EXECUTIVE COACHING

SERVICES

DO YOU HAVE A COACH IN YOUR CORNER?

Svetlana provides executive coaching services for private and sponsored executive coaching clients and executive teams ready to envision, strategize, plan, and advance their growth aspirations. 

COACHING SERVICES

GENERATIVE ECONOMY NEEDS NEW KINDS OF LEADERS. DIFFERENTIATE BY DESIGN.

Unlock Your Potential with Executive Coaching Services

INVEST IN TANGIBLE RESULTS. EXECUTIVE COACHING SERVICES FOR THE WHOLE PERSON AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM.

One-on-One Senior Leadership and Executive Coaching Services

Step into your full leadership potential with tailored coaching designed for executives and senior leaders. Executive coaching clarifies your strategic vision, strengthens your decision-making, and amplifies your leadership presence. Whether you are navigating organizational change, driving innovation, or leading high-stakes initiatives, we provide the tools, insights, and support you need to lead confidently with strategic clarity.

Ready to redefine what’s possible? Let’s take your leadership to the next level.

Executive Cochacing Services for C-Suite and Senior Leadership Teams

Transform your executive team into a high-performing, cohesive unit with our Systemic Team Coaching. Align your leaders, organization, and stakeholders with a shared mandate, clear purpose, actionable strategy, and generative collaboration. By addressing the dynamics within the team and its broader ecosystem, you can rebuild trust, enhance communication, and achieve sustained impact.

Ready to drive results that truly matter? Let’s build a team equipped to thrive in today’s fast-changing world.

Why do Senior Leaders and Business Owners Hire an Executive Coach?

Develop Leadership Potential

Organizations invest in executive coaching services to help senior leaders strengthen their leadership skills, enhance emotional intelligence, and refine their ability to inspire and lead teams effectively. This ensures leaders are prepared to meet current and future challenges with confidence and vision.

Support High-Stakes Transitions

Whether onboarding a new leader, preparing someone for a bigger role, or guiding them through organizational change, executive coaching helps leaders navigate high-stakes transitions with clarity, agility, and strategic focus.

Enhance Decision-Making and Strategic Thinking

Coaching equips executives with the tools to think critically, assess complex situations, and make informed decisions that align with organizational goals. Strategic leaders drive better business outcomes and facilitate innovative forward-thinking.

Increase Retention of Top Talent

Organizations hire executive coaches to support and retain high-performing leaders by investing in their growth and development. Coaching demonstrates a commitment to their success, leading to greater engagement, loyalty, and long-term value for the organization.

Foster Resilience and Adaptability

Coaching helps executives build resilience, manage stress, and adapt to uncertainty in today's fast-changing business environment. Highly personalized personal and professional development ensures leaders remain effective and focused, even when faced with challenges or rapid organizational shifts.

Strengthen Organizational Culture and Leadership Alignment

Executive coaches help leaders embody and promote the company’s values, ensuring alignment between leadership behaviors and the desired organizational culture. Coaching supports leaders in cultivating a positive, inclusive, and high-performing environment that cascades throughout the organization.

By investing in executive coaching, organizations empower their leaders to perform at their best, drive meaningful impact, and contribute to sustained success at all levels.

Why do Forward-looking Organizations Hire a Systemic Team Coach?

Align the Team with Organizational Purpose and Strategy

A systemic team coach helps leadership teams align their goals, behaviors, and decisions with the broader organizational purpose and strategy. By considering the interconnected systems within and outside the organization, teams can ensure their actions support long-term success and impact.

Improve Team Dynamics and Systems Thinking

Systemic coaching addresses not only internal team dynamics but also how the team interacts with stakeholders, customers, and the organization as a whole. By fostering the mindset and skills of systems thinking, the coach helps teams identify patterns, leverage interdependencies, and strengthen their ability to lead within a complex, interconnected environment.

Navigate Complexity and Change Across Systems

In times of rapid change, systemic team coaching equips executive teams to manage uncertainty, anticipate ripple effects, and adapt their strategies accordingly. By focusing on the broader ecosystem, the coach ensures that leadership decisions are informed, sustainable, and aligned with evolving organizational and market needs.

Foster a Culture of Collaboration and Accountability

Systemic coaching helps teams break down silos, address power dynamics, and improve collaboration both within the team and across the organization. With better communication and accountability, the team becomes a more effective and cohesive leadership body that drives results across the entire system.

Enhance Stakeholder Relationships and Organizational Impact

Systemic team coaching extends the focus beyond the immediate team, helping leaders understand their influence on and responsibilities to key stakeholders. Whether managing board relationships, customer outcomes, or employee engagement, the coaching process ensures the team leads with an awareness of its broader impact on the organization and its ecosystem.

