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Ishwariya Rajamohan
Founder · Ishoo Rajamohan Coaching
Executive coach helping women leaders in architecture build confidence.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Ishoo Rajamohan Coaching
- Location
- Lund, Sweden
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
The story so far
The path behind Ishwariya's work.
Ishwariya Rajamohan FRSA is an executive coach and speaker, and the founder of Ishoo Rajamohan Coaching. She supports women working in architecture, hospitality and other majority male industries with building the confidence to take the next step in their careers, from first leadership roles through to director and executive level.
Ishwariya trained as an architect, with a BArch from Bangalore University and an MSc in Environmental Design of Buildings from Cardiff University, before changing careers to train as a pastry chef at Le Cordon Bleu London. She founded her coaching practice in 2021 and is an accredited coach with the Association for Coaching. In 2023 she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Alongside her own practice she has coached leaders in local government and mentors on the Master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation programme at Lund University School of Economics and Management.

Episode 0225 · Architecture Social · 42:15
The Confidence Gap: How It's Affecting Women’s Careers in Architecture .ft Ishwariya Rajamohan
Confidence can quietly shape who speaks up, who applies, who asks for progression and who stays in architecture long enough to build the career they want.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and welcome
- 02
00:50 · Meet Ishwariya Rajamohan
- 03
02:42 · Challenges women face in architecture
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04:56 · How barriers affect women's careers
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10:15 · Building confidence and overcoming obstacles
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14:02 · Advice for women in male-dominated industries
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Ishwariya's conversation.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Ishoo Rajamohan Coaching
- Location
- Lund, Sweden
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Meet the practice behind the work.
Executive coaching and leadership development helping women in architecture and other majority male industries build confidence and step into leadership.
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- Sweden
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- Workplace
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Meet Ishwariya Rajamohan
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Challenges women face in architecture
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How barriers affect women's careers
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Building confidence and overcoming obstacles
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Advice for women in male-dominated industries
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace
