About Maya Okonjo-Reyes

An executive coach for high-responsibility transitions

Maya works with first-time VPs and founders who need to lead with confidence before certainty appears. Her work combines operational clarity, communication precision, and leadership rhythm design.

"Leadership gets easier when your operating system is explicit."

Fig. 3: Clarity is a behaviour, not a personality trait.

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Editorial bio

Maya began her leadership work inside growth-stage companies where high performers were promoted quickly and often left unsupported. Over the past decade, she has coached product, operations, and go-to-market leaders through inherited teams, role ambiguity, and strategic pressure.

Her coaching style is calm and exact. Sessions focus on practical leadership moves: role clarity, decision design, stakeholder communication, and team operating agreements. Clients often describe the work as "high accountability with low theatre."

Outside client work, she advises founder communities on leadership transitions and contributes essays on executive development.