Heartful Leadership Academy Leaders who lead with heart
We train leaders at all levels using a unique methodology that combines Well-Being, Heartful Communication, and Adizes management principles to build resilient and inspiring teams, ready to embrace change and thrive under pressure.
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Problem: Why do leaders burn out and teams lose focus?
Modern companies operate in an environment of constant turbulence: markets shift faster than strategies can be updated, while the pressure on leaders grows with every quarter.

Top and middle managers face overload, expected to deliver quick results and creative solutions “yesterday.” At the same time, disagreements within teams intensify, and mutual understanding between generations continues to erode.
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  • Stress and Burnout
    60% of leaders work “to the limit,” losing energy and engagement, which directly impacts business results.
  • Generational Conflicts
    Gen Z values flexibility and instant feedback, while Generations X and Y are used to tough deadlines and endurance. These differences in values make synergy harder to achieve.
  • Pressure to Deliver
    KPIs shift along the way, and without adaptive leadership skills, teams lose focus and decisions are made in haste.
Global Statistics
  • Digital Dependency
    According to Gartner, by 2028 nearly 1 billion people will suffer from digital dependency, intensifying stress and mental health challenges.
  • Values
    A Deloitte study found that 77% of Millennials and 90% of Gen Z choose employers whose values align with their own.
  • Meta-Skills
    A Deloitte study found that 77% of Millennials and 90% of Gen Z choose employers whose values align with their own.
  • People
    Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2024–2025 report shows that the core challenge for companies is not processes, but people—and, most of all, managers.
  • Depression
    The WHO estimates that depression and anxiety cost the global economy $1 trillion annually.
  • AI
    In the 2025 ranking of the most popular AI-related queries: life organization, search for meaning, and therapy/support. People themselves don’t yet know how to address such needs within the workplace, making it crucial for companies to create supportive conditions.
A leader’s true value is defined not only by experience, but also by the ability to maintain inner resilience, act in times of uncertainty, and unite people around shared goals.
“Robotics will replace muscles. AI will replace the brain. What will remain? The heart—the next stage in humanity’s evolution. All successful companies of the future will have access to AI and robots. So where will the true competitive advantage lie? In the heart and the ability to feel.”
Ichak Adizes
What does Ichak Adizes say about the leaders of today and tomorrow? – for Harvard Business Review
Solution: Leadership That Starts Within
We believe that external results are directly shaped by a leader’s inner state. At Heartful Leadership Academy, we bring together the best global practices into a unified educational system that supports leaders at every level—working holistically with the mind, emotions, and physical well-being.
Training Modules
The building blocks of your learning journey. Request a diagnostic session—we’ll study your needs and design a program that will deliver the greatest impact for your team.
  • Well-being
    Energy renewal and resilience practices: breathing techniques, yoga, meditation, health lectures from guest experts, morning and evening rituals. Everything to help leaders and teams stay resourceful even during high-pressure periods.
  • Heartful Communication
    Skills for empathetic communication and building trust within teams: Nonviolent Communication (NVC), active listening, the language of needs, constructive feedback, and effective conflict resolution.
  • Meta-Skills
    Core competencies for the future: adaptability, critical thinking, creativity, the ability to operate under uncertainty, and seeing opportunities where others see limitations.
  • Local Experts
    Practitioners and mentors with real-world experience managing companies in the CIS and international projects. Their cases and insights help adapt global approaches to your market and culture.
  • Leadership Trainings
    Intensives and workshops for developing managerial competencies: goal-setting, team motivation, decision-making, leading by example, and building resilient organizations.
  • Adizes Principles
    A management system tested over decades: diagnosing PAEI leadership styles, role distribution, the CAPI concept, building complementary teams, and running effective meetings.
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Who Are Our Programs For?
  • C-level and Top Management
    For those who work under high pressure, expected to deliver quick results.

    The team looks to them for clarity in tasks, while stakeholders demand growth “by the end of the quarter.”

