASF, Henkel

• Retail & FMCG: Godrej, REWE, Savencia

• IT: Capgemini, Google

• Manufacturing: Mahindra Auto, Covestro, Siemens

• Telecom: TeliaSonera

• Entertainment & Gaming: Virtuous Sparx

Logistics: Gebruder-Weiss