About
Helping leaders grow in clarity, capability, and conviction
Our Philosophy
Better leaders create better companies. And better companies provide a number of benefits to employees, customers, and society. Above was founded to help leaders become the kind of leaders people want to follow into battle.
We believe modern leadership growth begins with self-awareness. Coaching engagements can strengthen how leaders think, execute, and communicate, enabling them to lead with focus.
We have no interest in teaching leadership theory. We want to help leaders live it.
Our Approach
Our approach to coaching begins with you. We listen to understand where you are, where you’ve been, and partner with you on a direction that feels energizing and aligned. We spot the gap between words and actions, and help close it. In other words, self-accountability.
The coaching engagement starts with your unique way of operating. We primarily focus on Question-Answer format. With a sprinkle of exercises that can help with your presence, creativity, communications, and executive presence.
At the core is a simple belief: the most valuable investment we can make is in our own evolution.
About Sanoop Luke
Founder and Executive Coach, Above
Sanoop Luke is an executive coach and advisor, working 1:1 with executives, senior leaders, high-potentials, and founders.
Sanoop partners with clients across Europe, the UK, the US, Asia, and Australia - from Fortune 500 companies and creative agencies to fast-growing tech and investment firms.
With over 20 years of experience at the juncture of leadership, media, and technology, Sanoop brings a practical yet human approach to coaching, grounded in real-world leadership. He has also developed original proprietary frameworks, including the 12 Pillars of Executive Leadership, Aligned, and 11-Dimensional Dashboard, which all help clients measure and accelerate individual growth in performance.
With decades of professional business experience, including an international career at Google/YouTube, Warner/Cartoon Network, and General Electric (GE), Sanoop has worked across strategy, partnerships, and content, spanning offices from New York to Hong Kong to Singapore. As a Xoogler, he brings an understanding of both innovation and execution. This experience informs his coaching philosophy today: that leadership is both an inner practice and an outer application.
Sanoop completed an Executive Coaching Program at the University of Cambridge and continues to invest in ongoing training and development in new approaches to behavioral change, communication, leadership and executive development, ensuring clients benefit from his continually evolving insight, research, and practice.
When he’s not coaching, he can be found exploring Denmark and Europe with his family, traveling, or designing new frameworks that bring leadership to life.
Commitments
Every coaching relationship is guided by three core principles:
Confidentiality
A space for reflection, discussion and growth.
Accountability
Setting a North Star early, and ensuring progress is made against it.
Transformation
New ways of working that is everlasting.