Coaching is about You

Find your unique solution and walk the path towards making your goal a reality. 

Parastou Pezeshkian | Personalised Individual & Team Coaching| Facilitation | Moderation Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

I’m a versatile and ICF-Certified Leadership & Team Effectiveness Coach, Agile Coach, and Business Transformation Consultant with 20+ years of experience across the pharmaceutical value chain. My work is about creating space — for leaders and teams to grow, reconnect with purpose, and navigate complexity with clarity and compassion.

With a deep appreciation for cross-cultural dynamics, I embrace diversity and trust in the power of improvisation to spark innovation and guide change.

True transformation begins with alignment — within ourselves, and with the systems we lead and live in.

What I Offer When Leaders & Teams Need More Than Just Strategy

You’re capable, experienced, and committed — but even the strongest leaders and teams reach moments where clarity, alignment, or momentum feel just out of reach. Coaching becomes most valuable when:

  • You’re stuck in patterns that feel familiar but unproductive — and you’re ready to break through

  • You desire a holistic approach between your professional and personal life.

  • The demands of leadership have pulled you in many directions, and you’re seeking focus and balance

  • You want to lead with more intention — grounded in clarity, purpose, and adaptability

  • Your team works hard, but something’s missing — trust, cohesion, or a shared direction

  • You’re navigating complex dynamics, rapid change, or organisational transformation

  • You want more than just facilitation — you want a coaching partnership that challenges and empowers

  • You’re ready to surface hidden tensions, foster psychological safety, and create space for what really matters

  • You're balancing innovation with compliance, and need to move fast without losing integrity

  • You value coaching that’s systemic, measurable, and designed for sustainable impact — not just surface-level change

My Coaching Philosophy

Coaching isn’t about fixing — it’s about unlocking potential. Whether I’m working with an individual leader or an entire team, I believe real growth happens when we shift from an “either/or” mindset to one of possibility — an “And Mindset.” Life and leadership become a series of empowered choices, guided by self-awareness, curiosity, and courage.

Success, as Earl Nightingale said, is the progressive realisation of a worthy goal. My role is to support that journey — helping you (or your team) stay focused, challenge old patterns, and lead with greater clarity, trust, and intention.

My approach blends Gestalt coaching, systems thinking, and agile practices — grounded in presence, purpose, and accountability. I create a space where individuals and teams feel supported but stretched — challenged, not judged. Coaching is personal and relational. Whether one-on-one or in group settings, it starts with connection, mutual respect, and psychological safety. Together, we’ll explore your “sweet spot” — that dynamic space where growth, clarity, and adaptability meet.

Curious by nature and purpose-driven by choice, I’m here to support meaningful transformation — with authenticity and heart. Ready to explore what’s possible — for yourself or your team?

My Niche

Leaders and teams in the Pharma & Health Sector, who aspire to living a holistic life, are passionate about their work and are dedicated to making an impact.

My Superpower

Curiosity, positive energy & growth mindset. 

Testimonials

  • Lawrence (USA)

    Parastou was an invaluable partner in the preparation and execution of our Team Face-to-Face Workshop (3 Days). She was a consistently strong strategic thought-partner with the leadership circle, demonstrating her rapid grasp of the team’s purpose and outcomes. She made impact from the very initial involvement and provided excellent meeting presence, tone and tenor. Importantly. she is agile-in methodology, in practice, and she demonstrated it constantly by flexing and accommodating organic team discussions.

    Parastou brought enthusiasm and energy to encourage consistent engagement. I very much enjoyed meeting and working alongside her and would welcome future opportunities to work together.

  • Katia (USA)

    Parastou has tremendous empathy and intuition. At each session, she has created an environment for me to explore my potential and helped me overcome my fears. For example, I was sometimes afraid to speak up and push for my needs, which made me resentful and sad. After only a few sessions, we were able to identify the origin, and with a new perspective, I shifted my attitude and was able to go for what I wanted.

    Every time I work with her, I find a piece of the puzzle missing for me to live my life happier and more productively. It is impressive to me how quickly sometimes the process works.

  • João (Portugal)

    Parastou started coaching me when I was going through a turning point in my career. Parastou brilliantly guided me through that process, and helped me better understand my circumstances and what my future prospects could look like. I learned a lot about myself as an individual and a professional throughout this challenging but fascinating process.

  • Joost (Netherlands)

    Parastou is very nice to work with and will enable you and/or your team to get the most out of meetings. I would immediately recommend her to any colleague and or team that needs support in team meeting preparations and team facilitation. She was a great support in both Face-to-Face meetings we had, especially with regards to the one with our vendor. I appreciated her flexibility and adaptability in getting us prepared to the point where we wanted to be at the end of the meeting. Parastou managed to adapt accordingly and set a very clear ‘Strategy’ and agenda for the meeting. We left the meeting being completely aligned. It was definitely challenging and she challenged us as well in the process (which was great).

    To put it simply, we would not have achieved what we did achieve without her, thank you for that!

  • Anne (Switzerland)

    I would gladly work with Parastou again. She was an extremely willing, good guidance and bouncing partner in the preparation of our team Face-to-Face, and genuinely a nice person to work with! She brought our team new concept, in a smooth and competent way.

    I very much appreciated her flexibility and finding ways to adapt the F2F topics and agenda flow so that she could support us and have a positive impact.

  • Sadaf (USA)

    Parastou coached me when I was stuck and feeling frustrated in my relationships. I was aware that something needed to change, but I was also conscious that change is not easy nor pain free. However, Parastou made my journey a smooth one. The relationship we created was exactly what I needed to be able to face my struggles. She accompanied me through my tough times compassionately to make a better version of myself. I highly recommend her.

  • Sabrina (Germany)

    The coaching sessions with Parastou helped me to better understand my thoughts and feelings, to structure and interpret them which made me get to know myself better as a person, my needs, and how I can meet these needs

  • Avril (Canada)

    Parastou was a trusted thought partner and confidential Coach for the team. She gave our team the confidence to speak up, voice concerns and ask questions.

    Parastou is trustworthy and a good listener.

  • Manjunath (USA)

    I truly appreciated Parastou’s collaboration with me as my coach. She truly embodies the coaching mindset and is always curious. Now, whenever I do think about coaches for individuals or teams, Parastou is the first person who comes into mind.

    Parastou approaches every topic in unbiased way. This truly helped me to open up and explore topics/ situations & understand the different tools that can be used in each of those situations.

Curious to know how this will work and what to expect?

Our first meeting is free of charge. The aim is to get to know each other, discuss your needs and what you hope to walk away with. I will clarify the process and what you can expect from me. We will need to ensure we have the right chemistry and you feel psychologically safe. I will challenge and empower you towards making significant steps to reach your next goals and explore unknown territories to grow.

Coaching is an investment in the desired future you, which we can tailor based on your specific needs. We can meet either face to face or virtually.