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Kristina Mausser Executive Coach Ottawa

When Your Next Move Matters

The next step in your career or leadership journey is pivotal. Progress alone won’t carry you forward when options are complex, timing is critical, and the path ahead isn't clear. As a Strategic Career & Executive Coach, I work with leaders at critical career and leadership inflection points to clarify their options and make high-impact decisions—whether advancing within their current trajectory, pivoting to a new path, or transitioning into an entirely different context or industry. 

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Own the Decisions That Define Your Next Chapter

My work focuses on strategic decision-making at moments when careers and leadership paths are being reshaped. If you're navigating change—or intentionally designing what comes next—you don't need more tools or generic career advice. You need bespoke, high-leverage support to cut through complexity, prioritize what matters, and move forward with confidence and strategic foresight.  

Here's how I can help:

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Clarity Intensives

Two hours. One decision. Clear direction, confident next steps. Step into a thinking experience crafted entirely around your context—a private 1:1 session where reflective coaching, strategic sensemaking, and selective advisory insight converge to illuminate your options, weigh trade-offs, and reveal a path forward you can act on with confidence.

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Strategic Engagements

Five to ten sessions. Complex decisions. Lasting impact. For leaders navigating significant transitions or sustained growth. We sequence decisions, align priorities, and translate insight into action—so you move forward with clarity, confidence, and a trusted partner by your side.

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"Working with Kristina has enabled me to clarify the immediate challenges I've been facing, and plan for my long-term objectives."

Werner, Head of Design
Canadian Executive and Leadership Coach, Kristina Mausser

Hi there, I'm Kristina Mausser —

I Help Leaders 
Navigate Critical Crossroads

I work selectively with executives, founders, and accomplished professionals at career and leadership inflection points—moments when the next move matters, momentum alone isn’t enough, and the path forward isn’t obvious. Some are deciding whether to continue advancing on a traditional path; others are considering a pivot or a transition into an entirely new context or industry.

As a Strategic Career & Executive Coach, with formal training from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and membership in the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital (a Harvard Medical School affiliate), I blend executive coaching with strategic advisory. Clients come to me when the implications are significant, discretion matters, and decisions will shape what comes next.

My perspective is grounded in lived experience: leading through ambiguity, intentional reinvention, and successful change driven by forces beyond my control. In a confidential collaboratively co-created space (in-person or online), I help leaders think clearly, regain agency, and move forward with confidence and strategic intent.

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