Heartful Leadership Academy is a next-generation educational environment
We combine the world’s best management practices, emotional intelligence, and well-being strategies to shape leaders capable of building resilient, high-performing teams. We help them find common ground across generations and remain agile and adaptive in a rapidly changing world—all while staying focused on delivering wow-results.
Why do old management models
no longer work?
no longer work?
The Challenge: We live in an era where strategies become obsolete faster than they can be implemented. Statistics show that 60% of executives are working on the verge of burnout, while generational conflicts (Gen Z vs. Gen Y) destroy team synergy. The pressure is mounting: businesses demand creative solutions "yesterday," but in the race for KPIs, the most important element is lost—the human being and their state of mind.
As management guru and internationally recognized expert Ichak Adizes accurately noted in a 2020 Harvard Business Review interview: "Robots will replace muscles, AI will replace the brain, leaving only the heart—the only thing that needs to be developed."
At Heartful Leadership Academy, we are shifting the vector: external business results depend on the leader's internal state. We work with executives and teams holistically (mind, body, soul), helping to prevent burnout and increase resilience by teaching them to manage teams not through pressure, but through meaning.
At Heartful Leadership Academy, we are shifting the vector: external business results depend on the leader's internal state. We work with executives and teams holistically (mind, body, soul), helping to prevent burnout and increase resilience by teaching them to manage teams not through pressure, but through meaning.
Academy Products:
The Academy's products are focused on comprehensive development and effective construction of theories, practices, and work in the workplace.
- A comprehensive program for a quick reset and the formation of sustainable habits. It includes a two-day workshop featuring leadership theory and practical exercises (chair yoga, breathing techniques), followed by a 21-day online challenge on Telegram with gamification and expert support.
- An offsite format for team recharging in nature. This is a 5-hour retreat where 80% of the time is dedicated to restoring the internal state through yoga and a digital detox walk, and 20% to professional content regarding trends in leadership and self-development.
- A flexible format of educational sessions for large audiences (up to 150 people online). Lectures cover key trends: from the leadership of the future and generational synergy to gender balance. The offline format includes a special well-being block with breathing practices.
- A fundamental online program lasting 3–5 months for systematic leader development. The course consists of three modules: Well-being, Management, and Heartful Communication. Participants work in mini-groups, use habit trackers, and learn to manage not only tasks but also their own resources.
Ready to start your team’s transformation journey?
Request a diagnostic session — we’ll design a custom program and a step-by-step action plan.
Academy Team
Behind each of our programs are top experts with years of practical experience. We combine a global approach with local expertise to provide your leaders with not only knowledge but also practical experience.
- Rada Islamova
Founder of Heartful Leadership Academy
- 4 years as a CEO of a Central Asian IT company (4 years)
- 8 years in Organizing Committees (Olympics, World Championships, World Expo)
- Founder, Wonder Women
- Co-author of the first research on Gender Balance in Kazakhstan’s IT Industry
- Heartfulness Meditation Trainer
- Yoga Teacher (RYT-200/Yoga Alliance)
- Mentor, Women in Tech CCA '24
- CAREC Award '23
- Olga Gurskaya
Academy Instructor
- Program Director at the Heartfulness Institute of Leadership;
- Master Certified Coach (MCC ICF);
- Ex-CFO of Johnson & Johnson in the Middle East;
- Since 2018, engaged in organizational transformation projects as an executive coach and integrator within the Adizes Institute framework;
- Heartfulness Meditation Trainer.
- Ekaterina Svyatoslavskaya
Academy Instructor
- Practicing Psychologist;
- ICF Coach and Yoga Instructor, combining international management and education experience with work as a business trainer for the largest online yoga academy in the CIS;
- Heartfulness Meditation Trainer.
- Galiya Garaeva
Academy Instructor
- Certified Yoga Instructor with 13 years of personal practice:
- Protocol Yoga Alliance
- RYT-200
- ISYM-10
- Heartfulness Meditation Trainer.
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.
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.
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Awards
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The Women in Tech® Caucasus and Central Asia Awards
as Best Ally Award (2024) -
CAREC Award for advancing
gender equality (2023)
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