About Us

Kristy Busija is an accomplished executive coach and talent management consultant.  She partners with leaders and organizations to support life-affirming leadership, team, and organizational transformations.  She regularly facilitates transformational workshops and executive retreats. 

Kristy has worked as an executive coach and of individual, team, and organizational transformation for over 20 years and founded Next Conversation Coaching, LLC in 2017.  Her ideal client engagements combine executive coaching, team learning and meaningful and measurable transformation. Kristy has worked on a both a national and international level with organizations such as:  Kennametal, Albemarle Corporation, Providence Health & Services, Benteler Steel/Tube, Lumileds, Vallourec, University of Pittsburgh, Development Dimensions International, and Westinghouse.

 She has won numerous awards for her work - Top 20 Coaches in Charlotte (2021), Top Business Coaches (2022), Executive Coaching Awards (2022) – and regularly writes for leadership publications (Forbes and FairyGodBoss, to name a few). 

Kristy received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and her Masters of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Baltimore.   Kristy is a graduate of Coach Academy International's coaching program and is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD). She received her coaching credentials through the International Coach Federation (ACC) and the Center for Credentialing and Education (BCC – Business/Corporate/ Executive/Leadership Coach Designation). 

• IT / Technology
• Construction
• Software / Cloud Services
• Consulting
• Manufacturing
• Semi-Conductor
• Higher-Education
• Finance
• Nuclear
• Healthcare

• Associate Certified Coach (ACC) - (International Coach Federation)
• Board Certified Coach (BCC) - Business/Corporate/Executive/Leadership Coach Designation (Center for Credentialing & Education)

• International Coach Federation (Member and Credentialed Coach)
• Association for Talent Development (Member)
• Charlotte Area Chamber of Commerce (Member)
• Forbes Coaches Council (Member)
• Center for Credentialing and Education (Credentialed Coach)

• Hogan Assessments & Team Facilitation
• DiSC Assessments & Facilitation
• Human Synergistics' OCI/OEI Culture Assessments
• LVI 360 Assessment
• 4 Stages of Psychological Safety Assessment & Facilitation
• DDI: Facilitator, SuccessProfiles Card Sort Master Trainer, Targeted Selection
• Franklin Covey’s Leading at the Speed of Trust Facilitation
• Insights Discovery Facilitation
• Talentx7 Assessment
• AchieveGlobal Leadership & Service Solutions Facilitation
• Center for Leadership Studies’ Situational Leadership Facilitation
• Adele Lynn Leadership Group’s A Different Kind of Smart: Applying Emotional Intelligence at Work Facilitation
• Green Belt Certification