By addressing the "whole system" rather than just the team itself, systemic executive team coaching delivers transformational results that expand across the organization and beyond.

Is Your Organization Ready to Elevate Your Leadership and Transform Your Executive Teams?

Partner with a trusted executive and team coach to unlock your organizational leadership potential, foster alignment, and achieve lasting impact. Let’s schedule a conversation today and discover how executive coaching can drive impactful results and set your organization apart and how to tailor our executive coaching services to your unique needs.

Professional Executive Coaching Services For Private Pay and Corporate-Sponsored Coaching Clients

  • Executive Coaching Services

    LASER-FOCUSED COACHING, COACHING TUNE-UP, OR COACHING INTERVENTION

    Laser-focused coaching is powerful, precise, highly focused, and efficient when the client wants to address a single issue or goal. It is designed to achieve maximum impact in a minimal amount of time, often in just a single or a few short sessions. Laser-focused coaching is an excellent choice for busy professionals, executives, and anyone seeking quick, targeted assistance when navigating high uncertainty or making an important decision under pressure.

  • Executive Development Services

    COACHING FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Coaching for development is a dynamic, collaborative process focused on enriching the client's personal and professional growth. Unlike performance-based coaching, which often targets specific skills, competencies, and immediate goals, developmental coaching takes a broader, more strategic, and holistic approach. Developmental coaching equips clients with the awareness, mindsets, tools, and behaviors to help them maximize their potential.

  • Transformative Executive Coaching

    COACHING FOR TRANSFORMATION AND VERTICAL GROWTH

    Coaching for transformation and vertical growth is a dynamic and empowering process that facilitates a perspective shift and transformational changes in an individual's personal and professional life. This type of coaching goes beyond surface-level improvements, delving into a person's beliefs, values, and present identity to foster powerful breakthroughs in how the client perceives, interacts with, and impacts the people around them and the world.

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Why Do Leaders and Executives Hire an Executive Coach?

The top five reasons why leaders consider retaining executive coaching services for their growth and advancement:

Enhance Leadership Skills and Presence
Executives seek coaching to refine their leadership style, improve communication, and build organizational or industry influence. They want to lead with greater authenticity, confidence, and impact, inspiring teams, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.

Navigate High-Stakes Decisions and Transitions
Whether stepping into a new role, managing organizational change, or facing critical decisions, leaders turn to a coach to gain clarity, assess options, and develop strategies to move forward through complex decisions with precision and confidence.

Improve Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Executive coaching helps leaders better understand their strengths, blind spots, and behavioral patterns. This self-awareness enables them to manage relationships more effectively, handle stress, and create stronger connections with their teams and peers.

Develop Strategic Thinking and Vision
Leaders often seek a coach to sharpen their critical and strategic thinking skills, anticipate challenges, and align their vision with actionable strategies. Coaching helps executives expand their perspectives and foster innovative solutions for long-term success.

Foster Growth During Uncertainty or Complexity
In times of uncertainty, complexity, or rapid change, executives work with coaches to build resilience, increase their agility, and stay grounded. A coach provides a safe space for reflection, strategic planning, and personal growth, helping leaders navigate challenges with confidence and clarity.

Executive Coaching Services by Svetlana Dimovski

About Svetlana Dimovski, PhD

Svetlana is a highly experienced ICF (PCC) and National Board-Certified (NBC-HWC) executive and team coach, Kellogg Executive Scholar in Leadership, and a Founder of Dharma Growth, LLC, an Arlington-based coaching and consulting company.

Svetlana’s career includes 20 years of R&D, strategy design, change management, and innovation leadership. She’s held senior leadership positions in Fortune 100 companies and international development non-profit organizations. She received her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University and a postgraduate diploma in digital business from Columbia University/MIT Sloan.

Past Client Profiles

Functional roles

Research & Development, Innovation, Engineering, Operations, IT, Product, Sales, Operations, Strategy, Human Resources, Legal, Administrative, Executive

Seniority level

Senior Leaders, Executives, and Business Owners. Top Technical Talent, Creative Talent, Entrepreneurs.

