Maya Niksic

Leadership Coach

Maya Niksic is a Belgrade-born, Harvard-educated Serbian-American women’s leadership expert, intuitive ICF-PCC professional coach, trauma-sensitive yoga teacher, skilled vertical development facilitator, and adaptive leadership consultant partnering with conscious leadership visionaries in unlocking their greatest passions and helping them create real, lasting change—on a personal, professional, and collective level. She is fascinated by how a conversation can light up a soul and how gentle restorative movement can breathe life into spaces that have been hurt, confused, or dormant. She is especially inspired by the development work in coaching and how it allows us to navigate the stories we tell ourselves about the paradoxes and polarities of our personal, spiritual, and leadership lives. Maya's work is an invitation to engage with our stories, our wounds, and our dreams. Growing up in a conflict zone and working on Wall Street in 2008 during the global financial market collapse has made her resilient in the face of chaos. Drawing from her own encounters with complexities and transitions, her work centers on transforming difficult personal and professional battles into opportunities for extraordinary growth. As the Founder of Adaptive Leadership Atelier, she is on a mission to redefine the essence of leadership and living. Her studio is a home for heart-centered healing, coaching, and leadership development training for the conscious soul. At the heart of her work, Maya guides leadership artisans in fostering breakthroughs to radical freedom through vulnerability and fierce compassion. She works one-on-one with individuals and groups to support them in cultivating self-awareness, self-mastery, and behaviors that take lives and careers to the next level. Leading in the age of chaos and complexity is not an easy endeavor. At her atelier, Maya is committed to building the capacity necessary to face and thrive amidst the toughest, ever-changing societal, organizational, and collective challenges. In Maya's hands, coaching becomes a poetic journey - where leadership is an art, and every challenge is a muse.