LeadStyle began not in a boardroom, but in a living room—pillow-strewn, a whiteboard balanced on a couch—where two corporate-bred women in their 40s dared to reimagine what leadership could be.

Co-founders Lara Dolnick and Shveta Pillai brought wildly different experiences to the table—Lara, a brilliant Trial and Communications Strategist who stood beside leaders in courtrooms, and Shveta, a strategic advisor and coach who guided executives through the invisible trials of complex organizations. What united them was a single, radical belief: leadership is deeply human. Complex. Courageous. Transformational.

They built LeadStyle as a firm not just for coaching, but for reinvention—a place where identity and impact could finally align.
Lara’s passing in 2021 was a profound loss—personally and professionally. Her vision and values remain deeply woven into LeadStyle’s foundation. In the years since,

Shveta has honored that legacy while expanding the firm’s mission with fierce purpose and unwavering clarity.

A tenacious leader and ICF-certified coach, Shveta brings nearly 20 years of experience advising organizations from entrepreneurial startups to global Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise spans business readiness, executive alignment, organizational development, and culture change. She is known for her persistence and insight—coaching leaders through the pressure of transformation with grounded empathy and bold strategy.

Her career has touched industries from oil & gas to healthcare, technology to retail, across the APAC, EMEA, and U.S. regions. Whether facilitating change initiatives or guiding individuals through high-stakes leadership moments, Shveta’s work centers on one consistent goal: to help people lead from a place of strength, clarity, and self-awareness.

Under her leadership, LeadStyle has not only endured—it has evolved. Today, we help clients around the world shape stories that move people and build the kind of leadership that lasts.

Because at LeadStyle, we don’t just believe in bold ideas. We believe in bold leaders—and we help build them.

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Shveta E. Pillai

Areas of Expertise

Organizational development and business readiness
Executive and Leadership coaching
Project management leadership and team growth
Project management leadership and team growth
Leadership capability development workshops

Business Background and Experience

Shveta is an ICF Certified Coach. She has nearly 20 years of experience as a leader and advisor to small businesses and global Fortune 500 organizations across a variety of industries. She partners her coaching process with her consultative expertise in leading multi-faceted change efforts for large- scale process optimization and technology transformation programs. Shveta has coached and advised clients on multiple facets impacting executive leadership and employee commitment to business goals and outcomes, including business readiness, organizational structure, executive alignment, communications, and employee experience. She is recognized for her persistence and tenacity in coaching leaders through transformational and systemic changes. Her career span includes working with leaders from entrepreneurial start-ups to global, multinational organizations. Shveta’s clients come from the APAC and EMEA regions; Africa, Europe, the Middle East as well as the United States. They have been involved across a variety of industries including: oil & gas; healthcare; higher education; technology; entrepreneurship; foodservice; retail.

Qualiﬁcations & Professional Certiﬁcations

Master in Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science in Corporation Communications, University of Texas at Austin
Associate Certified Coach (ACC), International Coach Federation
Diagnostics: Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); EQ-I; EQ-I 360

Shveta’s 3P LeadStyle Overview

Professional Leadership Activities: Certified ICF Coach, Organizational Development with specialty in executive and stakeholder alignment, Leadership coaching and facilitating leadership development workshops at Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University

Personal: Mindfulness meditation; journaling; R&B, pop culture, and live music genres; Voice over reading with her daughters; Dress For Success Corporate Guild; 15-year book club member; donating to children and education charities

Physical: Strength Training; Pilates

Testimonials

I highly recommend their process for someone trying to get to the next level

A. P., Multi-National Oil & Gas Company

I have emerged as a more confident, influential and patient leader in every aspect of my life. While I expected such results in my professional life after my initial sessions, what I didn’t expect was how it would translate to my role as a father, husband, son, community volunteer and friend. The growth and self-discovery I’ve enjoyed from our coaching sessions transcends the workplace and has reignited my growth as a person, not just as a professional.

V.M., Global Non-Profit Organization

...they were able to incorporate the different changes occurring on a personal level into my professional development. I’m extremely thankful to them for helping me seamlessly integrate my professional and personal priorities, and guiding me onto a path of all-round success, happiness and satisfaction.

S.B., National Healthcare System

...gave me the tools to harness my feelings and acknowledge the outside world around me, without giving into options that take me away from my plans. It’s a weight lifted off my chest. I can breathe again. And it feels so good. This isn’t over; this is a lifestyle change. But now I have the confidence and tools to channel my emotions, to own them, to shape them and to use them to move forward.

S.K., Author