Industries

Internet, Big Tech, Technology, Luxury Goods, Consumer Packaged Goods, Banking, Government, Energy, Utilities, Oil, Gas and Natural Resources, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Health Care, Pharmaceutical & Biotech, Entertainment, Management Consulting Firms, Investment & Venture Capital, Philanthropic & Non-Profit Organizations, Professional Business Services, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Startups, Small Business, Family Business

What my Partners and Clients are Saying

  • "During the period of our work together, Svetlana facilitated peer advisory groups of 8-10 C-level and VP level women for our organization’s primary service - Core. Our Guides leverage cutting edge facilitation techniques to draw lifelong professional and personal connections and harness the collective power of the group to help executives tackle their problems and seize opportunities in the moments they need it most. Svetlana had an immeasurable impact on our membership by leading her Core groups and unlocking the potential of her members."

    — Head of Guide Success, CHIEF

  • “I sound like a broken record now, but Lana has been an amazing coach. She listens, provides great perspective, and helps me find the balance between leadership and my true self. I will miss not being connected with her! Lana continues to be very insightful and helpful. I really enjoy connecting with her.”

    — Operation Manager at a $4B global HR company, USA

  • “Great chance to brainstorm and think through how I could approach situations differently.”

    — HR Business Partner Lead at a Fortune 500 Chemical Company

  • “Thought-provoking discussions. The discussion prompted me to develop a couple of new ideas of how to advance certain goals. Svetlana has helped me search/consider tactics for personal development in specific ways.”

    — General Counsel for a $2B industrial engineering company, USA

  • "I wanted to thank you for the very helpful conversations over the last year. My whole perspective on careers has been shifted, thanks in large part to some of our discussions."

    — SVP of Strategy, Higher Education, US

  • “I restored my courage to face the challenge I once escaped from.“

    — International Development Leader, Japan

  • "Life-changing session. I think Svetlana is AMAZING. She is insightful and kind and nurturing and sparks me to explore ideas I haven't come to on my own. I'm so excited to have a coach whose energy and desire for self-seeking knowledge and change dovetails so well with my own."

    — Casting Director, Los Angeles, USA

  • "Awesome session. Really great insight on anchoring habits in core values to make them more organic. Transformational advice that I'm still thinking about."

    — CTO, Top Global Management Consulting Firm, USA

  • Life changing session. 10 out of 10! "Wow! this session was very powerful and I learned a lot.”

    — Export Operations Director, Global Fortune 500 Consumer Goods Company, USA

  • "Amazing session. Really valuable and lots of self introspection."

    — Associate Director, Top Global Management Consulting Firm, India

  • "I talked a LOT and processed a LOT, and ended up with some great insights and some questions to continue to explore."

    — Director of Talent Acquisition, USA

  • "Life changing session. It has been a joy to work with Lana. She helps me see that I have more wisdom inside of myself than I ever knew."

    — Educational Consultant, USA

  • "Amazing session with Lana. Thank you for helping me see the bigger picture and realize that I need to allow myself time to listen to my wisdom. The answers are in me and I just need to allow myself space to find them."

    — Product Strategy Leader, Global Biotech Company, Switzerland

  • "You've been a tremendous help over the last 2 years and I'm extremely grateful. Thanks again for everything, you truly made a difference and helped me think about things in a more comprehensive (even creative) way that I'm not sure I would've gotten to on my own."

    — VP & Board Member, fast-growth global fintech company, US

  • " Life changing. Thanks for helping me dig deep."

    — Senior Executive, banking and financial markets, US

  • "Life-changing session. [...] believe in my own convictions and have confidence in that path that i believe is right for me."

    — Director of Product, global wealth management, US

  • " [the session...] helped move me further through the grief and acceptance of certain things in my corporate role. I think these questions about the future are big ones - transparency / visibility, potential strategic partners..."

    — COO, global investment and asset management company, US

  • "I am very grateful for your coaching, all the energy and knowledge you share with me to be a stronger leader."

    — SVP, Operations, pharma & healthcare sector, Europe

  • " You have a wealth of information about various topics that are relevant to me, such as giftedness, how it impacts my life, and possible career paths. You've helped me identify possibilities I was unaware of."

    — Software Developer, USA

  • " I greatly appreciate all the attention you provided me with and how you pushed me to leave with actionable steps. I'm looking forward to our next catch-up."

    — Director, Project Management, financial industry, US

  • "... incredibly helpful to change the lens of measuring impact to observing what drives action. I appreciate talking through what I could experiment with this coming week. I also like talking through how to balance self accountability and self-compassion. Lastly being able to put words to the "complacency" ghost of the past and the reasoning that outside pressure is energy draining is very helpful. I also appreciate your enthusiasm of this time as a point of innovation instead of focusing on it as an early struggle. It helps to take a truly open mind to the process instead of one of guilt or disappointment."

    — Sr. Manager, Product Marketing, tech sector, US

  • "We are working toward some pretty cool/life changing goals. Svetlana is a wonderful guide and great patience and experience to help me reach them."

