Altgate Partners is a strategic leadership development consultancy dedicated to increasing effectiveness and impact of leaders and their teams to achieve extraordinary results and business growth.

With our expertise in executive coaching and a suite of strategic leadership development solutions, we partner with clients to help them become agile digital leaders.

“As the workplace and marketplace continue to evolve, a new kind of leader is rising. This new leader delivers under pressure in highly complex and ambiguous environments. They are emotionally astute and cognitively nimble, positive but aware of risk factors. They are explorers of new possibilities brought about by change and skillful cultivators of high-performance, human-centered cultures.”

Dr. Nataliya Adelson

PCC, Executive Development Consultant

Hi! I’m Nataliya, the founder and primary consultant at Altgate Partners. For over 20 years, I’ve had the pleasure of partnering with executive leaders of Fortune 100 and multinational firms in technology, telecommunications, finance, biopharma, healthcare, and other industries. I am passionate about helping leaders optimize their performance, maximize their impact, and shape the future.

From a young age, I was inspired by my physicist father and engineer mother to “translate” the language of science/data to the language of emotions/human relationships. By training as a clinical and business psychologist and certified executive coach, I learned to help business leaders master both sides of this duality.

My time as a change management consultant for Fortune 100 companies and later at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Verizon’s Corporate Center of Excellence honed my abilities.

I came into my own as I coached executives and high potential leaders and their teams, was responsible for executive assessments and succession planning,

ran an award-winning career development program for women in technology, and led global executive onboarding and mentoring programs.

At Altgate, I I help my clients grow and thrive. They report significant improvement in performance, ability to tackle complex business challenges, and readiness to assume higher-level roles.
My highly personalized and well-rounded approach is a great fit for digital transformations, M&As, rapid growth, and business model changes. It’s a privilege to watch as, with my guidance, my clients transform into the kind of flexible, authentic, and visionary leaders our world needs.

EDUCATION

Nataliya holds doctoral and master’s degrees in organizational and clinical psychology from Walden and Columbia Universities, respectively. She has completed graduate coursework in neuroscience; post-graduate training at the College of Executive Coaching; and multiple assessment and coaching certifications, including those with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). As a lifelong learner, Nataliya regularly participates in additional courses and training to stay on the leading edge of her knowledge and craft.

Certifications and Licensing
Areas of Expertise
  • Whole-person executive development
  • Psychometric and 360-degree assessments
  • Multicultural leadership and executive teamwork
  • Executive transitions and onboarding
  • Accelerated capability development as part of succession planning
  • Complex transitions and career pivots
  • Contemporary leadership and team solutions
  • Effective communication and influence in complex and hybrid environments
  • Transformation from tech and science expert to people and enterprise leader

What’s In The Name?

Our name symbolizes the unique, highly personalized solutions with which we empower our clients
Alt Key – Specialization in working with digital leaders
Alternative – Devising a highly personalized, unique approach rather than a cookie-cutter solution
Opening, Doorway – An unexpected way out or in; a novel solution where none was visible before; a path to a career opportunity or goal that once seemed unattainable

WHY Altgate?

 

We help leaders and executives to elevate their game so they can thrive in complexity and shape the future.

From technology startups to Fortune 500 organizations, we support businesses at various stages of maturity. With our guidance, leaders learn to tackle complex business challenges, optimize their teams' performance, and support the creation of workplaces where humans flourish.

