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Kathryn Kernick
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About Kathryn

I've spent nearly 30 years helping leaders and organisations grow, and I've seen it from every side: as the person running the business, the person designing the programmes and the person in the room coaching the leaders.

I started out with psychometric and assessment providers including Cubiks, OPP and Talent Q, which gave me a lasting respect for evidence and for understanding people properly before trying to develop them. I went on to Korn Ferry, advising organisations on leadership assessment and talent strategy, and then spent many years at the Center for Creative Leadership.

At CCL I set up and ran the UK and Ireland business with full P&L responsibility, grew it by 30% in a year, led one of CCL's largest global client relationships and later led its coaching business across Europe.

Most recently I was Managing Director of Enable, the coaching services business of The OCM, and a member of its Senior Management Team. There I led the development of a suite of AI-enabled coaching and practice programmes, which gave me a clear view of where technology can genuinely help development and where it can't.

I set up my own business deliberately. I wanted to do the work I care most about with the people I most want to work with, and to build something that matters beyond any single engagement.

Empowering people to do what they never thought they could do.

What matters to me

I believe investing in people is how organisations change, and that commercial success and doing right by people go together. I'll always be straight with you, I'll make sure every voice is heard and I'll hold myself to the standard I'd expect of anyone I work with. And alongside the rigour, I bring warmth and a sense of humour: development is demanding work, and it goes better when people enjoy it.

Credentials

  • Nearly 30 years in leadership development, executive coaching and assessment
  • Senior leadership roles at the Center for Creative Leadership and Korn Ferry; former Managing Director at The OCM
  • Full P&L responsibility and senior leadership team experience
  • Qualified in a range of psychometric tools, including the Hogan assessments, the FIRO-B® instrument and a number of 360-degree assessments

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