Olga Gurskaya is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She specializes in executive and leadership coaching and is also a certified Master Practitioner in Energy Leadership Index. She completed her coaching training at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) in New Jersey, USA.
Education & Professional Background
Olga holds a degree in Radio and Communications Engineering from Moscow Technical University. She later got certifications in Chartered Accountancy and Financial Auditing and completed her Executive MBA at MIRBIS School of Business, Moscow.
She began her career during Russia’s major transformation period (Perestroika), working as Assistant Finance Director at Radisson Hotel. She then held executive finance positions in various multinational companies. For the last thirteen years of her corporate career, she worked at Johnson & Johnson, where she:
• Served as Finance Director for Russia and neighboring countries
• Led the team to win the “Fastest Growing, Investment-Focused Country” award in the Emerging Markets category
• Was appointed to lead a major reorganization project for Johnson & Johnson Turkey's finance team
• Acted as General Manager of J&J Turkey for a period
• Became Finance Director for Middle East, Turkey, Pakistan and Egypt
Her own experience with executive coaching during international assignments helped her make faster, more effective decisions in multicultural environments. Inspired by this, she transitioned to a full-time coaching career.
As a corporate executive and leadership coach, she supports successful leaders in creating sustainable positive change, achieving their goals faster and willingly and also following a calm and productive career paths.
Olga continues her coaching work as a member of The Coaching Company.
Her core values are: Love, Family, Trust, Respect, Growth and Achievement. Coaching allows her to live these values authentically.
Memberships
ICF International Coaching Federation
Training & Certifications (selected)
• IPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), USA
• David Clutterbuck – Business Mentoring (Level 1), Executive Coaching
• Academy of Coaching Supervision & Mentoring – EMCC Certified Coaching Supervision
• 3D Coaching (UK) – Road to Mastery
• Center of Development for Mentors and Coaches, Moscow – Team Coaching Applications
• Erickson, Moscow – Team Coaching
• Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC, UK) – Systemic Team Coaching
• ACSEND, Johnson & Johnson – Women’s Leadership Development Program