ABOUT
Where lived experience meets practical strategy
Meet Nga Janosov
(pronounced: Nah)
Why I built Neu Edge
The name Neu Edge reflects what I care most about: how people think, lead, and learn at the edge of change. “Neu” is for the mind. The edge is where we stretch, adapt, and find new ways forward.
Over six years ago, during a meeting to discuss my performance, I was told I was on track for a VP role at a Fortune 500 company. It was everything I’d worked for: respected, challenging, high-profile. That moment became a turning point. I suddenly realized: I didn’t want to keep climbing someone else’s ladder. I wanted to build something of my own; something that honored how I think, what I value, and the kind of impact I want to make.
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I also have ADHD. And no, I don’t call it a superpower. That feels trite. ADHD can be a gift or a challenge depending on how well it’s understood and supported. My strength hasn’t come from having ADHD. It’s come from doing the ongoing work to understand it, work with it, and build systems that help me thrive.
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And perhaps most personally, I’m the parent of a neurodivergent child. I know the advocacy, the heartbreak, and the courage it takes to protect someone’s potential in a world that often misses it. I’ve sat in IEP meetings, fought for services, and built environments that honor my child’s dignity and spark.
Neu Edge is the coaching practice I needed years ago. It’s for leaders who want more than achievement. They crave the freedom to realize their full potential and carve a path that’s true to who they are, not just the one they were expected to follow. I help clients stop masking, create what actually works, and lead with their whole selves intact.
What is Executive Coaching?
Executive coaching is designed for professionals in leadership or high-impact roles like executives, founders, managers, or rising stars. It focuses on helping them lead more effectively, navigate change, build strong teams, and grow in a way that aligns with both business goals and personal values.
I've worked with leaders from a breadth of industries including: tech (gaming, fintech, edtech, product, engineering, sales), nonprofit, professional services, government, manufacturing, philanthropy, academia, law, healthcare, and finance.
Common coaching questions
What you can expect
coaching tailored to You
My approach isn’t one-size-fits-all. I am trained to meet you where you are and adapt as we go. If something feels off, just say so and I will adjust. You set the priorities and the scope, whether we’re exploring big-picture goals or working through day-to-day challenges and deliverables.
Inquiry Over Opinion
I ask thoughtful, strategic questions to uncover insight. Inquiry is not to fish for the “right” answer, but to help you discover the one that fits you best. You know yourself better than anyone. My role is to guide, not to impose my opinions or rubrics. Insight is more powerful when it comes from within. Together, we’ll make sure it leads to meaningful action.
Confidential and Safe
Everything we discuss stays between us. This is your space to be real, vulnerable, and unfiltered. No need to perform or hold back. I’m here to offer compassionate accountability, not judgment. I'm here to help you stay grounded and feel supported as you do the work that matters.
How we move from stuck to strategic
Reflect & identify
What am I really experiencing?
Uncover internal patterns, surface hidden beliefs, and spark insight.
Strategize & Experiment
What's worth trying?
Create realistic, values-aligned strategies and test small experiments.
Clarify & Reframe
What matters most?
Reconnect to values, define goals, and shift limiting perspectives.
Integrate & StrengthEN
How do I keep going?
Lock in learning, refine systems, and build habits that support sustainable progress.
Experience matters
Executive coaching without leadership or real world experience can feel like theory layered onto your real-world pressure. Unless you’ve been in the trenches navigating politics, team dynamics, tough calls, and personal cost, it’s easy to offer support that sounds helpful but lands flat. Lived experience and formal training shape how I listen, what I ask, and how deep we can go.
​​​​​strengths
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Top performing P & L Owner and proven leadership in high-pressure, high-stakes, detail-intensive environments including turnarounds, pivots, collective bargaining, passing legislation, and growing new businesses
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Skilled at blending operational, financial, strategic, and human-centered (from frontline employees to the C-Suite) approaches across functions, industries, and stakeholders
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In the final stage (called the practicum phase) of a highly respected, ICF-accredited certification program through the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute (BECI)
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BECI is evidence-based leadership coaching used by leaders at Google, Genentech, and the United Nations; it's also an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Level 2 Accredited Program, meeting the highest global standards for coaching education
Why human coaching still matters even in a world of AI
AI can surface insights quickly. It can help organize information, spot patterns, and even offer performance tips based on data. AI is a helpful tool, but not a replacement for human coaching.
Leadership isn’t just about efficiency. It’s about discernment, emotional intelligence, and timing. For high-performing leaders navigating complexity or scale, growth requires more than output. It requires reflection, challenge, and real-time nuance; things only a human coach can provide.
Research supports this distinction:
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Insight often emerges through dialogue, not static prompts. As Nancy Kline notes, the quality of attention shapes the quality of thinking [1].
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Human coaches were nearly three times more effective than AI in developing emotional intelligence and leadership impact [2].
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Coaching delivers an average 788% ROI, driven by increased clarity, focus, and retention [3].
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While AI may assist with structured feedback, it cannot replicate the nuance, creativity, or relationship-building required for deep leadership work [4]. ​
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Co-regulation with another person (whether in the room or on screen) can calm the brain and improve executive function [5].
AI can support your growth. A human coach helps you lead it.
Sources
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Kline, Nancy. Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind. Cassell Illustrated, 1999.
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MindsOpen. “Executive Coaching: Humans vs. Machines.” MindsOpen, 2023. https://www.mindsopen.co/our-thinking/executive-coaching-humans-vs-machines
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American University. “The ROI of Executive Coaching.” School of Public Affairs, American University, 2023. https://www.american.edu/provost/ogps/executive-education/executive-coaching/roi-of-executive-coaching.cfm
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Training Journal. “AI in Coaching: A Tool for the Many but Not a Replacement for the Few.” Training Journal, 2024. https://www.trainingjournal.com/2024/content-type/features/ai-in-coaching-a-tool-for-the-many-but-not-a-replacement-for-the-few
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Porges, Stephen W. The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation. W.W. Norton, 2011.