Hey, I’m Katy…
…and here is why I am whispering to you about impact.
I lived a long time without fully stepping into the role I was meant to have.
In the process of resisting that role, I learned that when we don’t step into our destiny and we keep ourselves busy with just living our life, destiny doesn’t take “No!” for an answer. Something will show up to catalyze you to accept the transformation you were intended to make. Whether it is a health crisis, work crisis, financial crisis, personal crisis, something will keep showing up in your path to remind you who you are.
On the other side of the crucible, I can tell you that it is all worth it. You know you were meant for something big, something different…it just feels too hard to walk away from comfort and into the fire. You may face failure, rejection, humiliation.
But you are not fully alive until you do.
I want that for you. I want you to be fully yourself. Impact is a portal into who you are and to fully express. I am here to tell you that it is okay and you will be alright if you walk through the portal into fully being you.
It’s Time For You to Make Waves
I’m a proud mother of three adult sons (Charlie, Malcolm, Robert) and three rescue cats (Madame Fluffball, Ninja, Cristiano Ronaldo the Cat).
I live in a small town north of Chicago and am blessed with the best of both worlds. Flyover country is not without its charms!
My obsessions: Britbox; Idris Elba; BBC classics featuring ANY Detective Chief Inspector…; Scottish accents, cows, and highlands; East London; Musee Rodin; New Hampshire lakes; strategy and game theory; crosswords and Connections puzzles; live performances; pasta; and loooooong phone calls.
You can find me walking to Lake Michigan in my favorite baseball cap, trying to convince my sons to play tennis with me, or going out for coffee with my best mates.
A Blue Devil and A Wildcat
I grew up in northern NJ as a textbook middle child (Ha!) and our family moved to LA when I was 15. I had the good fortune of getting an amazing education making me both a “Blue Devil” (B. A., Economics With Distinction, cum laude, Duke University) and a “Wildcat” (MBA, cum laude, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University).
My formative professional experiences prior to FT coaching / strategic advisory work were: as a commercial banker with The Northern Trust Company, as a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), as a seconded consultant to Baylor College of Medicine / Methodist General / Texas Children’s Hospital, as a director of strategy with Bayer AG, and as a business strategy consultant in private practice.
My FT coaching / strategic advisory work focuses on building long-term relationships with clients and supporting them in different ways throughout their careers. I am a big believer in the power of unlocking opportunities by getting clear about what you really want to do and having a support network (including a coach) to achieve it. I am trained and certified in many coaching modalities which enable me to offer cutting edge, research-backed programs that empower people to adopt the capabilities of positive intelligence and high performance in their leadership.
Giving Back
I give back through volunteering and board service and am involved with organizations that want to promote cross-cultural understanding (United Planet) and global innovation (TWIN: The World’s Innovation Network).
I share a lot of free content to help you find work you love and thrive personally and professionally at my YouTube channel, so check out the Shorts.
Aside from my beloved and totally awesome family and friends, what I am most grateful for is the clients I get to partner with who inspire me every day with their courage, smarts, tenacity, humor, grace, innovation, and ambition. Biggest hugs to them all!
