Executive Coaching
Working primarily with an individual leader on their development and effectiveness — how they lead, relate, communicate and respond under pressure.
Especially for Leaders and founders
Read moreFor Organizations
Relationship HQ for Organizations
Relationships matter at work too. The quality of them shapes leadership effectiveness, team performance, trust, communication, decision-making, and the ability to navigate pressure and change.
Three ways we work
Business-Critical Relationship Coaching
Working with a relationship the business depends on — co-founders, co-leaders, a manager and direct report — when the challenge exists between people rather than inside one person.
Especially for Co-founders, co-leaders and their teams
Read moreTraining & Consulting
Building skills and shared capacity across a group — practical, experiential learning that participants apply in real conversations at work — and consulting to teams and organizational systems.
Especially for Teams, cohorts and whole organizations
Read moreThe kinds of problems we help solve
- We have a strong leader whose leadership patterns are limiting their effectiveness
- Two important leaders are struggling to work together
- A manager and direct report have lost trust
- Our leadership team is avoiding conversations it needs to have
- Our managers need stronger skills for leading people
- Conflict or organizational change is beginning to affect collaboration and performance
How the work runs
- Listen and diagnose — clarify goals and gather the perspectives needed to understand the system
- Surface patterns — make hidden relational and cultural dynamics visible and discussable
- Align and design — translate insight into priorities, roles and a practical path forward
- Practice and apply — build new capability through training, coaching and real-time application
- Sustain and measure — track progress, reinforce behavior change and strengthen accountability
Credentials and procurement
Relationship HQ is a certified NYC and NYS Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise, and accepts purchase orders and credit cards. NIGP codes: 91841, 91860, 91862, 92416, 92435, 92464, 94876, 96156.
Dr. Kolawole is a MINT-member Motivational Interviewing trainer and is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile. Clients have included the NYC Department of Education, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Mount Sinai, NYU School of Medicine, St. John's University, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Harlem Children's Zone, Exalt, NYC Justice Corps and CIBC.
95+
out of 100 average participant rating across training engagements
This training truly is a game changer. It helps staff focus on how they are showing up to interactions, particularly conflicts and challenging conversations.
Bukky has the uncanny ability to feel with people at a tremendously profound level, with a wide array of people from many different socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Her immense ability to connect with and model empathy for others contributes to her effectiveness.
Who you would see
Bukky Kolawole, PsyD
Founder · Psychologist · Executive Coach · Relationship Coach
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples · Race-based stress and racial trauma · LGBTQ+ topics · Intensive work · Motivational Interviewing (MINT member) · Relationship and executive coaching
Accepting new clients
Questions
What people ask
Do you deliver under MWBE contracts?
Yes. Relationship HQ holds NYC and NYS Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprise certification, and the full public catalog of trainings is listed on this site for procurement review.
Can programs be tailored?
Yes. Every organizational engagement is scoped to the team, the sector and the outcome you are accountable for.
Can training sit inside a larger engagement?
Yes. Training is often delivered as part of a broader leadership or organizational development engagement rather than as a standalone workshop.
Start with a consultation
Tell us what is going on. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right practice for it, and match you with the practitioner who fits — or point you to someone better placed.