Hi, I’m Megan.

I help executives, co-founders, and leadership teams navigate uncertainty, change, and conflict with clarity and confidence.

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About Me

I've spent twenty years helping leaders navigate the situations where there's no playbook, first leading organizations in conflict-affected areas like Afghanistan, Iraq, and Cambodia, and now coaching executives and senior leaders through complexity, change, and conflict across sectors.

I work as an executive coach, organizational consultant, and leadership development program designer. My clients have included senior leaders at Apple, the UN, GoFundMe, CDC, and Netflix, and I continue to design and facilitate programs for the UN's Women Leadership for Peace Program and teach leadership and negotiation in UN Masters Degree programs.

I hold a JD from Stanford Law School, where I later directed the Rule of Law Program and taught negotiation and interpersonal influence to MBAs and JDs. I am a certified mediator and Fulbright Specialist in organizational development and experiential learning.

My Services

Executive Coaching

I help senior leaders develop the mindsets and skills needed to navigate change, increase their influence, become systems thinkers, make aligned decisions, prevent or address burnout, and fully realize their potential.

Coaching & Mediation for Partners and Leadership Teams

I help co-founders, partners, and leadership teams get aligned, clarify roles, improve communication, and manage conflict constructively. I also provide mediation for active disputes requiring expert support.

Organizational Advising & Facilitation

I help executive leadership and HR teams strategize their toughest people and culture challenges and develop and facilitate live and digital trainings and off-sites.

My Approach

What My Clients Say

  • "Megan is brilliant enough to quickly understand the complex and unique challenges of our team and diagnose underlying dynamics so we spent our time finding answers and solving problems rather than figuring out the situation."

    Alex, Chief Strategy Officer

  • “Megan brings immense insight, wisdom, intelligence, and empathy. She creates clarity in difficult, nebulous situations and is a fantastic partner in problem solving. She has a deep well of knowledge and resources that can help transform your thinking and make you a better person and leader.”

    Chief People Officer at Series E Startup

  • "I was really blown away by our training program. It was so densely informative. Megan knows her stuff inside and out but delivers it in a way that is accessible and super practical. Not only is Megan an incredible facilitator, she is also brilliant at building community among participants."

    Nidhi, Senior Manager at Google

  • “After over a year of working with Megan, it was absolutely mind-blowing to see how far I came as a leader, reaching my goals and taking my abilities to a next level. I received so much feedback from key people in my professional and personal life about the impact they were seeing from our work. Most importantly, my belief in myself is now at an all-time high. You will be so grateful to work with Megan if presented with the opportunity!”

    Jake Krupski, COO & Co-Founder, Maestro

  • "Megan has truly changed my work life. She is unique among coaches as a result of her extensive background in negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution work. As a result of working with Megan, I am a happier, more confident and effective leader."

    Alexa, Executive Director, MacArthur Justice Center

  • "Megan's training program on navigating conflict is the most worthwhile I've done because the skills you work on are so applicable to both personal and professional interactions. I was able to immediately apply what I learned after each session and see the positive impact on my relationships and goals. A couple people, including my significant other and a colleague, even commented on how much better I was handling conflict and tension."

    Manager at Google

Who I’ve Worked With

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GoFundMe logo
Center for Disease Control logo
Marshall+Sterling logo
Stanford University logo
Wellesley University logo
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Microverse logo
Google logo
YouTube logo
University of California Los Angeles logo
Fiddler logo
Notion logo
The Albright Institute logo
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center logo
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FAQs

Megan Karsh facilitating an experiential leadership development program for the United Nations in 2022

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