    And yet, there is no time to pause and reflect:
    • Where am I?
    • What is happening to me?
    • What do I rely on?
  • For mid-level managers, who:
    • feel burned out;
    • sense that their energy is not enough to deliver on expectations;
    • aspire to career growth but don’t know how to unlock their leadership potential;
    • are unsure how to develop meta-skills;
    • can’t or don’t know how to establish sustainable well-being habits.
  • For teams where:
    • tension and fatigue dominate;
    • conflicts are frequent and coordination is lacking;
    • multiple generations work side by side but don’t hear each other;
    • employees are overloaded, anxious, and disengaged.
  • For businesses and companies, that:
    • want to grow and remain competitive in a world where five-year strategies expire in a single year and markets shift faster than teams can adapt;
    • need more than systems and processes—they need living, resilient teams;
    • need leaders who can take responsibility and lead others forward.
Result:
What Your Company Gains After Training
Our programs create systemic changes in team dynamics and leadership style that last well beyond the training itself. You don’t just get “upskilled” managers—you get leaders who know how to manage their inner state, inspire others, and lead effectively in times of uncertainty.
  • What Participants (Leaders) Gain:
    • The ability to manage their state, restore energy, and prevent burnout.
    • Enhanced emotional resilience and stress management skills.
    • Competence in empathetic communication and conflict resolution.
    • Clear understanding of their managerial role (PAEI) and personal strengths.
    • A personalized leadership roadmap and a plan for professional growth.
  • What Companies Gain:
    • Leaders who can inspire their teams and sustain engagement.
    • A healthier corporate culture built on trust and mutual understanding.
    • Reduced levels of conflict and employee turnover.
    • Increased team productivity and faster decision-making.
    • Clearly structured management processes and effective role distribution.
Our Academy is a transformation of the leadership approach that, alongside the inner growth of leaders, enhances business performance and elevates corporate culture.
Learning as a Tansformational Journey
Each participant receives a Hero Profile, earns experience points for applying new practices, unlocks new levels of competencies, and is rewarded with branded merchandise and other valuable gifts. This approach boosts engagement and turns learning into an exciting journey rather than a routine.
Starting Point –
Creating the Leader’s Hero Profile.
Diagnosis of leadership style, empathy level, and current state. A clear assessment of Point A to set goals and define Point B.
Challenges and Artifacts –
Leveling Up the Leader-Hero
Mastering new management tools, Well-Being practices, communication skills, team challenges, and real-life business cases.
Final Point B –
The Leader-Hero at a New Level
A personal Leadership Map with a clear understanding of strengths, growth areas, and a strategy for team interaction.
Formats:
Learning Without Stepping Away from Work
We offer a variety of learning formats—from ready-made programs to fully customized solutions tailored to your specific needs and goals.

  • Online modules starting from 4 weeks
  • One-day offline intensives
  • Long-term corporate programs (3–12 months)
  • Leadership retreats for deep renewal
Ready-Made Programs and Solutions
We provide several ready-to-use educational programs of different durations.
  • Immersive Intensive: “Who Is a Heartful Leader”
    (2 days)
    Outcome: understanding the leader concept, first well-being tools, self-reflection skills, and a personal roadmap for further growth.
  • Course: “Heartful Leadership Foundation” (8 weeks)
    Outcome: a clear understanding of the role of a Heartful Leader, empathetic communication skills, resilience tools, knowledge of the Adizes system, and a personal leadership map.
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  • Advanced Course: “Heartful Leadership Foundation Pro” (12 weeks)
    Outcome: a deeper dive into the core program with additional practicums and workshops led by local experts.
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  • One-Day Trainings
    Online and offline one-day trainings focused on developing and practicing individual modules of the Academy, including well-being and communication.
Team:
Heartful Leadership Academy — is about people
Behind every program stands a team of experts with years of experience in training and consulting leaders across the world’s largest international and local companies.

We combine global approaches with local expertise to provide your leaders not only with knowledge but with practical experience they can immediately integrate into daily work.
  • Adizes
    Certified trainers in the Adizes methodology — experts in structuring management and building complementary teams.
  • Heartful Communication
    Heartfulness facilitators — masters of heart-centered communication who teach deep empathy and effective interaction.
  • Well-being
    Well-being practitioners and experts — helping leaders establish habits that restore energy and sustain productivity.
Heartful Leadership Academy Team
The people behind the Academy’s unique methodology that brings together all dimensions of leadership development.
  • Rada Islamova
    Founder of Heartful Leadership Academy, international meditation and yoga trainer, founder of Wonder Women—the largest women’s community in Central Asia, and recipient of international awards for advancing gender equality.
  • Olga Gurskaya
    Master Coach (MCC ICF) and Program Director at the Heartfulness Institute of Leadership, former CFO of Johnson & Johnson in the Middle East, working with leading international companies and specializing in organizational transformation through the Adizes methodology.
  • Ekaterina Svyatoslavskaya
    Practicing psychologist, ICF-certified coach, and yoga teacher, who has combined international management and education experience with her role as a business trainer for the largest online yoga academy in the CIS.
  • Amanzhol Smagulov
    Program Director at HLA, methodologist and founder of a corporate language school, designer of dozens of educational programs and projects for more than 80 international companies and communities.
  • Galiya Garaeva
    Yoga Instructor with 12 years of experience.
    Certified Heartfulness meditation trainer. Certified Yoga Teacher ISYM-100, RYT-200, and Yoga Alliance-certified instructor.
Why we are trusted:
Global Experience and Local Expertise
  • Global recognition of Heartfulness and its Global Leader, Daaji;
  • Adizes Institute – 50+ years of experience, with Dr. Adizes recognized as a management guru;
  • Heartful Communication, based on the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC);
  • Top local experts with proven hands-on experience;
Our partners

We partner with the International Heartfulness Institute of Leadership, established by the Heartfulness Institute together with the Adizes Institute—globally recognized leaders in human development whose methodologies help the world’s largest companies build effective and resilient leadership and business practices.