Rajwant Bains

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Written By RKB Coaching Consultancy

Profile

Rajwant Bains established RKB Coaching Consultancy in 2001, quickly building a reputation for delivering high-calibre leadership development and executive coaching programmes for senior professionals from all backgrounds.

Rajwant's success is founded on her extensive experience of leadership and managing change during a career in higher education at the University of Liverpool and later in local government where she was Head of corporate and strategic HR function. This was at a time when the workforce increased from 1,500 to over 7,500 employees due to local government re-organisation.

Rajwant is able to inspire and engage with people, providing the right mix of support and challenge to facilitate their own best thinking. Clients comment positively about her emphasis on applying new knowledge and skills in practical situations which empowers them to think for themselves, resolve workplace challenges and operate more effectively.

Rajwant has worked with organisations across a range of sectors. Recent clients include UCL (including the School of Life and Medical Sciences); King’s College London; Royal Holloway University London; Henley Business school and Open Society Foundations. Rajwant has also designed a number of positive action leadership development programmes to support the progression of women and Black and Minority Ethnic managers. 

Accredited by the Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS), Rajwant has an MSc in Coaching and Behaviour Change from Henley Business School. While at Henley, she won a prize for outstanding research for her assessment of coaching programmes to support the progression of women to Partner level in one of the top five Professional Services firms.

Areas of Expertise

Rajwant has worked with senior leaders, academics, researchers, professional services staff, and high potential managers from very diverse backgrounds and experiences.  

  • Leadership and Management development 

  • Leading Change 

  • Resilience and wellbeing 

  • Equity, diversity and inclusion   

  • Courageous Conversations 

  • Working effectively across difference to develop inclusive high performing teams  

  • Career development and progression 

Education and Professional Experience

Academic 

2012 – MSc in Executive Coaching and Behaviour Change (Henley Business School) 

1998 – MBA (Henley Business School) 

1983 – Masters of Social Sciences (University of Birmingham)

1981 – Social Policy and Social Administration BA (Joint Hons) 

Professional Affiliations

2021 – Certified Team Coaching Practitioner by the Global Team Coaching Institute

2010 – NLP Practitioners Course by the International Coach Federation (ICF)

Qualified practitioner of Psychometric tools (inc. MBTI®, FIRO-B®)

Membership of Professional or Coaching Bodies

Accredited Master Coach with APECS (Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision). 

Team Testimonials

“… Rajwant is clear, principled, sharp and demanding in the most constructive way. She has changed my professional life by strengthening my communication skills, helping me transition roles and boosting my resilience to navigate complex organisational challenges. .... I cannot recommend her enough and I’ll be forever indebted”.

Dr Marta Martinelli Senior Director, Programs at Center for Civilians in Conflict

“In the minefield of leadership training and courses the Future Leaders programme stood out as being able to provide an insightful and enlightening experience that seemed tailored to me, and one that has already had a life-changing impact. Through a myriad of activities, discussion and invaluable coaching sessions, the programme was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and one I cannot recommend strongly enough.”

James Brooks, UCL

“Rajwant was my coach at Henley Business school during my EMBA studies (class of EM18). The first session we clearly identified a specific outcome that I wanted to achieve in the series of sessions we had together. The problem, “How do I decide - whether I move back to South Africa or not - knowing that any decision I make would most likely have some form of regret in the future.” Rajwant guided me through the entire executive MBA, and we structured each opportunity as a way to make that key decision. She provided the platform – looking back today, I have achieved every single goal we set out almost 4 years ago. Except one, a Great Dane isn’t running around in my back garden - but I still have time. I highly recommend getting in touch with Rajwant if you have an impossible decision to make.”

Tertius Rust, Head of AMI and Digital Transformation at City of Cape Town

 
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