Services

Coaching built for the complexity you're actually in

Whether you're leading yourself, a team, or an organization, the work starts in the same place: understanding the system you're operating in, and the person you need to become to lead it well.

Three ways of working together

Choose between individual coaching for leaders at any stage, team coaching for leadership groups navigating trust and alignment, and speaking engagements for wider teams.

Katarina facilitating a leadership workshop for a seated group

Executive Coaching

Whether you're a founder building a company for the first time, an executive stepping into a more complex role, a VC-backed leader whose investors are watching how you lead as closely as what you build, or someone earlier in their career who wants to lead with more confidence, the work is the same at its core: knowing who you are as a leader, and building the resilience to sustain it under pressure.

Coaching approach

Katarina integrates psychological depth, cross-cultural intelligence, and systemic thinking in her approach. Sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Theory, grounded in Katarina's graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling and an ICF PCC certification. This isn't just skills coaching; it also addresses self-awareness, resilience, and context that determine whether new skills hold up in practice.

Expected outcomes

Clarity on your leadership identity and style and how it translates across cultures, teams, and pressure

Practical resilience: the capacity to lead through setbacks without burning out

Stronger influence, communication, and decision-making under real conditions

For founders: a leadership shift from doer to leader, matched to the pace of the company

For investors' portfolio leaders: leadership readiness that protects the investment

Engagement options

Discovery Engagement

1–2 sessions

A focused starting point for leaders who want to test fit or address a specific, immediate challenge.

Core Coaching Engagement

4–6 months

The standard format for leadership transitions, cross-cultural challenges, or building resilience under sustained pressure.

Extended Partnership

9–12 months

For leaders navigating longer-term change, such as a new role, a significant scale-up, or sustained organizational complexity.

Founder Coaching Track

Structured around startup milestones, scaling friction, co-founder dynamics, and board-level leadership readiness.

Leadership Team Coaching

Most leadership teams don't fail on strategy. They fail on trust, communication, and the dynamics no one says out loud. This is especially true for teams built quickly, under pressure, or across cultures, exactly the conditions in which founding teams, newly merged leadership groups, and international leadership teams operate every day.

Coaching approach

Team engagements begin with an honest, assessment-based read of how the team functions, not how it's supposed to. From there, Katarina designs a customized program addressing trust, accountability, conflict, and alignment, grounded in the same psychological and cross-cultural expertise that shapes her individual coaching work.

Expected outcomes

A leadership team that communicates clearly and resolves conflict directly, rather than around it

Rebuilt or strengthened trust after a transition, merger, or period of friction

Alignment around strategy and shared priorities, not just good intentions

For founding teams: improved co-founder dynamics and a shared operating rhythm built for growth

Engagement options

Team Assessment

A structured diagnostic to surface how the team is functioning, delivered with a debrief and recommendations.

Workshops

Focused sessions on a specific challenge, such as communication, conflict, or decision-making.

Off-Site Retreats

Immersive, multi-day engagements designed to reset team dynamics and build alignment at depth.

Ongoing Team Development

Extended engagements combining periodic workshops with continued coaching support as the team evolves.

Women in Leadership

Women leaders, especially in male-dominated industries, international organizations, or high-conflict environments, experience a specific set of pressures that generic leadership coaching doesn't always address: the tax of constantly proving credibility, the balancing act between authority and likability, and the particular loneliness of being the only woman in the room.

Coaching approach

This coaching integrates the same psychological depth and systemic thinking that grounds all of Katarina's work, applied to the specific dynamics women leaders navigate. Sessions address gravitas, voice, and authenticity, not as soft skills, but as strategic capacities shaped by real organizational and cultural context. Katarina's own experience as a woman leading across cultures and historically male-dominated systems, including her years at the UN, informs this work directly.

Expected outcomes

Clarity and confidence in your own leadership style, rather than one borrowed from someone else

Practical strategies for navigating politically complex or patriarchal environments without losing yourself in the process

Stronger presence and voice in rooms where you've had to work harder to be heard

Sustainable resilience, so success doesn't come at the cost of well-being

Engagement options

Individual Coaching Engagement

4–12 months

The core format, addressing leadership identity, gravitas, and resilience over sustained work.

Peer Cohort Coaching

Small-group coaching for women leaders in similar contexts or organizations, combining individual growth with shared experience.

Organizational Program

For companies or institutions investing in their women leaders as a cohort, often paired with a workshop or speaking component.

International Business Advising & Speaking

For organizations and event audiences who want Katarina's expertise applied beyond one-on-one or team coaching, she offers advising and speaking on cross-cultural leadership, resilience, and leadership team effectiveness, the same themes that shape her coaching practice, brought to a broader audience.

What this includes

Advising for organizations navigating international expansion, cross-cultural team structuring, or leadership development strategy

Keynote and workshop speaking for conferences, corporate events, and leadership programs

Topics include cross-cultural leadership, team effectiveness, and resilience at work

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