Biography
Katy has owned and operated her own businesses, has worked with a variety of organizations from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and has a proven track-record of helping individuals, teams, and businesses improve performance. Katy spent the early part of her career teaching students K-9. In the late 80’s she made a jump to the entrepreneurial world where she owned and operated a mid-size printing company for eight years and a magazine publishing company for four years. In the mid 90’s she helped launch two separate entrepreneurial Internet companies. In the late 90’s, she was recruited by DaimlerChrysler to head up their engineering technical training. After two years, she went to BlueCross BlueShield to lead change management during some major corporate-wide changes. After a year, she returned to DaimlerChrysler, later Chrysler, LLC to again, lead corporate training initiatives and executive leadership development. For almost a decade she led significant, positive change and designed, developed and led many innovative and highly effective corporate leadership programs and processes, including her benchmarked program, Leaders of Today and Tomorrow.
While working in the corporate world she developed the passion that all people, not just corporate executives, should practice key success habits, master the fundamentals of leadership, and become "leaders" of their own lives--making positive choices, avoiding risk behaviors and creating well-being and prosperity not only in themselves, but in their families, workplace and community. In her book, Need2Be Leading Life to the Max, Katy introduces a new leadership success model and a step-by-step process that is effective enough for the corporate executive, practical enough for every day, and relevant for ages 8-80. The practical tools, techniques and strategies not only inspire individuals, but show them how-to lead a life of happiness, success, and purpose in every aspect of life.
Whether on the radio or TV, speaking at national conferences, facilitating training, or coaching teams and individuals, Katy is a dynamic presenter who leaves audiences with dramatic new insights about their lives, an inspiration to take an active role in what happens next, and a way to lead life to the max!
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