Emese Pogácsás
Leadership coach and advisor for tech founders and executives
| Hourly rate range | $130 to $255 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | CEO and founder coachingNew managersLeadership developmentTeam performanceConflict and difficult conversationsTech and engineering leadersStartups and foundersLeadership and team building |
| Works with | Founders and business owners, Executives, Managers and Engineers |
| Also coaches | Business coach |
| Based in | Hungary |
| Practice | Namaste & Cabernet |
Emese Pogácsás is a leadership coach and advisor for tech founders and executives. She founded Namaste & Cabernet and works with leaders whose roles have outgrown their playbook. She spent more than two decades in tech before coaching, moving from junior engineer to project lead to executive. Her work covers delegation, decision making and difficult conversations. She also builds mindfulness into her coaching and offers team workshops built around real situations.
What Emese helps with
Emese works with leaders whose companies or roles have grown faster than their way of leading. The focus is on decisions, ownership and honest conversations under pressure.
- Making high-stakes decisions without being the decision point for everything
- Delegating ownership, not just tasks
- Having difficult conversations before they grow into bigger problems
- Building a second line of leadership
- Finding your own leadership voice as a first-time executive
- Clarifying founder roles and decision rights
- Fixing unclear ownership and slow decisions on a team
- Deciding what to build next as an experienced entrepreneur
Who Emese works with
Most of Emese's clients work in tech, often when a role has grown faster than their experience. They include CTOs building a second line of leadership, founders whose company needs a different kind of leader, project leaders with growing strategic duties, first-time executives, and experienced entrepreneurs deciding what to build next.
How Emese works
Emese offers a one-to-one leadership partnership, team workshops and startup advisory. The one-to-one work usually includes regular sessions, often every two weeks, with reflection and practical application between them. She can also help prepare for or debrief live strategic situations. Workshops are built around a real team challenge, such as conflict, ownership, role clarity or decisions under pressure. Mindfulness is part of the work, meaning noticing what is happening before reflex takes over.
Background and qualifications
Emese spent more than two decades in tech before becoming a coach and advisor. She has been a junior engineer, a project lead and an executive sitting in strategy meetings. She founded Namaste & Cabernet, where she coaches and advises tech leaders on scale and complexity. Her clients include executives from scaling tech organizations and growing international companies. She is also preparing a book.
Emese Pogácsás pricing
Programs and services
- 1:1 leadership partnership
- Team workshops built around a real challenge
- Startup and organizational advisory
- Leadership-team sessions
- Individual founder work
Emese Pogácsás reviews
The CoachVouch take
She spent more than two decades in tech, from junior engineer to executive, before becoming a leadership coach.
Best for tech founders and executives whose roles have grown faster than their way of leading.
Common questions
How much does Emese Pogácsás charge?
Coaching with Emese runs $130 to $255 an hour. Message Emese from this page for an exact quote.
What does Emese Pogácsás help with?
Emese Pogácsás helps with making high-stakes decisions without being the decision point for everything, delegating ownership, not just tasks, having difficult conversations before they grow into bigger problems and building a second line of leadership.
How often does Emese meet with one-to-one clients?
Sessions usually happen often every two weeks. Clients also reflect and apply the work between sessions.
Does Emese work with teams as well as individuals?
Yes. She runs workshops built around a real team challenge and offers advisory work with founders and leadership teams.
How do I contact Emese Pogácsás?
Send Emese a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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