Kate is a results-oriented and people-centric leader. She has a track record of managing and leading teams of all sizes, spearheading successful change initiatives in large organizations, and unlocking both the business and people potential in complex systems.

Kate leads with a light touch and an appreciative curiosity for people and organizations — which allows her to get at the heart of systemic issues and move complex and challenging situations forward.

She is a highly knowledgeable facilitator, coach and consultant, with more than twenty years of business, non-profit and community experience. Her recent clients include Seattle Sound Transit, Ensono, Microsoft, Delta Dental WA, Groupon, Alaska Airlines, Costco, Leadership Eastside and BECAUZ consulting. She loves to work both in the US and the UK.

Her work focuses on custom designed services to address her client’s unique organization, team or individual needs and delivering a range of consulting, facilitation, team coaching and executive coaching services.

EXPERIENCE

• Designed and facilitated many leadership programs for multiple clients in many industries in the US and the UK. Since 2020 this work has been successfully adapted for virtual delivery.

• Executive coach to numerous senior business leaders, CEOs and leaders in various industries and not-for-profit organizations.

• Designed and facilitated multi-day team offsites for teams and businesses.

• Previously held positions as the Coach and Leadership Development Manager, a Director of Coaching for an international consulting company and as a Curriculum Director for a community leadership development organization.

• 10 years working at Microsoft in the UK and the US as a Marketing Director, managing a worldwide business and multiple teams.

CREDENTIALS

• Team Coaching Foundations Certified Coach, Global Team Coaching Institute (GCTI).

• Conversational Intelligence® for Coaches Core Skill Practitioner.

• ACC certification level coach from the International Coaching Federation (ICF)

• M.A., Leadership and Organizational Development, LIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University, Seattle, WA

• MBA, Business, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

• B.S., Math and Computer Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK