Kristine Langdon
Managing Partner and Executive Coach
Kristine Langdon created Common Street Partners to serve the needs of senior executives as they navigate increasingly complex organizations and business challenges. Her approach is based on coaching fundamentals combined with business experience, analytical rigor, and trust.
COACHING
As a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, Kristine consulted with clients on their organizational challenges and needs, initially in executive search before transitioning into executive coaching. She is a Certified Executive Coach through the Columbia University Coaching Program. Her clients typically are high performers who are looking to build greater awareness of how to modify their approach in order to expand their skills and continue to succeed. Through coaching, clients determine immediate methods for improvement as well as tools for recognizing how to continue to grow in the future. Kristine’s clients represent a diverse range of industries and geographies, both across the U.S. and globally.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
From early experience as an engineer/physicist working on laser radar systems at Raytheon to CEO of a photonics company she founded and took public, Kristine gained hands-on experience on how to drive business performance. She created Thermo Vision within Thermo Electron and led the company until it was acquired.
Her tenure as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, combined with years as an executive search consultant at Spencer Stuart and Korn Ferry, exposed her to countless business situations. Through this experience, she is able to help clients understand the underlying dynamics of their situation and successfully navigate forward.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Kristine holds an undergraduate degree in physics from Yale University, an MSEE from Northeastern University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She was selected for the prestigious White House Fellows Program where she served at the National Security Council and GAO. She worked at the University of Massachusetts on a high-energy physics experiment conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory.