Meet the team

Niti Nadarajah

Work with Niti

Niti is a coach, Master NLP practitioner, leadership and DEI facilitator and trainer, certified breathwork instructor and freelance counsel based in Melbourne with a passion for authentic and inclusive leadership.

With over 20 years of executive experience in Melbourne, Sydney and London, Niti now coaches senior professionals to intentionally pursue and nurture careers that empower them, unlock their full potential and bring their best selves to the table. Through her coaching, Niti helps her clients to connect with their inner compass and lead from a place of authenticity and courage. Her coaching experience ranges from executive and career coaching to parental leave transition and DEI coaching, behavioural and mindset coaching. She is also an experienced facilitator and regularly facilitates leadership related sessions for professionals.

Niti’s coaching style is compassionate and curious, blending traditional coaching methodologies with more somatic practices such as NLP and breathwork. She believes that there is a real need for people to tap into the wisdom contained in their bodies as much as within their minds, whether to be a more effective communicator, a better leader of people, or simply to manage the stresses of both work and life.

Her areas of expertise include helping individuals who are feeling stuck in their careers to re-engage with their purpose and passion, helping mid to senior professionals to progress their careers and unlock their full leadership potential (including through more effective management of junior staff), supporting employees navigating parental leave transitions to and from work, as well as coaching managers and executives on how to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. She also has a keen interest in working with individuals with intersectional identities on the impact their identity has on their experience within the workplace and in life more broadly.

Niti is a LinkedIn Top Voice (Gender Equity) and a Peer Support Companion and Workplace Advisory Committee member for The Pink Elephants Support Network (supporting women who have experienced pregnancy loss), as well as Mum to two beautiful little munchkins who fill her life with joy.

In her spare time, Niti can be found reading anything and everything, doing pilates, travelling to far-flung places, enjoying good food and wine and dancing up a storm! She is also a co-author of Women Leading the Way and Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data.

Qualifications:

Certified NLP Master Practitioner (Amy Bell, endorsed by The Neuro-Linguistic Programming Association of Australia Inc / NLPAA)
Advanced Life Coach (Amy Bell)
Certified Enneagram Coach (Amy Bell)
Embodied Leadership Level 2 (Amy Bell)
IECL Organisational Coaching Level 1 (IECL)
Certified Breathwork Instructor (Breathless Expeditions)

TESTIMONIALS

"Sarah has been a fantastic coach. Mid-way through our coaching period, I changed roles within my organisation and the work I’d done with Sarah was key to me making that decision. Through her insightful questions and observations, she encouraged and enabled me to understand what I wanted to get out of my career and to move in that direction.

She was supportive and probing when necessary and asked very challenging questions to help me work through what I was thinking. I started our coaching relationship with a great sense of frustration and inertia, and Sarah helped to guide me through that sense of uncertainty and gave me a sense of what I needed to focus on to find a direction. Once I started my new role, I found myself incredibly busy and it was hard for me to find the time to attend coaching sessions – Sarah was incredibly patient and flexible, in terms of arranging sessions and re-arranging, and changing venues when necessary to accommodate sessions"

"At a time when I was considering changing role and a change of employer, I met with Sarah. I needed practical advice and a safe space to explore what I wanted from my career and address concerns about a new role. Sarah’s background as a lawyer gave her a unique perspective into the issues I faced. I frequently reflect on the advice she gave. Sarah gave me the confidence and skills to tackle these issues. I highly recommend Sarah. She is an experienced coach who has practical skills and sensitivity to support you in achieving your career goals."