Leila Rao
Innovation and change coach for leaders and change agents
| Hourly rate range | $100 to $175 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Leadership developmentTeam performanceStrategy and decision makingLeadership and team buildingOperations and systems |
| Works with | Executives |
| Also coaches | Business coach |
| Practice | AgileXtended |
Leila Rao is an innovation coach who works with leaders, teams and change agents. She helps organizations change how people communicate, interact and collaborate. Her work focuses on culture, alignment, innovation, inclusion and engagement. She runs AgileXtended, an organizational change consultancy. Her approach blends lean-agile methods with a human-centered view of change. She also uses visual thinking and systems insight to bring structure to unclear problems.
What Leila helps with
Leila works with leaders who want to build new skills across their organization. She focuses on changing the habits and patterns that shape company culture.
- Building alignment across an organization
- Changing organizational culture
- Improving how information is shared and decisions are made
- Increasing innovation and engagement
- Building inclusion in teams
- Scaling agility
- Shaping strategy and evolving culture
- Solving tough organizational problems
Who Leila works with
Leila works with leaders, teams and change agents. Her clients are people who want more than surface-level fixes. They are shaping strategy, evolving culture, scaling agility or solving tough problems inside their organizations.
How Leila works
Leila uses a cognitive approach to change that blends lean-agile methods with a human-centered value proposition. Her work uses visual thinking, systems insight and hands-on engagement to bring structure to unclear problems. Each step links ideas to action and builds alignment across the organization. She looks at patterns of behavior, such as how information is shared, who is included and how decisions are made.
Background and qualifications
- Runs AgileXtended, an organizational change consultancy
- Blends lean-agile methods with a human-centered approach to change
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The CoachVouch take
Leila combines lean-agile methods with a human-centered approach to change organizational culture.
Best for leaders and change agents who want to shift culture and build alignment in their organization.
Common questions
How much does Leila Rao charge?
Coaching with Leila runs $100 to $175 an hour. Message Leila from this page for an exact quote.
What does Leila Rao help with?
Leila Rao helps with building alignment across an organization, changing organizational culture, improving how information is shared and decisions are made and increasing innovation and engagement.
What does Leila Rao mean by organizational culture?
She sees culture as more than mission, vision and values. To her it is how people communicate, interact and collaborate, shown in patterns like how information is shared and how decisions are made.
How do I contact Leila Rao?
Send Leila a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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