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Kristina Mangelsdorf

Verified Expert in Coaching

Coach

Pelham, NY, United States

Toptal member since September 4, 2024

Expertise

Employee Coaching Leadership Coaching

Bio

Kristina brings 25+ years of experience as a people leader in marketing and social impact at PepsiCo and Visa. Executives and rising executives in corporate and non-profit roles find that she quickly relates to their challenges and opportunities and enables them to grow. Through her coaching, clients strengthen leadership skills and presence. Kristina inspires teams, communicates with impact, and delivers results.

Project Highlights

Leadership Coaching for a Mid-level Non-profit Leader

Coached a client following an unsuccessful team leadership assignment to develop self-awareness and strengthen skills, enabling them to become a model leader in the next assignment.

Group Coaching for a New Team

Led a communication style assessment and workshop to build trust between a new leader and their team, enabling more effective collaboration and better performance.

Career Coaching for a Rising Marketing Executive

Coached a rising executive to gain clarity, focus on their career goals, and pursue a path that would give them greater success and fulfillment.

Expertise

Career Coaching
Facilitation
Feedback Review
Leadership Assessment
Leadership Coaching
Leadership Development
Team Coaching

Work Experience

Executive and Career Coach and Founder

2023 - PRESENT

KFM Executive Coaching

Coached individuals facing career transitions or leadership challenges to grow, achieve greater success, and find greater fulfillment and joy in their careers, using 360 assessments and practical frameworks.
Mentored teams to work more effectively together using leadership and communication style assessments.
Trained executives to use coaching techniques to become more effective leaders and managers.

VP and Global Head of Community Programs

2019 - 2023

Visa

Led Visa’s efforts to strengthen external and internal communities, driving societal, reputational, and business impact through philanthropy and employee engagement.
Added responsibility for Visa’s global Employee Resource Group (ERG) program in late 2021.
Crafted and implemented a strategy to build a culture of employee engagement in social impact. Tripled participation since 2019, with over 80% of 20,000+ global employees participating.

Progression from Assistant Manager to Vice President and CMO

1994 - 2019

PepsiCo

Spent 19 years in marketing, leading multiple billion-dollar brands across Pepsi, Frito-Lay, and previously owned Pizza Hut divisions, ultimately serving as vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO) for PepsiCo Foodservice in North America.
Contributed six years in corporate social responsibility, leading key PepsiCo Foundation efforts to deliver on “Performance with Purpose” commitments in collaboration with business teams and non-profit partners in communities worldwide.
Led teams as large as 50+ people across headquarters and field locations.

Project History

Leadership Coaching for a Mid-level Non-profit Leader

Coached a client following an unsuccessful team leadership assignment to develop self-awareness and strengthen skills, enabling them to become a model leader in the next assignment.

Coached a leader over the course of a year, meeting in person or virtually every two weeks. Conducted 360 feedback at the start of the project to enable self-awareness and identify key desired behavior changes. The leader put practices for their team that were held up as best practices for similar teams across the organization.

Group Coaching for a New Team

Led a communication style assessment and workshop to build trust between a new leader and their team, enabling more effective collaboration and better performance.

Conducted team development for an established team under new leadership. Each team member took a communication style assessment, and I then facilitated a two-hour workshop discussing the team's different styles and how they could work most effectively together. The new leader shared that it was highly effective in building trust and improving team dynamics and efficacy.

Career Coaching for a Rising Marketing Executive

Coached a rising executive to gain clarity, focus on their career goals, and pursue a path that would give them greater success and fulfillment.

A two-month program using a structured format and key exploratory exercises helped the leader reflect on their values, interests, skills, and goals and define a path forward that aligned with these. The program also assisted with resume and LinkedIn reviews and interview preparations.

Education

1992 - 1994

Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)

UVA Darden School of Business - Charlottesville, VA, USA

1987 - 1991

Bachelor’s Degree (Cum Laude) in Applied Math to Economics

Harvard College - Cambridge, MA, USA

Certifications

APRIL 2024 - APRIL 2027

Associate Certified Coach

International Coaching Federation

Skills

Executive Coaching

Leadership Coaching, Team Coaching, Business Leadership Coaching, Employee Coaching

Platforms & Tools

Leadership Assessment

Other

Leadership, Marketing, Social Impact, Feedback Review, Facilitation, Leadership Development, Career Coaching, Coaching, Team Development, Strategy, Quantitative Analysis, Communication, Project Management, Brand Management, Change Management, Video Conferencing

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