Diwi Panahon-Rocha, Executive & Leadership Coach
For more than 30 years I've worked at the heart of how organisations grow their people: in human resources, leadership development and organisational change. For the last 14 of those years, I've focused on coaching executives and leadership teams.
The leaders I work with are usually founders or members of the top team at national and multinational companies. They're accomplished, respected and busy. Many have reached a level of success where their personal life has started to feel the pressure of their professional one. I call them integrated leaders: people who want to lead well without losing themselves, or the people they love, along the way.
Most of my engagements come through HR Directors, Chief People Officers and Learning & Development leaders. They bring me in to coach a newly promoted executive or a successor being prepared for a bigger role, a leader who is struggling to lead their senior team, or leaders steering their people through organisational change. Because I spent my career in HR and OD, I understand what they're weighing: the talent pipeline, the business case, confidentiality, and results.
Qualifications & Experience
The experience and training behind the work.
ICF PCCProfessional Certified Coach
ICF MemberInternational Coaching Federation
Gallup CertifiedCliftonStrengths Coach
Shared Leadership Team CoachLeadership in Motion
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
- Member, International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach (CliftonStrengths)
- Certified Shared Leadership Team Coach, Leadership in Motion (Team Coach Certification Program)
- 30+ years in HR, leadership and organisational development
- 14 years as an executive, leadership, career and team coach
Empowering organizations and individuals to unlock their full potential and achieve meaningful, lasting transformation that drives both business success and thriving human connection.Diwi Panahon-Rocha
My Coaching Philosophy
Chemistry Is Essential
Coaching is a trusted partnership. Beyond credentials and experience, the leader should sense that our values, energy and approach are aligned. That's why every engagement starts with a chemistry conversation.
Readiness Matters
Coaching works when the leader is willing, open and curious about what they might discover. I'll always be honest if coaching isn't what's needed right now.
Courage Is Required
It takes courage to confront uncomfortable insights and take transformative action, turning deep personal self-awareness into meaningful growth.
The Answers Are Already Within
I ask far more than I tell. My role is to help leaders hear their own wisdom, and to remind them of the beauty and insight I hear from them.
Success Is Shared
Coaching succeeds when the leader and their team benefit, with progress felt across the organisation, their leadership, their career and their life.
Would You Like to Talk?
The best way to know if we're a fit is a genuine conversation. No pressure, no pitch.