Executive & Leadership Coaching

Become the leader your next stage needs.

I work with founders and senior leaders to sharpen how they think, decide, and lead — so the company can grow without depending on you doing everything yourself.

Worked with leaders across Seed–Series C startups/ scaling SaaS/ fintech & healthtech/ global product teams
The method

Leadership is a practice, not a personality.

Nobody grows from another framework they'll never open again. We work the way any serious skill gets built — on the real situations already sitting in your calendar.

01 / Baseline

Baseline

We map where you actually are: your patterns under pressure, what your team needs from you, and the one or two things quietly holding the whole thing back.

02 / Reps

Reps

Every session works a live situation — the conversation you're avoiding, the decision that's stuck, the hire you're unsure about. Real reps, not hypotheticals.

03 / Form

Form

We turn what works into habit: the frames and defaults that hold when you're tired, outnumbered, and out of time. Good form is what survives a bad week.

04 / Load

Load

Then we add weight — a bigger team, a harder mandate, a higher table — without adding hours. The point is capacity, not busier calendars.

Ways to work together

Three formats. One aim: leadership that scales.

Sprint · 3 sessions

The Reset

Fixed engagement

A focused sprint for one real inflection point — a transition, a hard decision, a relationship to repair.

  • Three 75-minute sessions over 3 weeks
  • One decision, worked to the ground
  • Async notes between sessions
Flagship · 12 weeks

The 1:1 Intensive

By application

Deep, biweekly work for founders and executives carrying a step-change in scope. The core of what I do.

  • Six 90-minute sessions, biweekly
  • Stakeholder input & a real baseline read
  • Direct line between sessions
  • A leadership plan you'll actually use
Group · rolling cohorts

Team Leadership Lab

Per team

For a leadership group learning to run at the same level — shared language, sharper decisions, fewer bottlenecks.

  • Six sessions across a quarter
  • 4–8 leaders per cohort
  • Practice on live team situations
In their words

The work shows up in the room, not the report.

I stopped being the bottleneck without loosening my grip on quality. My team makes calls now that I used to make at 11pm.
Founder & CEO
Series B · Fintech
Elena doesn't hand you a model. She sits in the actual mess with you until you can see the next move yourself.
VP Engineering
Scaling SaaS · 200+ team
I came in to fix my calendar and left leading a company twice the size — with more room, not less.
Chief Operating Officer
Healthtech
About

Fifteen years as an operator. Twelve as the person operators call.

Before coaching, I built and ran teams — a head of operations who learned the hard way that competence and leadership are not the same skill. The gap between them is where I now spend my days.

I work with people who are good at their jobs and newly responsible for others being good at theirs. The pressure is real, the stakes are personal, and most of it never gets said out loud. That's the room I'm built for.

ICF · PCC Certified Ex-Head of Operations Systemic coaching English · Deutsch
Before you book

The usual questions.

Is coaching the same as consulting or therapy?+

No. A consultant hands you answers; a therapist works largely on the past. Coaching works on you, now, in the present situations you're leading through — building the judgment to find your own answers under real conditions.

How do I know if it's the right time?+

The best time is a step-change: a new scope, a fast-growing team, a raise, a merger, or the quiet sense that what got you here won't carry the next stretch. If you're carrying more than the room can see, that's the signal.

What actually happens in the discovery call?+

Thirty minutes, no pitch. You tell me what you're carrying; I tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it. If I'm not, I'll point you toward someone who is.

Do you work remotely?+

Yes — most engagements run over video, with leaders across Europe and beyond. In-person intensives in Berlin are available for flagship clients.

The next step

Let's find out if this is your work.

One honest conversation. If the fit is right, we'll map a starting point. If it isn't, you'll leave with a clearer read on what you actually need.

FormatVideo call
Length30 minutes
CostNo charge
PitchNone
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