About Katharine McLennan
Keynote Speaker & C-Suite coach
For 35 years I’ve helped executive teams turn strategy into weekly habits. I’ve led at scale (directing the operational planning for the Sydney 2000 Olympics), held C-suite level People & Culture roles at CBA and Cochlear, and advised top teams through Booz & Co., Heidrick & Struggles and PwC.
I help leadership teams hard-wire Ingenuity into every decision, meeting and milestone—through clear choices and simple rhythms that make progress stick.
What I hold sacred in our work together
| Compassion | I care, kindly and firmly. I hold people to high standards while protecting dignity. |
| Curiosity | I look for potential in people and strive for the questions that allow my clients to access their own wisdom. |
| Candor | I call it as it is—clear, kind truth, early, with commitments we’ll keep. |
| Collaboration | I bring the craft—questions, structure, facilitation. You bring your people, priorities, and institutional knowledge. Together we build solutions—and you own the change. |
| Confidentiality | What must stay private, stays private. I am bound to what you want to keep |
