Start with a free pilot. Go as deep as the work needs.
Every engagement is a conversation. Open any line to see how it works and what it costs — no pressure to look before you're curious.
The first session is on me.
A full 45-minute working session — bring the real problem, leave with something specific. Naina reads every request personally and sends a time to those that are a fit.
Apply for your pilot →A few honest lines — what you're building and the problem on your mind.
Naina reviews each request herself and sends a slot to those that fit.
A real working session. No obligation either way.
Bring the work to your team.
Systems thinking, organizational learning, somatic practice — facilitated for your team, at your pace, on your problem.
Online Workshop
Systems thinking, organizational learning, or somatic practice — applied to your team's live tension. Sharp, facilitated, useful from the first hour.
Intro to Systems
The systems-thinking lens that underlies all the coaching work — made accessible and immediately applicable for leadership teams.
Full-Day Intensive
A deep offsite arc — systems thinking, generative social fields, and organizational learning woven into a single immersive session. Teams leave changed.
All fees exclusive of 18% GST · In-person travel billed at actuals · Scope and content confirmed in conversation
Other free ways in.
Lighter than the pilot — for when you just need a fast read.
Priority DM
One specific question, answered directly. No call needed — just the thing you're stuck on.
Send your question →Pitch your startup
For founders raising or pivoting — bring the real pitch and get a sharp, honest read.
Book a slot →Founder office hours
A short, no-agenda conversation to see if there's a fit before anything formal.
Book a slot →Founders from CARS24, Zomato, Blinkit, Xpressbees and LeverageEdu have sat in conversations like these.
When you're ready to go deeper.
From a single decision to a whole-company transformation. Open any line for who it's for, what's included, and the investment.
Founders carrying one specific challenge or decision they need to think through clearly.
Book the session →- One 1–2 hour working session
- Strategic diagnosis of the real problem
- A concrete action plan to leave with
- Session only — no ongoing access
Major decisions — fundraising, key hires, restructuring, or hard leadership issues.
Book the session →- One deep-dive strategic advisory session
- A decision framework tailored to your call
- Clear recommendations
- Full WhatsApp and email access
- Priority follow-up on implementation questions
CEOs and founders who need a trusted strategic thought partner in their corner.
Begin a conversation →- 2 strategy sessions / month
- 1–1.5 hrs per session
- WhatsApp and email access
- Strategic decisions, hiring, org design, leadership issues
CEOs running complex organizations that require a deep, ongoing strategic partnership.
- 4 strategy sessions / month
- 1–2 hrs per session
- Priority WhatsApp and email
- Crisis support
- Board and leadership advisory
Organizations that need their whole leadership team transformed, not just the CEO.
Discuss a project →- 4 calls per week
- CEO and CXO engagement
- A leadership operating system
- Decision architecture
- Accountability structures
- Organizational effectiveness
- CEO and CXO access
- WhatsApp and email support
Organizations undergoing deep transformation, willing to build a long-term partnership.
Discuss a project →- Organizational and operating-system redesign
- Leadership architecture
- Decision-making and transparency systems
- Change execution
- CEO and leadership-team access
- WhatsApp and email · embedded strategic involvement
- Monthly engagement fee
- Milestone-based ESOP participation
- Long-term transformation partnership
For the right founder and the right work, equity rather than cash is on the table. If you're building something worth being part of — and we're a genuine fit — let's talk about it.
Naina works with a deliberately small number of founders at a time. The free pilot is how we find out if it's a fit.
On terms. All fees are exclusive of 18% GST (you pay fee + GST). In-person travel is billed at actuals, separate from the fee. Retainer minimums apply where noted. Final scope, ESOP terms, and pricing are always set in conversation — these are the starting shape, not a fixed rate card.
Executive coaching for founders and CEOs, answered.
New to coaching? Start with the guide: what a CEO coach actually does — and when a founder needs one.
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 — 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→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 — coaching clarity under pressure rather than generic advice.
Is Naina Sahni a CEO coach or a founder coach?
Both. She coaches founders, CEOs, and entire CXO leadership teams — from a single high-stakes decision to whole-company transformation.
How do you start working with her?
With a free 45-minute pilot session. From there: Founder Intensives, Strategic Advisory, CEO Partner retainers, CXO-layer transformation, and workshops.
Where is she based, and does she coach worldwide?
Naina is based in India and coaches founders and leadership teams across India and worldwide.