Leadership coach · San Diego · Online

Lead the room. Lead your life.

18 years in HR. Now on your side of the table.

Coaching for leaders at every level, from first-time managers to the C-suite, and for anyone stepping into something new.

Leading a team across countries and cultures? That’s my specialty.

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Free · On Google Meet · English or Kannada

Hi, I’m Rakshitha.

From Bengaluru to San Diego

The short version. Tap one.

Recruiting, HR business partnering and people programs, from Bengaluru to Silicon Valley. I know how people decisions get made, because I helped make them.

What I coach

Where would you like to start?

Directors, VPs and C-suite

Leading at the top

New role, bigger room. Your first 90 days shape the story people tell about you.

Leaders of teams across countries

Leading across cultures

Feedback, decisions and trust work differently from one culture to the next.

Women, and anyone stepping into something new

Leading yourself

Lead your own life the way you’d lead a team: clear priorities, honest feedback, follow-through.

Sound familiar?

Tap one. I’ll answer.

Whichever one sounded like you, start there. The first call is free.

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How I work

Bring the question. I’ll bring the tool.

Every session has the same rhythm: name it, find what drives it, and pick one move to practice. Which tool we use depends on your question.

The Johari window

A simple map of what you know about yourself and what others see. Patterns often sit in the blind spot, so we find safe ways to hear what others notice.

My training is trauma-informed, so you set the pace.

From 18 years inside HR

It’s not always you. Sometimes it’s the room.

A few words in a talent review can shape a career for years. Tap a card to see what they often mean.

In reviews at four companies, women more often got vague feedback that wasn’t tied to business results. Men more often got specific next steps. Correll and Simard, HBR 2016

These are general patterns, not anyone’s real review. None of this is about blaming your company. Knowing how the room works helps you choose your move.

Free guide · 9 pages

Read the room, find your part, make your move

For when work feels hard and you can’t tell why. What’s yours, what’s the room’s, and words for the conversation you’ve been putting off.

Work with me

Clear options. Clear prices.

Every option starts with a free 30-minute call. All coaching is online, in English or Kannada.

One at a time

One session

For one decision or one hard conversation.

$150

Paid when you book.

60 minutes, one-on-one
A short form before we meet, so we start fast
Your next step, written down

Go on to a package within 30 days and this $150 comes off the price.

Start with a free call

A good place to start

Six weeks, one-on-one

For a new role, a career move or a life transition.

$1,200

Pay in full, or in 2 payments of $600, charged automatically.

6 weekly sessions: the first is 90 minutes, the rest are 60
Email between sessions, answered within one business day
A one-page plan to keep
A check-in call 30 days after we finish

Why the check-in? In one study, new habits took around 66 days to feel automatic. Six weeks plus 30 days covers that. Lally and colleagues, 2010

Start with a free call

Three months

Leadership coaching

For directors, VPs and C-suite leaders.

$3,500

Pay in full, or in 2 payments of $1,750, charged automatically. Your company can pay by invoice.

6 sessions, every two weeks: the first is 90 minutes, the rest are 60
Feedback interviews with up to 5 people you choose. You see the themes, never who said what.
Email between sessions, answered within one business day
Optional check-ins with your manager, at the start and at the end

Rather not involve colleagues? Skip the interviews and get 2 extra sessions instead.

Start with a free call

For global teams

Team sessions: choose 2 or 3

For you and your team across countries, up to 10 people. Each session is 90 minutes, online.

Map it. Before we meet, everyone fills in a 5-minute survey. Together we map how your team gives feedback, makes decisions, disagrees and builds trust, and where you differ.
Agree. We turn those differences into a few team agreements that everyone helps write.
Check in. Three or four weeks later, we keep what’s working and fix what isn’t.

Choose 2 sessions for a reset. Choose 3 to make it stick. After each session, your team gets a one-page summary. Bigger team? We split it into two groups.

$1,500 for 2 sessions

$2,000 for 3 sessions

Your company can pay by invoice.

Plan it on a free call

Just you? Book 2 or 3 single sessions instead.

Your company can pay. Here’s an email you can send your manager or HR.

Subject: Leadership coaching request

Hi [name],

I’d like to work with a leadership coach on [your goal], and I’m asking if our learning budget can cover it.

The coach is Rakshitha Brutsche-Gowda. She spent 18 years in HR and coaches leaders from first-time managers to the C-suite.

Her [six-week / three-month] program is [$1,200 / $3,500]. She can invoice the company directly.

I expect it to help me [one result for the team].

Could we talk about it this week?

Thanks,
[your name]

Between jobs or back from leave? I keep two spots at a reduced rate. Ask about it on your free call.

Self-leadership workshops. Small groups, on topics like career moves, a new role, life transitions, motherhood and work, and relationships.

Workshops and talks for your company: [email protected]

About Rakshitha

Leadership isn’t a title.

I’ve spent my whole career around people decisions. Again and again, I watched capable people stall for reasons that had little to do with talent. Sometimes it was a pattern they couldn’t see. Sometimes it was a room that couldn’t see them.

Coaching a few expat leaders got me hooked on how culture shapes all of this. Today that’s my specialty, along with coaching women and anyone living between cultures and roles.

Training and where I’ve spoken

Training

Jay Shetty Certified Coach
Cultural EQ CertificationFormerly Culture Mastery 4Cs
Trauma-Informed Certificate for Coaches
MBA, Human Resources

Heard on

Panelist, “Beyond the Grind: Cultivating Connection and Engagement at Work”Revel Coach webinar
Podcast guest with Aish SinhaOn life transitions
Facilitator, Leading the Global Workforce mastermindRevel Coach

Good questions to ask first

Is this therapy?

No. Therapy helps you heal and is led by a licensed clinician. Coaching looks forward: decisions, conversations and patterns. If something is better suited to a therapist, I’ll tell you.

Is this confidential?

Yes. What we talk about stays between us. If your company pays, they see dates and attendance only, unless you choose to share more.

Can’t I just ask ChatGPT?

Use it for drafts and ideas. It can’t notice what you skip over, or check in on the move you promised to make. In a 2026 study for the International Coaching Federation, 80% of people said they still want coaching to be human-led in some form.

ICF Global Consumer Awareness Study, 2026

Does coaching actually work?

Research says it can. A 2014 review of workplace coaching studies found positive effects on performance, well-being, coping and goal-directed self-regulation. The work between sessions matters most, so every session ends with one move to try.

Theeboom, Beersma and van Vianen, 2014

Can my company pay?

Often, yes. More than half of coaching clients are sponsored by their employer. I can invoice your company directly, and here’s an email you can send your manager.

ICF Global Coaching Study, 2025

How do payment plans work?

You can pay in full, or in 2 parts. The first part is paid when you sign up. The second is charged to the same card automatically at the halfway point, before your next session, so there’s nothing to remember. If a payment doesn’t go through, we pause until it does.

What if I need to reschedule?

Give me at least 24 hours’ notice and there’s no charge. With less notice, the session counts as used. Life happens, so your first late change in a package is on me.

Do you coach in Kannada?

Yes. English, Kannada or both, whatever feels natural to you.

What if I’m not sure I’m ready?

That’s what the free call is for. Thirty minutes, no pressure, and you’ll leave with one next step either way.

Thirty minutes. One clear next step.

Bring the role, the team or the decision that’s on your mind. You’ll leave with one next step, whether or not we work together.

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Pick a time · add a note if you like · we talk on Google Meet · you decide. No chasing.