Mission & Vision

Leadership isn’t downloaded. It isn’t templated. It’s forged in the fire of bold thinking, lived experience, and intentional practice.

Coaching Certifications

Every element of our training is anchored in the International Coaching Federation’s Core Competencies and Code of Ethics.

The Curriculum

We practice and teach Integrative Coaching — blending ICF-accredited mastery with entrepreneurial acumen, delivered through our proprietary ILLUMIN8 framework.

About Us

Shilpa Bains

Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Team Strategist

Shilpa Bains is a leadership coach, facilitator, and team strategist known for helping leaders and executive teams close the gap between intention and impact through strategic self-awareness and human-centered leadership. With more than 20 years of corporate HR and leadership development experience, she blends real-world business insight with evidence-based coaching to strengthen how leaders think, communicate, and lead in high-pressure, fast-changing environments.

Her experience spans consumer goods, technology, media, manufacturing, financial services, government, defense, and energy, allowing her to support leaders across both corporate and public-sector environments with a nuanced understanding of complex organizational dynamics.

A certified practitioner in Hogan, MBTI, Energy Leadership, Situational Leadership, and a HeartMath Building Personal Resilience Coach, Shilpa brings a diagnostic-first approach to uncovering behavioural patterns, emotional tendencies, and leadership habits that shape outcomes. Her facilitation and coaching work consistently elevates trust, emotional intelligence, clarity, and team effectiveness among senior leaders.

As the founder of Shilpa Bains: Leadership Intelligence (Leadership Practice), she delivers leadership coaching, team strategy, and facilitation experiences that build authentic presence, strengthen communication, and equip leaders to navigate complexity with confidence and grounded impact. She currently serves on the LHH coaching and facilitation roster and is actively pursuing her PCC credential through the International Coaching Federation.

Shilpa is deeply committed to helping leaders access their inner intelligence: the clarity, emotional steadiness, and awareness required to build trust, inspire others, and create meaningful, sustainable impact