Work with me

Two ways to work together. Both begin with a conversation.

I work with a deliberately small number of founders at a time. Final scope and terms are always set in conversation, and the shapes below are where we start.

The two engagements

Standard Advisory

₹11,80,000 a monthIncluding GST · minimum 3-month retainer

Best if you want a sharp, regular outside read on the organization without me operating inside it day to day.

  • Weekly call, 1 to 3 hours blocked, with you and your co-founders
  • Real-time WhatsApp access, plus ad hoc calls as needed
  • One in-person systems thinking workshop with founders and the core team, every 6 months
  • Joint work on rethinking vision, mission and values
  • Feedback from your leadership team, long-tenured people and people on the field, collated into one coherent picture
  • Bench strength assessment and help building a succession plan
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Org Transformation

₹23,60,000 a month, plus equityIncluding GST · outcome based, tied to milestones like a fundraise, IPO or acquisition

Assume you are hiring a fractional CXO.

Everything in Standard Advisory, at a deeper operational level.
  • I join your Slack, read and respond to messages, and sit in meetings
  • One-on-ones with your core team, weekly or fortnightly based on strategic need
  • I work on all communications, internal and external, with the team
  • Involved in hiring and in letting people go
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Not sure yet

Start with a discovery call.

A full 45-minute working session. Bring the real problem and leave with something specific. By application, and I read every request myself.

Apply for a discovery call →
  1. Share your context. A few honest lines on what you're building and the problem on your mind.
  2. Get a time. I review each request and send a slot to those that fit.
  3. Your 45 minutes. A real working session. Nothing further is expected of you.
Workshops

Bring the work to your team.

Systems thinking, organizational learning and somatic practice, facilitated for your team on your problem.

Online workshop2 hours · video · up to 30 people

Systems thinking, organizational learning or somatic practice, applied to your team's live tension.

₹2,50,000+ GST

Intro to Systems2 to 3 hours · on-site

The systems-thinking lens beneath all the coaching work, made accessible and immediately applicable for leadership teams.

₹12,50,000+ GST + travel

Full-day intensiveFull day · your location

A deep offsite arc: systems thinking, generative social fields and organizational learning in one immersive session.

₹18,70,000+ GST + travel

In-person travel is billed at actuals. Enquire about a workshop →

Questions

Executive coaching for founders and CEOs, answered.

New to coaching? Start with the guide: what a CEO coach actually does.

What does Naina Sahni do?

Naina Sahni is an executive coach to founders and CEOs at India's leading technology companies. Through her practice, Aklara, she coaches founders, CEOs and full CXO leadership teams, grounded in systems thinking and two decades inside India's hyper-growth ecosystem.

Which founders and companies has she coached?

Founders and CEOs at Zomato, Blinkit, CARS24, Bijnis, Xpressbees, Animall, Massive Restaurants, Market on Mainstreet, Pravaayu, LeverageEdu and SheerME. That is 12+ founders across India's defining companies.

What makes her different from other CEO coaches in India?

She spent two decades inside hyper-growth, at Zomato and through the Grofers to Blinkit transformation, as an operator and coach, not an outside advisor. Her work fuses systems thinking (trained at the MIT Centre for Systems Awareness), original doctoral research and contemplative practice. It coaches clarity under pressure rather than generic advice.

Is Naina Sahni a CEO coach or a founder coach?

Both. She coaches founders, CEOs and the whole leadership team, from a single high-stakes decision to embedded transformation.

How do you start working with her?

With a 45-minute discovery call or a conversation. From there the two ways to work are Standard Advisory and Org Transformation, with workshops for teams.

Where is she based, and does she coach worldwide?

Naina is based in India and coaches founders and leadership teams across India and worldwide.

Bring the real problem. Start with a conversation.

I read every request personally.

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