Coaching for Professionals Navigating Change, Challenge, or Growth

Hi, I’m Sergei Shishkanov. I work with professionals and managers navigating leadership challenges and transitions, including stepping into leadership, managing pressure, facing burnout, or rethinking career direction.

When challenges at work begin to affect clarity, confidence, or life outside of work, I help you move through these moments with steadiness and intention.

Who I Work With

For professionals and managers navigating leadership challenges, transitions, and increased responsibility.

My clients are people who’ve reached a point where the old way of doing things no longer works and where something new is needed.
  • This often looks like:
  • Stepping into leadership or taking on more responsibility
  • Leaving a role, voluntarily or not
  • Changing careers or industries
  • Managing a new team or an organization
  • Adapting to bigger expectations
  • Starting or growing a business
  • Reconsidering role, direction, or next steps

About me

I’m a professional coach with a background in medicine, business, and leadership. Before coaching, I spent 20+ years in leadership roles in the medical device industry. I’ve also been a startup founder and business owner. I hold an MD, an MBA, and an ICF ACC credential.

I know what it feels like to start over. I immigrated to the United States in my late 30s, later went through a major career transition, and experienced job loss during a company layoff in my late 40s.

Today I’m an entrepreneur with a long-standing interest in psychology, behavior change, and personal development. My own experiences have a strong influence on how I work with people navigating change and transition.

What my clients say about me

My Coaching Style

My coaching style is Gestalt-based and non-directive. I don't give you pre-made solutions. Instead, I help you build awareness of your patterns, strengths, and blind spots so you can make more informed choices. I create a space where you can safely explore complex situations.

My style is curious, reflective, and gently challenging. I ask questions that invite new perspectives and support your growth.

Clients often tell me:
“I came in with a problem and left understanding myself better — not just the situation.”

This is what Gestalt coaching does best.

What We Can Work On Together

If any of this resonates, we can explore it together
  • Stepping into a new role

    Stepping into a new role at work or in life and wanting to feel more confident, grounded, and ready for what it requires.
  • Improving relationships

    Wanting to improve communication, boundaries, or connection in a personal or professional relationship.
  • Navigating a major change

    Going through a significant transition and wanting clarity, steadiness, and a clearer sense of direction.
  • Changing habits

    Wanting to shift daily habits, energy, or routines to create a more sustainable and aligned way of living.
  • Feeling stuck

    Feeling stuck in a situation, decision, or pattern and wanting movement where things have felt stalled.
  • Breaking a repeating pattern

    Noticing the same pattern showing up again and again and wanting to understand it and relate to it differently.
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