Meet Katharine

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Hi, I’m Katharine

I’m ready to help you navigate complexity, lead fearlessly, and occasionally call BS with the kind of empathy, insight, and humor that makes the toughest career decisions easier to handle.

With more than 20 years of experience in both the non-profit and private sectors, I have navigated all kinds of complex power dynamics.

I spent the first decade of my career working for groundbreaking executives, securing multi-million dollar sponsorships for cultural institutions, facilitating talent development programs for large healthcare organizations, and designing workplace transformation initiatives inside multinational corporations in New York, London, Madrid, Basel, Portland, and San Jose.

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I have walked in your shoes

By the time I turned 34, I had two Ivy League degrees, a global network, a partner in residency, and two kids under three. My career ambitions, professional relationships, family obligations, and personal goals had become overwhelming, and my work had begun to expose an inconvenient truth that many of us don’t want to face: You can’t outsource your career.

I am a psychologist, coach, and trusted advisor

Over the next few years, I hand-picked several coaches, mentors, and therapists to help me transform my relationship with work. I learned how to take greater responsibility for my genius, my time, and my relationships, and I started building my own coaching approach — a unique blend of organizational development expertise, performance psychology, strengths-based coaching and therapeutic techniques.

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I will help you cut through the noise and get results

Today, my client list includes some of the country’s most dedicated corporate leaders, start-up founders, physicians, attorneys, athletes, and small business CEOs who found themselves at odds with their work, their teams, or their careers.

And because I make a point of infusing compassion, creativity, and humor into all my client work, the experience is less stuffy and the results are more gratifying.

So let’s get to work so you can ditch the dysfunction, lead fearlessly, and make an even bigger impact!

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Katharine Smith, MA, CPCC, ACC, CH
Organizational Psychologist | Executive Coach

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Ready to Start Your Journey?

You can complete my new client application in less than 10 minutes.

Let’s navigate the messiest parts of work and business together.

Credentials

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