- Meet Folake Adeniyi-Adeleye
Global HR Leader in Tech, Certified Executive Coach & Gallup Certified Strengths Coach
Find the Clarity You Need to Make Your Next Big Career Move!
Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, and struggling to maintain control in your career? Do you find yourself hiding behind limiting beliefs like self-doubt and imposter syndrome, feeling frustrated and capable of doing more? I understand these challenges, and I am here to help you overcome them.
As an Executive Coach and an HR leader who has climbed the career ladder and navigated leadership roles in global workplaces, I have the experience and knowledge to guide you through your career journey. With my support, you will develop the clarity and know-how to face your fears, make confident decisions, and achieve your professional goals. Let’s work together to take your career to the next level.
I'm On A Mission!!
Many call me Coach FAA (from my full name Folake Adeniyi-Adeleye). I’m on a mission to get more women of colour (WOC) and other workplace minorities into the global C-suite so they are seen, heard & relevant and live the befitting life they truly deserve.
I work with senior level executives to develop their leadership skills, build their confidence, and navigate challenging assignments. I’ve helped plenty of female executives, business leaders, and high achievers accomplish their goals by helping them understand what’s holding them back, find their voice and develop their presence.
Some of my clients have included female executives, emerging leaders and high achievers in global corporations and conglomerates such as Standard Bank, First Bank, McKinsey, PWC, Total, British Petroleum, Dangote, Nestle, JTI, Reckitt Benkiser, ING, Diageo, Microsoft and the United Nations.
My coaching style is empathetic and action-oriented. I work with clients to identify their limiting beliefs, develop solutions, and create a plan of action to sustain their newly framed mindsets. Clients often say that partnering with me gives them clarity, helps them feel more confident such that they are noticed, recognised and many times promoted in their executive careers.
In successfully developing the right mindset and building vital skillset, I worked with female executives, business leaders and high achievers, as individuals and corporate clients to:
- Get clarity on what’s keeping them stuck and how to make progress
- Deepen their understanding of what makes them unique for increased confidence
- Discover their purpose, find their signature voice and develop compelling presence that gets them seen and heard
- Successfully land and transition into senior corporate leadership and board roles
- Awaken the courage that gets them seen and heard in the C-suite so they inspire confidence in the minds of their stakeholders that they get the job done
Through my interactions with executive leaders, I gained a deep understanding of what it takes to be successful in the C-suite. It became clear that competence alone was not enough. To show up strong and stay relevant in global leadership roles, one needed continuous learning, flexibility, and adaptability.
Fun & Life Facts about FAA
I truly believe that people are extraordinary and I’m endlessly astonished by their courage, strength, and beauty.
Folake Adeniyi-Adeleye
Professional Bio
Folake has enjoyed a 23-year career in industries such as management consulting & strategic advisory, oil & gas, global telco and global tech/ cloud technology.
Having enjoyed a career as an HR executive focused on partnering with global execs on talent development and building leadership capabilities, Folake has learned what it takes to masterfully manage and negotiate a successful career. Her lessons come from helping senior leaders identify and develop their high potential talent, conversations with other leaders working to navigate organizational cultures and change and from her own personal experiences and failures and successes as a leader.
Folake knows what executive leaders want and what it takes to be successful in the C-suite. She has also learned that it takes more than competence to show up strong and stay relevant in global leadership roles.
She currently resides in Johannesburg and enjoys spending quality time with family and friends. She is a passionate foodie/ culinary enthusiast, who loves dining out and traveling to experience new cultures and cuisines.
Folake holds a Master’s degree in Int’l Human Resource Management form Cranfield University United Kingdom and a Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC), UK. She also holds the following professional certifications:
- Professional certified Coach (PCC); International Coaching Federation – ICF
- Gallup Certified Strengths Coach; Gallup Inc. USA
- Life Coach & NLP Practitioner; Action Factory – South Africa
- Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR); Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI)
- Certified in DISC Behavioural Analysis; Thomas International
- Certified Change Manager; Prosci Inc. USA
