What I Do... 

Alka Chandiramani is a highly accomplished professional, Accredited Supervisor, and a Professional Leadership, Team coach & Facilitator. With over 30 years of experience in the legal profession, international global mobility, and talent management, she is deeply passionate about transforming thinking patterns, fostering collective intelligence, and achieving optimal results. Through extensive research and her role as a catalyst in cultural neuroscience, including the latest developments in social and cognitive neuroscience, Alka strives to bridge the depths and nuances of intercultural leadership competencies. She holds the position of Lead Facilitator & Assessor with the NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI), an organization that partners with more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies. NLI focuses on Culture & Leadership, Inclusion & Diversity, and Performance, impacting 12 million employees across 338 organizations in the last two years.

As an independent consultant, Alka also collaborates with Net Expat, a prominent provider of partner assistance and intercultural solutions for international corporations. She offers customized job search coaching assistance, reviews employment contract provisions, and provides intercultural solutions and talent management services. Originally from Hong Kong and fluent in Cantonese, Alka has been based in Singapore since 2003.

Alka's dedication to supporting women in their careers began when she took a career hiatus from the corporate world as a mother of two boys. She partners and works as a Career Coach with Mums@work in Singapore and is a Co-founder of Career Navigators Singapore, an organization established in collaboration with Sher-li Torrey, the Founder of Mums@Work Singapore. Career Navigators, a subsidiary of Mums@Work, aims to match enlightened firms with returning female talents, providing support to over 40,000+ women.

For over a decade, Alka served as the Manager of the Career Resource Centre for Excellence (CRCE), a non-profit program in Singapore. In this role, she provided continuous support and enhancement of the job search program and conducted career-related workshops for multinational global trailing talents™. She also delivered career development workshops to various organizations such as the US Navy, US Embassy, Chamber of Commerces, business associations, schools, and universities across Singapore and the region.

In Hong Kong, Alka temporarily stepped back from full-time employment in 1997 after becoming a mother and had previously served as a Global Mobility Senior Specialist with Nortel Networks Corporation (Nortel). In that role, she provided solutions for international assignments and offered tax/immigration compliance services within and to the EMEA and Greater Asia regions.

Selected Highlights:

• The Power Feminine Award 2025

• Special Award for Outstanding Moderation 2025 in Paris, France

• Her Courage Award 2025

• Global 100 Most Exemplary Coaching Leaders 2024

• The Global Best Employer Brand 2024

• Singapore SME 500 Award 2023

• Singapore 40-over-40 Inspiring Women 2023

• Asia's Most Influential Coaching Leaders Award, Aug 2023

• 101 Top Most Iconic Global Coaching Leaders Award, World HRD Congress, Feb 2023

• 101 Most Fabulous Global Coaching Leaders Award, World HRD Congress, Feb 2020

• Top 10 Most Talented Coaching Leaders Award in Singapore, World HRD Congress, Aug 2019

• 100 Best Global Coaching Leaders Award, World HRD Congress, Feb 2017

• Writer, Living in Singapore - Business & Career, Buy Entire eBook Version online on amazon.com

• Successfully coached entrepreneurs on setting up businesses in Singapore & providing consulting services on job search partner assistance programs

• Accredited Coaching Supervisor, CSA Coaching Supervision Academy, 2021-2024

Experience, Awards & Certifications

• ICF Accredited Coach, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), working towards Master Certified Coach

• Senior Practitioner with The European Mentoring Coaching Council (EMCC Global)

• Accredited Health Coaching Professional, The Coach Partnership, Newfield (April 2022)

☆ Over 2500+ hours Coaching Leaders, Executives & Business Owners

☆ Over 2000+ hours Facilitating & Training groups, both face-to-face and online 

• Executive Masters & Certificate in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership 

• Masters in Human Resource Management, Macquarie University, Australia

• Diploma in Law, University of Hong Kong & Institute of Legal Executives, UK

• Diploma in Child Psychology & Learning Development, Linguistic Council, Singapore

• Accredited Supervisor, Diploma in Coaching Supervision, CSA (2022)

• Certificate in Leadership Practices Inventory 360

• DISC Assessment

• MicroExpresssions Practitioner

• Dare to Lead™ Trained

• Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner

• Certified Professional Résumé Writer

• Certified Student Career Coach

• Certified Employment Interview Professional

• Certified Digital Career Strategist

• Certified Professional Career Coach

• Certified Behavioural and Career Consultant & Certified Advanced Behavioural Analyst, The Institute of Motivational Living, USA

• Certified Job & Career Transition Coach and Certified Job & Career Development Coach

• Better Questions Licensed Trainer in Singapore (Click for more information)

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