Executive coachingfor leadersshaping tomorrow.
Wardah is an ICF-PCC certified executive and leadership coach with over twenty years of global leadership experience. She partners with senior executives and C-suite leaders across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC and internationally as they navigate pivotal transitions.
ICF-PCC, Hogan, EQ-i 2.0
Over twenty years · Etihad Airways, Airbnb, Louis Vuitton
Dubai · working across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the GCC and internationally
Leaders at the moments that decide how they lead.
- Preparing for the C-suite
- Stepping into a first leadership role
- Navigating complex stakeholder dynamics
- Leading through change
Her coaching focuses on aligning values, beliefs and purpose with leadership behaviour, while strengthening emotional intelligence, communication, influence and decision-making, so that you lead with clarity, confidence and impact.
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Ways to work together
Executive Coaching
One-to-one coaching for leaders navigating greater responsibility, transition and complexity — from first leadership roles through to the C-suite.
Coaching programmesPsychometric Assessments
Evidence-based assessments that deepen self-awareness and provide insight into strengths, leadership behaviours, potential risks and development priorities.
Assessments
Leadership is an inside job.
How we lead begins with how we understand ourselves. The values and beliefs that shape us, the patterns we carry, and the choices we make when leadership asks more of us.
Executive coaching, shaped by experience.
For more than two decades, Wardah has led across industries and continents, within complex, fast-paced organisations spanning aviation, government, technology and luxury retail. Her career has taken her through transformation, growth and reinvention, giving her first-hand understanding of the pressures, decisions and transitions that come with senior leadership.
Her coaching goes beyond frameworks, combining evidence-based practice with the perspective of someone who has navigated the complexities of C-suite leadership herself. Today, she brings that experience to her work with senior leaders, helping them navigate the moments when the role, the expectations and who they need to become as leaders are changing.
It’s not often that you meet a coach that genuinely has your best interest at heart. That’s been my experience with Wardah. Her holistic and engaging approach not only brought out the best in me but helped me re-energize and re-strategise at times when I needed it most. I felt like I was in a safe space, and it was evident that the coaching wasn’t cookie-cutter, but one that is truly bespoke for me.
Wardah has been incredible as a coach and mentor. She helped me grow personally and professionally. Her extensive experience in aviation was invaluable; she also instilled confidence and a positive attitude, which has helped me throughout my career and life. I feel so much more confident and capable now, and I truly wouldn’t be where I am today without her support.
Her warm presence instantly puts you at ease. She truly listens and asks insightful questions to develop personalised action plans. Wardah provides strategic guidance blended with profound wisdom. Her empathy, patience and ability to simplify complex matters are unmatched.
Wardah possesses coaching expertise, strategic vision, and unwavering dedication towards the uplifting of those she is coaching and mentoring. Under her guidance, I learned to navigate complex challenges with confidence. Her support and encouragement have been instrumental in shaping my career.
Wardah’s coaching and mentorship propelled my career forward, providing clarity, structure, and invaluable feedback. With her support, I transitioned from stagnation to a Director role in the fintech sector. Her belief in my potential, coupled with empowering tools and skills, helped me overcome self-doubt and dare to dream big.
A speaker who changes how leaders think.
There is no shortage of motivational speakers. There is a shortage of speakers who combine the authority of real C-suite experience, the rigour of behavioural science, and the emotional intelligence to read a room and make every attendee feel seen.
- Learn, Unlearn, Relearn
- Who We Are Beyond Our Titles
- Well-Being for Leaders
- Custom Conversations
Leading tomorrow differently.
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Your next level of leadership starts here.
Whether you are preparing for the C-suite, navigating a pivotal transition, or ready to lead with greater clarity and impact, this is where that work begins. Book a complimentary consultation to explore how executive coaching can support your leadership growth.
Confidential. No obligation.
- You and Wardah discuss your goals and what has brought you to coaching now.
- You learn how the coaching works and how an engagement is structured.
- You decide together whether coaching is the right fit.