Website: www.kathrynwelds.com

Address:  Portland, Oregon, USA

Phone:    +1 650 7400763

Email:   kathryn@kathrynwelds.com

Languages: English.

Harvard-trained Organizational Psychologist, Change Management expert, ICF-Certified Evidence-Based Coach helping individuals and organizations think clearly and independently, and work courageously, confidently, and optimistically.

Support emerging and high-potential leaders to enable organizational transformation and employee well being, engagement, resilience, productivity. Effective cross-functional collaborations with leaders in healthcare, engineering, sales, marketing, operations, IT, finance, legal, and HR in publicly-traded globally companies and start-ups. Citizenship: US and Canada.

-More than 15 years guiding innovative strategies and reliable execution that enable:
*Strategy definition and execution,
*Organizational assessment, development, and transformation,
*Culture assessment and shaping,
*High-performing teams,
*Employee and team resilience,
*Complex, cross-functional global business collaborations,
*Values alignment for goal execution
*Effective learning and development initiatives,
*Critical thinking and systemic sense-making
*Process improvements,
*Strategic communications.

SKILLS
• Organizational Effectiveness | Organizational Development | Change Management | Business Transformation |
• Assessment | Leadership Development | Coaching | Career Strategy | Learning & Development
• Organizational Communication | Executive Presence |
• Facilitation | Consultation |
• Effective leadership of 14 direct reports, 19 global project team members with budget-quotas exceeding USD$5M annually and multi-year global projects budgets exceeding USD$19M
• Global experience, skilled virtual collaborator

HIGHLIGHTS
• Built three organizations from concept to profitability in less than two years each (Levi Strauss & Co, Inc. Employee Assistance Program, Prairie Medical Group Behavioral Health Practice, Consulting Practice)• Demonstrated thought leadership in more than 40 original print and 300 online publications

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Consistent thought leadership in developing innovative, resourceful solutions to complex problems
• Reliably enable, deliver results through detailed preparation, persistent follow-through
• High energy, initiative, positive attitude, adaptability to change, continuous professional development

Services Offered
Individual Coaching (Career, Leadership)
Group Coaching
Individual Coach Supervision

Current Credentials
Licensed Psychologist, California and Oregon
Diplomate in Health Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology
Master Certified Coach (MCC), International Coaching Federation
Master Practitioner (EIA) European Mentoring and Coaching Council                                                    Coach Supervisor (ESIA) European Mentoring and Coaching Council                                                    Change Management Certification, Prosci
Motivational Interviewing, PsychWire
Immunity to Change, Minds at Work
Group Coaching Certificates, University of Cambridge, BetterUp
Conscious Business Coach Certificate, BetterUp
Advanced Project Management Certificate, Stanford University

Ph.D., Harvard University, Psychology
Executive Coaching Program, Columbia University in the City of New York
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Cornell University Medical College
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, California Pacific Medical Center-Sutter Health

Awards
Harvard University Scholar-in-Residence
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research
MacArthur Research Grant
Radcliffe College Grant to Graduate Women at Harvard
California State Psychological Association Best Student Paper