Our Approach

Getting to the CORE

DATA-DRIVEN

We are data-driven and use unique, proprietary tools to capture information pertaining to your organization’s strategy, culture, leadership, and operations. This includes a Thriving Board assessment, 360 tools for leaders, and a comprehensive Engagement Diagnostic.

TRUSTED ADVISOR

Our “Secret Sauce” is in our ability to swiftly build and leverage relationships to bring out the best in your team and organization (at all levels!) strengthening the collective talent and allowing you to truly unleash your potential. 

AMPLIFIED IMPACT

Each investment grows onto the next, helping to raise up the bar as we continue to work with teams and leaders to strive higher (in good times and bad) – we call this “next level teaming”.

  • "Kate has a keen and creative ability to rally a team toward a common goal. She is really one of a kind! Her approach to Leadership Offsites/Board Retreats is unique and powerful — creating invaluable cultural and strategic touchstones for any growing biotech. At Alnylam, she connected our team with vision, mission, and purpose for over a decade, during our most formative years. She is a true partner fully-vested in the company and the team."

    -John Maraganore, Ph.D.
    Former and Founding CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

  • “I have had the pleasure of working closely with Kate for years in the areas of strategy and strategic teaming. She is wonderful to work with; she is smart, direct, compassionate and funny! Her work and style has an outsized positive impact on the teams and organizations she engages with.”

    Jeff Goater, Venture Partner, Column Group

  • "I encourage all my CEOs to work with Kate if they can. Her strategic experience paired with her ability to coach, elevate discussions, and navigate challenges make her an ideal partner for leadership teams. She has a rare mix of skills that enables both Boards and C suite members to facilitate strategic planning and alignment – the end result on the other side is always a stronger sense of team and vision. "

    David Grayzel, MD Partner Atlas Venture

  • "Kate has been an instrumental strategic advisor to executive leadership, including Boards. She has an innate ability to walk into an organization and quickly garner credibility and trust, inspiring cross- functional teams to spring into action with a focus on customized strategic planning, culture, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and team building."

    -Paula Cloghessy CPO, Seres

  • “Kate brings a unique combination of business strategy, operational expertise, and people and culture insight that allows her to make an extraordinary impact to companies in a short amount of time.  She builds strong, trusting, and personal relationships with senior executives, CEOs, people leaders, and board members.  The integration of these relationships ensures her solutions meet the needs across the entire organization.”

    Kathy Wilkinson, Chief People Officer, 2seventy bio

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