Lead from who you are, not who you are expected to be.
Confidential, one-to-one coaching for women leaders in education, public health, nonprofits, foundations, and global organizations. For capable women leading in complex, high-stakes environments around the world.
When life and work pull in the same direction.
We all work. Work gives us a sense of satisfaction and achievement. It challenges us, connects us, and helps us grow. At its best, it grounds us in something bigger than ourselves.
Life is always happening. Sometimes with intention, sometimes with chaos. The key is to not let life and work pull in opposite directions. The sweet spot is when they reinforce each other: when your work draws on your strengths, reflects your values, and moves you toward something that feels real and purposeful.
When who you are and what you do finally line up, everything shifts: your presence, your decisions, your relationships, your impact.
That is what Life Work Purpose is about. It is more than a name. It is an approach that helps you align your inner story (who you are) with your outer story (what you do), so you can lead with confidence and without the weight of constantly proving yourself.
A thinking partner who is fully on your side.
You are the expert in your own life and work. My job is not to tell you what to do. It is to help you think more clearly, test your assumptions, and make decisions you can stand behind.
Complete confidentiality
What you say stays between us. For many women leaders, this is the first place they can be fully honest about what is really going on.
Getting to the real issue
The problem you bring is often not the one that matters most. Together we get underneath it, so your energy goes where it will make a difference.
Honest challenge, real support
When something does not add up, I will say so, respectfully and directly. You get candid feedback from someone who wants you to succeed.
Practical tools
CliftonStrengths to identify what you already do well. For those who choose it, the Positive Intelligence™ program to manage stress, quiet self-doubt, and recover faster from setbacks.
Together we work on:
- Clarifying your leadership style and values
- Handling self-doubt, burnout, and difficult workplace dynamics
- Leading with presence and a clear voice
- Building a career that reflects your purpose, not just your résumé
Three ways to work together.
Every engagement begins with a free 30-minute curiosity call, so we can see together whether this is the right fit.
Executive Coaching Session
- One-hour call with 45 minutes of focused coaching
- Bring a decision, a challenge, or a conversation you are preparing for
- No long-term commitment
- Ideal for a specific moment, or to experience coaching before committing to a year
Leadership Partnership
- 16 individual coaching sessions to use within 12 months
- 4 additional sessions to get to know each other, set your goals, and look back at what changed from start to finish
- Roughly every two weeks at the start, then every three to four weeks as the changes take hold
- CliftonStrengths assessment to identify your natural strengths, and a session to explore the results
- Email access between sessions
Leadership Partnership with Positive Intelligence™
- Everything in the Leadership Partnership
- The 7-week Positive Intelligence™ program at the start, to help you stay calm, focused, and clear under pressure
- Additional support to put the practices to work in your daily leadership
The Positive Intelligence™ program is offered in English.
Please note: I do not hold coaching sessions from December 14, 2026 to January 8, 2027, or from June 23 to July 16, 2027.
For organizations
If leadership coaching is funded by the leader’s organization, I provide proforma invoices, tax details, and documentation so your procurement process is straightforward. Coaching is available in English and French.
Help your team thrive together, not just survive together.
Team and group coaching
Team coaching is more than skill building. It shifts culture. I work with education teams, social impact organizations, and leadership teams to:
- Build trust and emotional intelligence
- Turn conflict into collaboration
- Align around shared purpose and values
- Strengthen communication and leadership across the organization
Programs range from one-off group intensives to eight-month journeys for leadership teams.
Workshops and retreats
Sometimes what your team needs most is time to pause, realign, and reconnect. I design custom sessions on:
- Strengths and values alignment
- Leadership presence and voice
- Managing stress, burnout, and conflict
- Emotional and social intelligence
- Communicating with impact
Formats include half-day virtual sessions, full-day in-person retreats, and multi-part leadership series for cohorts.
For women leading teams, navigating complex roles, or finding clarity in transition.
I coach women from a wide range of backgrounds, across identities, cultures, and lived experience. Recent clients have included:
This coaching makes room for your whole story, not just your role or résumé.
Rakotonirina
- Professional Certified Coach, PCC (ICF)
- Certified Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP)
- Certified PQ Coach, Positive Intelligence™
- Founder, Sekoly Kintana Montessori
- Coaches in English and French
I am an executive coach, credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), with over 2,000 coaching hours in the last five years. I have coached leaders in Ministries of Health across West and East Africa for the Gates Foundation LGMS program through Strathmore, World Food Programme managers through Factor10 Coaching, and many others through WorkBravely. My clients have also included leaders at Bloomberg and Autodesk.
I am also the founder and director of Sekoly Kintana, a trilingual Montessori school. That means I do not just coach leaders. I am one. I know what it means to hold a vision, build a team from scratch, navigate complexity across cultures, and keep going when support is thin.
You are worth this conversation.
If you want freedom from fear, from pressure, from the weight of proving yourself, book a 30-minute curiosity call. No pitch, no pressure. Just two people thinking together about whether this is the right fit.
Book a curiosity callDrop-in sessions from $280· Year-long partnerships from $6,000
alison@alisonrakoto.com