Our Clients Across Industries

Feedback
From Our Clients

  • My engagement with Nataliya was transformative. I had the pleasure of working with her as my executive coach and I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking professional growth and development. With thought-provoking questions, she helped me gain deeper self-awareness and to discover my blind spots and areas of opportunity. During the sessions I felt heard and valued. Nataliya translates psychology and business knowledge into actionable steps and her insights are practical and grounded with real-world examples, making them immediately applicable. If you’re seeking a powerful leadership coach who combines theoretical expertise with practical wisdom, look no further. I highly recommend Nataliya—I am confident she will elevate your leadership and career.
    F.S. Transformational data analytics leader at ASML, Netherlands
  • What did you appreciate about your work with Nataliya? Everything! Her calm and patient approach, the confidence she instilled in me, the additional resources she provided to support my learning. The fact that she saw through what I THOUGHT I needed to work on, and identified more important opportunities that helped transform me. 
    J.A. Director at Merck, USA
  • Working with Nataliya has been incredible and I'm so grateful to have had this opportunity. She's given me such solid and thoughtful advice that I will take with me throughout my career journey. I'm going to miss our sessions!
    C.L. Director at American Express, USA
  • Nataliya is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met. She manages the rhythm of the conversation very well and always keeps me engaged. She makes me think hard during the sessions and gives me many topics to reflect on after the discussion. She seems to be genuinely interested in my development and leadership growth. So glad to know her and grateful for the support so far!
    S.E.E. Senior Director at Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen
  • I have been working with Nataliya for two years. She is an excellent executive coach who supports my career goals and is candid with me on the leadership behaviors that need to be adjusted to improve my effectiveness and impact. Nataliya has helped me stay focused on achieving my goals, including my most recent promotion. She has consistently provided valuable advice, such as how to best handle the inevitable issues that come up including taking a broader view when I am overly focused on the issue. She has been an invaluable asset to my career and my development as an executive. Before I worked with Nataliya, I didn’t realize what an advantage a good executive coach can be. I recommend her without reservation. 
    M.D. Senior Director, PSEG Nuclear, USA
  • I've worked with Nataliya at three separate turning points in my career: leading organizational change, returning from leave, and interviewing for new roles. Nataliya helped me to learn about myself and the thought processes that are holding me back. She taught me how to frame stories that resonate with a listener's needs and gave me the confidence to speak with much more senior leaders. She is a very experienced coach and shares feedback and gives specific, tactical advice tailored to the situation.
    E. P. Research Scientist at Google, USA
  • Nataliya’s combination of cutting-edge thinking, analytics, practical approach, and outcomes effectiveness are all trademarks of her unique and progressive approach to leadership development -- simply and practically applied. As a professional coach, Nataliya works with the whole person-- applying her vast training and wisdom in organization dynamics, neuroscience, and executive development. I highly recommend Nataliya if you are looking for a talented leadership expert with demonstrated business deliverables, or if you are seeking a professional coach with deep assessment expertise and a track-record of delivering results in complex corporate environments.
    J. O., CHRO, Wuxi AppTech
  • Nataliya is an excellent coach. We were able to connect personally and professionally; and she both challenged me and supported me to find new ways of operating. I trusted her guidance and I benefited from the self-reflection time, the tools she shared, as well as the way she structured our conversations. I came out refreshed, re-energized and with new ways of re-framing and approaching challenging situations. I am very grateful to Nataliya for sharing her expertise and insights and to my company’s HR for investing in me. Thank you.
    M. E., Technology Executive, Fortune 500, NYC, USA.
  • Nataliya is an effective executive coach who is fully committed to her clients’ success. She is able to clearly articulate coaching insights into specific actionable growth opportunities that produce leadership and business results for her clients. I completed the New Career Accelerator coaching program in April 2022. Nataliya used her experience and intuition to guide me during a very challenging time in my career. She gave me tools and strategies I continue to use to this day, to help me stay calm and focused and to make better business and career decisions. If you find yourself at cross-roads or feeling ‘stuck’, I recommend you look into ways to work with Nataliya and explore the New Career Accelerator program.
    A. D., VP IT Infrastructure, Fortune 100 Company, USA
  • As a co-founder and executive team member of a technology startup, I had the benefit and great pleasure of working with Nataliya and cannot stress enough how valuable her insights, perspective and guidance are when trying to improve my skills and capabilities. Nataliya is brilliant at understanding the demands senior leaders face in a global multi-cultural context. Her kindness, sense of humor, and deep wisdom helped me to feel empowered in a high-paced and intense startup environment. Working with Nataliya has been an incredibly powerful, transformational, and rewarding experience that allowed me to enhance my communication, organizational savvy, and ability to effectively collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and investors. I highly recommend Nataliya for her expertise with executive transitions for multicultural leaders and teams and hope to continue working with her going forward.
    J. Z., Co-founder & CTO, Technology Startup, USA.
  • Dr. Adelson is very knowledgeable when it comes to complex and matrixed organizations. As a result of my work with Dr. Adelson, my executive communication, influence, and complex-decision-making skills were positively transformed. I highly recommend her as an exceptionally effective and trusted executive development partner.
    M. R., SVP Pharmaceutical Co., New Jersey, USA.
  • Nataliya Adelson is a powerful executive coach and effective facilitator. I engaged her several times to help us assess and develop leadership teams in Fortune 500 corporate setting as well as in a startup environment. In our most recent engagement, her intervention accelerated the team alignment and boosted team performance, enabling my company to deliver on time and secure our first purchase order. If you are looking for an effective, trusted, and contemporary organizational consultant and a thought partner to help you grow your leaders and move your business forward, I recommend you contact Nataliya and Altgate Partners.
    K. P., Global Executive, Co-founder & CEO at Technology Startup, USA