Executive Coaching & Leadership Advisory
Senior Leadership Demands More Than Good Intentions
New Path Consulting works with CEOs, senior executives, and leadership teams navigating the decisions, transitions, and organizational challenges that define careers and companies.
Organizations We Have Served
Who We Work With
Built for Leaders Operating at the Highest Levels
New Path Consulting works with senior leaders and organizations at inflection points — where the stakes are high, the decisions are complex, and conventional approaches are not enough.
CEOs and Senior Executives
Experienced leaders navigating complexity, organizational change, board relationships, and the particular pressures of the top role.
First-Time CEOs
Newly appointed executives making the transition from functional leadership to enterprise leadership — often the most demanding professional shift of a career.
Founders and Growth Company Leaders
Entrepreneurs and founders whose leadership must evolve as their organizations scale, often requiring a fundamental shift in how they lead.
CHROs and Senior HR Leaders
Senior HR executives seeking a strategic thought partner for organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and executive team challenges.
Boards and Investors
Boards and private equity investors seeking executive coaching and leadership advisory support for portfolio company leadership teams.
Senior Women Leaders
Women executives navigating authority, influence, visibility, and the particular dynamics of senior leadership in complex organizations.
When Leaders Engage New Path
Leadership Situations That Bring Clients to New Path
Most New Path engagements begin when a leader or organization faces a situation where the path forward is not obvious and the cost of getting it wrong is significant.
- A CEO or senior executive is newly appointed and needs to establish authority, build the team, and set direction quickly
- An executive team is talented individually but not functioning as an enterprise leadership team
- A founder must change how they lead as the organization grows beyond what their original leadership style can sustain
- A senior leader is preparing for a significant promotion or transition and needs to develop new capabilities
- An organization is navigating a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or rapid growth that is straining leadership capacity
- A board or CHRO needs an experienced external perspective on executive performance, team dynamics, or leadership development
- A CEO or executive is experiencing the isolation, pressure, or performance challenges that can accompany senior leadership
- An organization needs strategic HR advisory without the cost or commitment of a full-time CHRO
Core Services
Executive Coaching and Leadership Advisory
Why New Path
What Distinguishes New Path Consulting
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Foundation
Corinne Mason, PhD brings a rigorous I-O Psychology background to every engagement — grounding coaching in behavioral science, organizational dynamics, and evidence-based methodology rather than intuition alone.
Senior Leadership Experience
New Path's work is informed by direct experience in senior organizational roles, not only coaching theory. That experience shapes how we understand the pressures, trade-offs, and realities of executive leadership.
Discretion and Confidentiality
Senior leaders require a coaching relationship built on absolute confidentiality. New Path maintains clear boundaries between individual coaching and organizational reporting.
Practical Business Orientation
New Path coaching is grounded in real organizational challenges, not abstract leadership concepts. The work connects directly to the decisions, relationships, and results that matter to the business.
About Corinne Mason, PhD
An Executive Coach With the Credentials and Experience to Work at This Level
Corinne Mason, PhD is the founder of New Path Consulting and an executive coach and leadership advisor with more than 35 years of experience working with senior leaders and organizations.
Her background in Industrial and Organizational Psychology informs a coaching approach that is rigorous, evidence-based, and grounded in how organizations and leaders actually function under pressure.
Corinne has worked with CEOs, senior executives, executive teams, and organizations across industries — including in senior leadership roles that give her direct insight into the challenges her clients face.
Client Outcomes
What Clients Experience Working With New Path
Clearer executive identity and authority
Leaders develop a more grounded, consistent sense of who they are as executives — which translates directly into more effective leadership presence and decision making.
More effective executive teams
Teams that were siloed, slow, or misaligned develop the trust, clarity, and shared accountability needed to function as genuine enterprise leadership teams.
Stronger board and stakeholder relationships
Executives develop the skills and confidence to manage board relationships, investor expectations, and complex stakeholder dynamics more effectively.
Successful leadership transitions
Leaders navigating new appointments, promotions, or organizational change establish themselves more quickly and avoid the common pitfalls of leadership transitions.
Our Approach
How New Path Works
Every New Path engagement begins with a thorough discovery process — understanding the leader's context, the organizational environment, and the specific challenges and goals that will define the work.
Coaching is grounded in assessment, stakeholder input where appropriate, and a clear set of goals that connect the coaching to real business outcomes. Sessions are confidential, substantive, and focused on the decisions and challenges the leader is actually facing.
New Path does not offer generic leadership programs. Every engagement is designed for the specific leader, organization, and situation.
Executive Leadership Insights
Thinking on Leadership, Organizations, and Executive Performance
New Path publishes substantive perspectives on the leadership challenges that matter most to senior executives, CHROs, boards, and organizations navigating complexity.
- Why high-performing executive teams still get stuck
- The first 100 days as a first-time CEO
- What executive coaching actually accomplishes
- When a founder needs to change their leadership style to scale
- Executive presence and why it is often misdiagnosed
- What horses can teach executives about leadership presence
Executive Leadership Library — coming soon. Corinne Mason, PhD is developing a series of substantive articles on senior leadership, executive teams, and organizational effectiveness.
Begin a Conversation
Most New Path engagements begin with a direct conversation — no forms, no sales process. If you are facing a leadership challenge worth discussing, reach out directly.