"positive momentum in teams starts with a simultaneous moment when everyone realises things can't stay this way"
"positive momentum in teams starts with a simultaneous moment when everyone realises things can't stay this way"
I enter complex situations, make sense of them quickly and help Boards, CEOs and leadership teams surface what matters before time, energy and investment disappear into the wrong work.
target the source, not the symptom.
I work with the thinking and conversations shaping what happens next. I change the question, lens or frame so people can see differently, find shared focus and move forward together.
Kate builds a confidence that the seemingly insurmountable task you’re grappling with can be broken down into steps…it’s like eating the elephant one bite at a time.
Carolyn Noumertzis – Chief People Officer
Challenge the thinking shaping decisions
Kate helps people question assumptions, interrupt the rush to answers and bring what may be missing into focus.
Create alignment and ownership
Kate helps leaders make sense of complexity together, surface important differences and align around what matters next.
Turn clarity into meaningful movement
Kate helps translate insight and ambition into practical choices, coordinated action and stronger ways of working that people can carry forward.
WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO ME RARELY LOOKS LIKE A THINKING PROBLEM.
In fact, it often sounds more like this ...
'we're not good at prioritising'
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We take on too much.
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Everything feels urgent.
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Our decisions shift as pressure rises.
'we lack alignment'
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We operate in silos.
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Leaders interpret the priorities differently.
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Agreement does not translate into coordinated action.
' We need more accountability'
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People wait to be told what to do.
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Resistance surfaces late.
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The same few people keep carrying the work.
'we're getting bogged
in complexity'
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Everything feels connected to everything else.
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We cannot see the real issue clearly.
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The work keeps becoming more complicated.
'we've lots of action but not enough traction'
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The priorities are not clear enough.
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Activity is fragmented.
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People cannot see how their work connects to the outcome.
Across 30 years as a corporate executive and external adviser, Kate has worked with leaders and organisations facing complex, high-stakes challenges across a wide range of sectors.
Kate is like the ‘Disruption Whisperer’. She lives and breathes her craft and her depth of knowledge enables otherwise complex emotional barriers to be overcome in a simple and practical manner to progress team outcomes.
RICKI VINCI, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
TELL ME WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.
You don’t need a polished brief, or even to know exactly what the problem is. Tell me what’s happening, and we’ll explore whether a different way of seeing and thinking about the situation could help.