Being Bold, Brave, and Badass
Empowering individuals, teams, and organizations with the skills and strategies to navigate difficult conversations and influence impactful change
Do you struggle to:
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Connect with individuals who have different perspectives in a meaningful way?
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Navigate conversations when people have contrary opinions and beliefs?
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Diffuse and discuss situations that caused unintentional hurt to establish trust, credibility, and respect in the workplace?
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This is Where Dr. Kate Comes In!
With careers in academia, martial arts, and, more recently, consulting in diversity and inclusion, she uses her 25+ years of experience to help individuals, teams, and organizations deepen their understanding of difference, lean into difficult conversations, and navigate impactful and transformative change.
BE BOLD
BE BRAVE
BE BADASS
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With an early career as an adjunct sociology Professor and an Empowerment Self-Defense Instructor, I found that knowledge alone or physical presence alone were not enough to help individuals feel empowered to navigate difficult situations and conversations in the workplace.
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What made an impactful shift in individuals' capacity to work through these types of situations was self-awareness of biases, cultural differences, and blind spots coupled with personal presence and physical confidence to say what they mean and mean what they say.
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​​Dr. Kate collaborates closely with every client, offering support at any stage of the process, to aid organizations in evaluating, strategizing, and executing changes that effectively align collective beliefs, behaviors, and norms with the organization's objectives and financial success.
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Services include:
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KEY NOTES and PRESENTATIONS: on inclusive leadership, navigating difficult conversations, and empowerment from the inside out.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: customized one-time sessions, programs and series on inclusive leadership, women's empowerment, and effective communication skills.
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ONE-ON-ONE COACHING to deepen self awareness, build personal presence, and deepen inclusive leadership skills and behaviors.
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BOLD, BRAVE, BADASS In Action!
When I recently revisited my TEDx Speech on YouTube, I was amazed and awed that it had received over 28,000 views! I had no idea that my message of accessing your “Quiet Power” to change the way you communicate and speak up for yourself would resonate with so many people.
Then I watched the talk for the first time in several years, and my heart sank. Not because of any judgmental thoughts of how I looked, sounded, or appeared on the stage, but because of two core universals I claimed back then about using assertive communication skills to speak up for yourself. Although using your voice to speak up for yourself can be a universal skill, I naively failed to consider that women who don’t look like me – a white, cisgender, able-bodied female – may not have the same privilege to use them.”
I believe in the power of my own vulnerability, authenticity and growth. Sometimes I make a miss and I am willing to revisit the past and grow from it.