    — Sales Executive, US

  • "Life changing. Lana is awesome at breaking items down and getting me to think differently about situations."

    — Assistant Director, Communications, US

  • "Wonderful first session. We were able to cover so much grounds in this session - Lana is such a good listener and give excellent feedback and guidance in this short first session already. Super excited to working together."

    — International business professional, tech & wealth management, US

  • "Svetlana was really great. She has a large amount of experience to draw from which was very helpful and insightful. She balanced providing advice critique and encouragement and was deeply empathetic - she took the time to get to know me my personality goals and way of working. She coached me based on this in a very agile way which I truly appreciated it."

    — Director of Discovery, large multinational tech, US

  • "I highly appreciate Lana's ability to listen and provide coaching value through having me consider things I wouldn't have thought of and are critical to the work I'm doing to re-discover who I am as a leader and where I want to be and who I want to help in the future. Thank you!"

    — Leadership and Organizational Development Director, HR tech, US

  • "Good program, helped me out tremendously...[I] gained a lot of confidence. Thanks Lana!"

    — Construction Engineer, Canada

  • "Svetlana is an incredible coach. She is unique in her ability to hold space help you practice courage and ask incredibly insightful questions that support your development. Her energy is calm and puts me at ease immediately. Because of her coaching - I've been able to change my perspective and actions in a very short period of time. Not sure what I would without her!"

    — Global Talent Partner, financial sector, US

  • "It's been a pleasure to work with Svetlana. I have been slowly shifted away from my imposter syndrome and now able to approach career work in a less cynical perspective and more of a business perspective."

    — Marketing professional, big tech, US

  • "...looking forward to continue working with you. I really like how you helped me land my ideas."

    — Logistics Director, multinational CPG, US

  • " I really enjoy the way I'm challenged to think about what actions I can take to make a step in the right direction."

    — Program management, big tech, US

  • "We were able to identify the area of opportunity and a plan of action in a short period of time (our initial meeting). I'm looking forward to working with Svetlana."

    — Director, Engineering Program Management, HR tech, US

  • "Gained a lot of insight from having a safe place to brainstorm and get feedback."

    — Sales Development, fast growth tech, US

  • "I judge myself less harshly, I have redefined my view on success, I am working on improving my wellbeing. ...[I] tuck to relatively healthy lifestyle, stopped working to burnout on every project."

    — Partner, global consulting firm, Europe

  • "I have more clarity about my goals and what I want to do long term. I also no longer focus on other people's perceptions of my performance or worth."

    — VVP of Operations, healthcare, US

  • "I think over the months, I've gained greater confidence to advocate for myself. I feel more fearless."

    — HR Advisor, energy sector, US

  • "Lana is a wonderful coach who helped me grow in so many different ways! I am a different person thanks to her coaching."

    — Senior Associate, large consulting firm, US

  • "Thanks a lot Svetlana for your support in creating my routine. Although it sounds simple, I most probably wouldn't make it without your support."

    — Regional Manager, Logistics & Transportation, Europe

  • "I feel seen and heard. Our discussion left me feeling not only inspired but with clarity of how to look at my situation and create the magic where I am to set me up for where I want to be. I am confident that more of this will definitely help shape my career."

    — Strategy & Business Development Professional, US

  • "Amazing session. Provided invaluable insight into how to handle more direct shame triggers during negotiations. In the end the session made me reevaluate how I approach these type triggers in general based on my core beliefs and identity."

    — Chief Data & Information Officer, pharma & healthcare, US

  • "Amazing probing and helping me to face my deep reservations. Simply talking them through / out loud help eliminate them and to find new ways to approach the problem."

    — Partner Development Director, large consulting firm, US

  • "Svetlana beautifully delves into the story behind my stories to identify what is at the root of my concerns or problems. Even when I have a strong realization she asks yet another question that leads me to a stronger awareness! I have worked with many people regarding my well-being throughout the years and I have to say that Svetlana is providing information and a perspective that I have never received before. As a result I am discovering things that will take me to the next level with my goals and general sense of well-being. Thank you for being so genuine skilled and thoughtful in your coaching!"

    — Project Manager, financial sector, US

  • "Svetlana is very perceptive and picks up on nuances and takes that to grow into organic forms of positive change."

    — Manager, entertainment industry, US

  • "My sessions with Lana are always so powerful. One of the best things of my weeks every Thursday!"

    — HR professional, US

  • "Thank you for helping me visualize how I might start my journey inwardly bringing my team with me. I believe this is a positive step towards positive health as well as positive work environment."

