Directory of Certified Coaches
All Certified NeuroTransformational Coaches have first completed a recognized coach training program* before completing all four modules of BEabove Leadership’s Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching, a total of over 81 classroom hours (in addition to their core coach training). Upon completion of these modules, our certified coaches have then completed a rigorous Certification Program, which includes additional reading, review, coaching supervision and feedback. At the end of this program, they must pass a comprehensive written test (essay format) covering key neuroscience topics, as well as a one-to-one interview and coaching proficiency test. We’re very proud to recommend all our CNTCs as transformational coaches and experts in the neuroscience of human development. *in some rare cases, they may instead be trained as therapists — see individual information for more detail.
Neuroscience, Coaching and Relational Trauma Coaches have first completed classroom training with an ICF accredited coach training program or reasonable equivalent, but are not required to be certified or hold an ICF credential by the time they start this program. Upon successful completion of the program, coaches will receive a total of 33 ICF CCEUs: 20 for core competency and 13 for resource development.
She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified NeuroTransformational Coach (CNTC) and a Licensed NLP Practitioner certified by Richard Bandler, co-creator of NLP.
Aakanksha founded OLONN, where she partners with senior executives and high performing professionals navigating complex, high-pressure environments. What distinguishes her practice is the unique combination she brings to it - the analytical rigour of an engineer, the strategic perspective of an MBA, years of corporate leadership experience, the discipline of ICF professional coaching and the transformational depth of neuroscience-based coaching. Together, these capabilities enable her to support leaders in strengthening executive presence, navigating complexity with greater clarity, building resilience under pressure and developing the capacity to perform at the highest level without the cost of chronic stress.
Before founding OLONN, Aakanksha built her career in demanding corporate environments, leading teams, partnering with senior stakeholders, and earning national recognition for excellence across both industry and academia. She understands the realities of executive life from the inside - decision fatigue, competing priorities and the cumulative cost of staying in performance mode for years. That perspective shapes how she coaches.
Her coaching premise is that many leadership plateaus aren’t really strategy problems. When someone is operating from chronic stress and self-protection, more frameworks rarely move the needle. Her coaching works at the level of the patterns that shape how a leader thinks, decides and responds - often before they become aware of them.
Her coaching focuses on three areas:
Cognitive Agility - strengthening the quality of thinking and decision-making when complexity is high.
Nervous System Regulation - building the capacity to sustain performance without burning out.
Intentional Leadership - replacing automatic stress reactions with deliberate, grounded responses.
She works with leaders across corporate, entrepreneurial, non-profit and social-impact sectors, creating what she calls a space of Neural Safety, where they can step back from performance, question long-held assumptions and lead in a way that is more aligned with who they are.
She believes sustainable high performance is not a function of pushing harder. It is a function of a well-regulated mind - precise, present and capable of leading at the highest level over time.
The science is the foundation. The transformation is the proof.