Navigating the complexity of leading ourselves, our teams, and organizations requires building awareness and developing our capacities to learn and adapt.
In order to rise to that challenge in today’s interconnected and ever-uncertain world, we need:
introspective and collaborative leaders who drive positive action
teams that embrace and utilize diverse perspectives
organizations that cultivate an environment of continuous learning
To develop and sustain this kind of leadership, we need the space to reflect, to ask hard questions, to tap into internal resources, and to connect with those around us. With intention, skill and iteration, these practices empower us to lead with courage, compassion, and care, enabling us to drive better outcomes for ourselves and for our stakeholders.
About Kate
Kate is an international leadership development professional with over 20 years of experience working with managers and teams, from new ventures and scale-ups to large multinationals. She brings her strong foundation in business, technology and psychology to her work as a coach, facilitator and tech entrepreneur, developing innovative solutions to help managers reflect and build leadership skills.
Kate partners extensively with learning organizations and colleagues around the world. Her work with top business schools has included over 15 years with INSEAD in France and Singapore, and now with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She is also an active contributor to entrepreneur communities.
She holds an MBA and Diploma of Clinical Psychology from INSEAD and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. More about Kate here.
Leadership Coaching
With experience coaching hundreds of leaders from different cultures, sectors and functions, Kate brings deep understanding of the diversity of management challenges to her work with international managers and teams.
For Individuals
Focusing on honing leadership and managing transitions, Kate coaches individuals to explore interpersonal and organizational challenges, develop perspective and skills, and grow both professionally and personally. Her approach serves clients in two key ways:
As a thinking partner to have the reflective space to work through current choices and challenges, and
For leadership development, which may involve assessments, 360 interviews, goal-setting, and follow-up coaching as you work towards your goals.
“...a coach who understands the psychological and organizational complexity... She is someone I can trust and get honest with.”
Trained and experienced in multiple coaching approaches, Kate draws upon clinical psychology, group dynamics, systemic practice, stakeholder-centered and co-active approaches in her work.
“Kate worked with our leadership team as our company was facing the challenges of scaling. Her approach helped us develop a stronger awareness of the situation, identify the things we wanted to improve, and have more motivation...”
For Teams
Whether your team is new or needing to revisit your purpose and processes, team coaching can help build the collaborative leadership practices needed for meeting today’s challenges.
Kate works with teams to:
gain a collective focus of where the team needs to go,
build the mutual understanding and trust,
share insights and ideas, and
define and commit to processes that help the members engage with each other and with all of their stakeholders.
Clients include management teams in large multinationals, new project teams, and venture-backed companies scaling for growth.
“Getting coached by Kate to help me transition was one of the best investments I’ve made.”
Facilitation
Enabling management learning by creating reflective, empowering spaces to share and process new ideas and insights.
Kate’s focus on collaboration and social learning brings people together to get energy, inspiration and perspective to go beyond what they are able to achieve on their own.
Integrating Learning
In collaboration with training partners and professors, Kate teaches business simulations and designs and delivers programs to help integrate management concepts and develop skills through reflection and social learning.
Idea Generation & Innovation
Facilitating sessions for brainstorming, collaboration, innovation and process design, Kate provides the professional support for teams and groups to have constructive discussions and positive outcomes.
“Kate has that rare gift of combining sharp business acumen with a deep understanding and insight into leadership. A perfect combination of hard and soft skills and experience.”
Making powerful connections within and between people through individual guided virtual reflection and impactful group debriefs. We work with coaches, organizations and business schools to provide the programs and tools to develop self-awareness, get perspective, increase community and build well-being. Learn more here.
Reflection Tools
Tech-based solutions for a global audience, facilitating learning and self-awareness at scale.
Coaching and leadership development programs generate valuable a-ha moments. AmphiMedia provides a solution for coaches and trainers to help participants capture and make sense of their new knowledge and experiences, supporting each other in a learning community. The AmphiHQ platform serves as a private virtual space for your participants to track their learning journey with reflective assignments, session calendars, resources, discussions, announcements, and more.
A guided reflection to build self-awareness, energy and perspective for navigating transitions with purpose and resilience. This self-paced interactive tool is designed to help you look in to explore how you are experiencing a change, look out to what is happening, and reach out to keep the momentum as you live with, and navigate, change.
