“I am so grateful for meeting Nikola. She is a fantastic and talented coach with the experience and skill sets to provide beneficial guidance on any topic. Working closely with Nikola, I learned new strategies to articulate a better future vision for myself, improve my thought processes, handle challenging situations better and define my priorities to achieve a more outstanding work/life balance.

In addition to my daily Engineering/Manager life, I am an adventurous sailor and outdoor sports enthusiast, and I loved working with her even more after learning about her Olympic-level achievements in wind sport and using more sailing metaphors. She can span the personal & professional spectrums so seamlessly, making working with her more fun and fruitful.

She is an incredible executive coach and has significantly impacted multiple aspects of my life (and those around me); I'd highly recommend her to anyone looking to change their lives for greater satisfaction.”

Sertan Gun - Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Electronic Arts (EA)

“Nikola was my career coach for over six months and truly helped me with working through challenging situations. I appreciated the ways that she challenged me instead of just telling me what I wanted to hear. She opened up new ways of thinking, different ways to approach difficult situations, and ways I could continue to grow and learn as a leader.

I would highly recommend for someone to connect with Nikola as a career coach if they get the opportunity.”

Jesse Anderson - Brand Manager, BioWare, EA

“Nikola was my professional coach for over a year at Postman. Nikola helped me through challenging decisions, conversations and goal setting. Her coaching style is extremely thoughtful, leveraging deep discovery and sound advice. I always came away a better leader after our sessions.

I would highly recommend her as a professional coach.”

Jon Boyer - Strategic Sales Leader, Postman

“I worked with Nikola over a year and she helped me through career decisions, negotiations, and transition. She also helped me to navigate work life balance during the lockdown/pandemic when it was impossible to separate work and personal life. Her style is calming, supportive, and non-judgmental, yet honest and appropriately challenging. I always felt better after our sessions. I would work with her again and highly recommend her as an outstanding coach!”

Danielle Ramo, PhD - Clinical Psychologist, Research, Hopelab

“Nikola has performed the ECR360 (Emotional Capital Report 360) review from Roche Martin, including debriefing and coaching for me. She's done an amazing job in working with me on identifying my development opportunities and to guide me on how use my strength wisely to improve my development areas. The time with her helped me a lot to increase my self-confidence and go through a very challenging project phase and organizational changes.”

Monika weber - Director of Supply Chain Operations, Westport Fuel Systems

“Nikola was my career coach during a major and challenging transition. I was moving from senior management at a large bank into a pure entrepreneurial role. I highly recommend Nikola! Her impact and value were well in excess of expectations. Her process and approach are excellent for major personal changes. As a 4x Olympian in 2 separate sports, Nikola understands the coaching process more than anyone I know. She has been on the other end of it for decades so knows inherently what works and what does not. She was also extremely effective at re-inventing herself during and following her Olympic career. At both of these elements, she is extremely high performing. You can see how she made it to the pinnacle of both sports.”

Dan Nanson - CEO, Fair Capital Partners Inc.

“I've been working with Nikola for a few sessions, and she has been a huge help, and such a good resource that I didn't realize I needed! She's helped me navigate through some big changes in my personal and professional life, and because of her, I've been able to have open and honest conversations with my boss regarding where I want to live, and what that would mean for my career. As a result of my open communication, I've been able to not only stay with the company while living in BC, but also landed a promotion because of a need the business had to expand operating hours. It was a completely unexpected turn, when I was afraid of having the conversation that I wasn't returning to the business hub in Toronto, and thought I would have to sadly leave the company. Nikola asked great questions that helped me gain clarity in what I wanted, and also helped me prepare for these difficult conversations that I was afraid of having. She also took the time to get to know what I struggle with (accountability and procrastination) and helped to hold me accountable and establish timelines, which I needed. I want to say a huge thank you Nikola! I truly don't think I would be standing where I am, and getting a promotion at work had it not been for our sessions together!”

Tanya Millington - Sales expert, Tonal

“During the difficult but important transition in going from a full-time athlete to a full-time business student, Nikola was able to provide me with unique insight that proved to be incredibly useful. As someone who is experienced in competing at the highest level, she knows what it takes to set and achieve monumental goals and is an expert in helping others achieve theirs. Thanks again!”

Justin Dorey - 2014 Canadian Olympic Freestyle Skier

"Nikola is a terrific speaker and her unique experience of being an Olympic Athlete allows her to speak about competing at a high level, leadership, and what it takes to succeed in sports and life. She came in to speak to a group of youth I was coaching, and her message resonated well with the athletes and they were engaged through her talk. She has an awesome message to share with the world, and I highly recommend her.”

Eric Kasoyaga - Founder | Sports Director of Kupaa Foundation / Basketball Coach

“Dare to Dream, Dare to Achieve, Dare to Succeed - These are the three tenets Nikola used as the foundation for her inspirational and compelling 2018 keynote address. Having sponsored and attended many charity events over the years, Nikola’s keynote was impressive. Listening as this 4x Olympian outlined her personal journey to compete and succeed at a high level, one could not help but become inspired by her approach, desire to succeed, decision making, and her ability to capitalize on opportunities along the way. Nikola was equally gracious and approachable over the two day event, enhancing the experience for the guests and ensuring a strong turnout for next year! Thank you again Nikola!”

TOM KERSTETTER - SR. DIRECTOR OF SALES, FOOD SERVICE NORTH AMERICA, RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES

“Nikola delivered an exceptional 45 minute keynote speech to a group of 100+ clients and employees for our International Women’s Day event. Her presentation included photos of her sailing journey and personal learnings about goals and achievements, overcoming obstacles and the importance of teamwork. After the speech, Nikola volunteered her personal time to continue answering questions and meet the event participants. Overall, her speech, professionalism and additional time provided a huge spark of inspiration for all participants and demonstrated her commitment to helping people find their success.”

ELISHA KRAMER - Management consultant, ACCENTURE

“I had the honour of being Nikola’s mentor coach during her executive coaching program at Royal Roads University. She was an inspiration. She understands what it takes to dream, achieve, and succeed deep in her being - the passion of dreaming, the gutting it out of achieving, and the integration of success. She tells an amazing story, understands clearly what helped her sustain her success, and can follow all of that up with amazing coaching skills to help you do the same.”

BRIAN FRASER - LEAD PROVOCATEUR, JAZZTHINK

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