Archana Shetty

Archana Shetty is an executive leadership and team coach and mentor. She is the CEO of WeLead, a consultancy that provides data-driven insights and neuroscience-based interventions to enhance leadership, team and project performance without causing burnout. Archana's thought leadership is focused on collaborative leadership, a framework developed to help successful leaders become impactful despite chaos and uncertainty. She specialises in emotional intelligence, leadership development, team building, strategy, culture, and digital transformations.

Archana has been recognised as one of the top 100 global thought leaders by PeopleHum and is a bronze medal winner of the Women in Business Stevie Awards as Coach/Mentor of the year.

Beyond her successful corporate career, Archana's most significant achievement has been starting her entrepreneurial journey, maintaining good health, and navigating life's challenges positively. She finds fulfilment in making meaningful contributions to the world and finds it intriguing and exciting to help others bring out their best selves. Her mission is to support people to become effective and impactful leaders and to build great businesses and organisations. Archana believes that leadership is a philosophy, an attitude, a way of life, and a state of mind, and it is available to each of us.

Archana leveraged her knowledge of Ayurveda and systems thinking to align her habits, mindset, and lifestyle with her top priorities. In addition to her work at CEN Education, she serves on the business committee of the Happiness School, which was founded by Dr. Talk Ben Shabar to promote happiness globally. Archana is committed to empowering the younger generations and established a youth leadership program for high school students in India.