    — UX Manager, design software, US

  • "So helpful-this is coaching at its best and I am so grateful. Lana is just a truly amazing coach who is able to tap into so many deeper areas and pull out what I need to spend time on in reframing my perspective, etc."

    — Product research, FAANG, US

  • " Lana helped me framing the actions required to take action and reach my objectives. She is insightful, supportive, and motivational. A great personality inspiring and positive. I really enjoyed our work together."

    — Tax Director, international business development, NORAM

  • "Thank you for giving me the forum to find myself while listening without judging."

    — IT Manager, US

  • "Words cannot fully express the depth of my gratitude for your transformative impact on my life. Thank you for being the catalyst for my personal growth and for empowering me to reach my full potential. I am forever indebted to your guidance and support."

    — L&D Manager, telecommunications, US

  • "Svetlana provides tremendous insight and coaching into not only the situation but also the context and the surrounding elements (and people) that impact it. She's a tremendous asset to her clients!!"

    — Managing Director, global consulting firm, US

  • "Thank you so much Svetlana! Talking to you always gives me things I would have never found on my own!"

    — Product Manager, expert, FAANG, US

  • "Thank you very much for continuing to be a dedicated and caring partner as I navigate such a big next step. You are helping me find and take the little steps that grow me and teach me what I need to experience to lead myself. I am deeply grateful to have your perspective. It is my great fortune to have found someone who is aligned with my values and I feel comforted to have your guidance."

    — Health Strategy Lead, CPG industry, US

  • "Thank you for the amazing thought provoking conversations!"

    — Sr. Program Manager, FAANG, US

  • "I had a great session with Lana. She checked in with me prior to the session to ensure that we could use our time efficiently. During the session she carefully listened to my concerns provided perspective and asked me questions to guide the discussion. I walked out with much more clarity on how to navigate the challenge I'm currently facing. Lana made me feel a lot more confident coming out of the session with tools to help me succeed. I look forward to working with her again in the future. THANKS LANA!"

    — Risk Manager, US

  • " Thank you so much Svetlana for being my coach....Your patience and curiousity has helped me vocalize and organize my thoughts which led to helping me understand my purpose in life and career. Thank you so much for the life changing experience!"

    — Sr. Manager, software, US

Who is in Your Corner?

Great leaders don’t go through it alone—they have a trusted coach to help them unlock potential, navigate complexity, and achieve extraordinary results. Do you have that kind of support?

Schedule your complimentary discovery session now, and let’s uncover what’s possible.

Past clients from

Chanel, Aesop, Shiseido, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Roche, Google, Meta, Apple, Dell, IBM, Salesforce, Accenture, American Express, Visa, Capital One, bp, Chevron, and many more.

Past clients from Chanel, Aesop, Shiseido, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Roche, Google, Meta, Apple, Dell, IBM, Salesforce, Accenture, American Express, Visa, Capital One, bp, Chevron, and many more.

What You Can Expect When We Work Together

  • I strive for the highest standards of professional conduct in coaching practice, as described in the ICF and NBHWC Code of Ethics. I offer a safe coaching space, where my clients can be heard, celebrated, and encouraged to try and reach for more.

  • Coaching confidentiality is the foundation of trust in coaching and the key requirement for respectful and effective coaching relationships. I also prioritize privacy by partnering with vendors that aim for the highest privacy standards in the coaching industry.

  • I understand that there is no one-size-fits-all model in coaching. I celebrate the diverse perspectives and unique needs of every person. I partner with the client to create a personalized coaching pathway that focuses on their unique goals and needs.  

  • I partner with the client in every step of the coaching process from the start to the end of the coaching journey. In every coaching session, I check in with the client to identify or reconfirm what they want to accomplish in the session.

  • In a coaching session, I remain aware, curious, and fully present with the client, using a style that is open, flexible, grounded, and confident. I am comfortable with working with strong client emotions, working in a space of silence, and being present with not knowing.

  • I partner with the client to transform their learning and insight into action. I facilitate the client’s learning progress, I encourage client-defined accountability measures, and I promote the client’s autonomy in the coaching process.

My coaching is dynamic, transformational, and grounded in the neuroscience of growth, integral development, and behavioral change. My coaching style is characterized by directness, transformation, and adaptability to the client’s unique sensory and interpretative frameworks. I can implement a highly organized, deliberate, and strategic framework for clients who prefer a structured and process-oriented methodology. Conversely, for those who favor a more reflective or integrative exploration, I provide ample opportunities for sensing, prospecting, visualization, reflective inquiry, and creative experimentation.