Rashida Rawat brings over 30 years of leadership and organisational development experience across financial services, corporate and development sectors. Her work spans business transformation, leadership development, talent and culture with one thread running consistently throughout: supporting people to see their potential clearly and step forward with intention.
Across her career at organisations such as Old Mutual, Shell and FirstRand, Rashida held senior roles including transformation consultant, faculty head, human capital executive, internal coach and facilitator. These roles shaped a deep, practical understanding of leadership, complexity and change, not in theory, but in lived organisational systems.
Alongside her professional experience, Rashida brings a personal understanding that resonates deeply with many of her clients. Having built a demanding career while raising a family, she understands the realities women and working parents navigate the pressure to perform, the internalised expectations to "hold it together," and the quiet questioning that can arise even amid success.
Video introduction
"After three decades in leadership and organisational work, I observed a recurring pattern: capable, accomplished people feeling disconnected from themselves at pivotal moments of change. Not because they lacked competence but because the way they had learned to succeed no longer matched who they were becoming."
-Rashida RawatA personal introduction to the vision, purpose and transformational approach behind
Inner Alchemy Coaching.
Coaching is about creating the clarity, awareness and courage to access it. Rashida's coaching style is consistently described as warm yet honest, supportive yet appropriately challenging. Clients experience her as deeply present, intuitive and able to get to the heart of an issue quickly.
Her approach integrates self-awareness work, behavioural insight and mindset coaching, enabling clients to navigate transitions, strengthen emotional intelligence and lead with greater self-trust. This lived experience allows her to coach with empathy, while remaining grounded, direct and action-oriented.
Genuine care without softening what needs to be said.
Creating safety while asking the questions that create real shift.
Depth that translates into practical, real-world change.
Hear what my clients have to say.
A free 30-minute discovery call is a space to pause, reflect and explore what's next, together. No commitment. No sales pitch. Simply a conversation grounded in clarity.
Inner Alchemy Coaching exists for the pivotal moments when what worked before no longer fits
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