Meet your strategic guide & thought partner, Kate.
Hi, I’m Kate. Part business strategist, part marketing mentor, part work counsellor. I’m here to help you grow on your own terms and figure out sustainable ways of working.
Together, we’ll define what growth and success mean for you. We’ll figure out authentic ways to market and grow your business that don’t require you to become a different version of yourself. We’ll figure out ways of working that honour your energy, your values, and the rich life you deserve to live outside of work.
I understand the complexities of balancing multiple priorities in business while endeavouring to treat ourselves and others well, do good work, and make a living.
I promise to care about you and your business, respect your time and attention, and help you do your best work.
MY VISION & MISSION
At the heart of my work is a deep desire to put our collective humanity at the center of our business practices. Through our commerce and our creativity, I believe we can build a more compassionate world.
My Background
I’ve always loved being in the back end of people’s businesses. Seeing what it takes practically—and emotionally—to build and grow something that lasts.
I grew up with parents who owned businesses and my first job out of university was to manage a sewing studio. I’ve never gone the corporate route. I’ve worked almost entirely with small businesses and early-stage start ups (and a few non-profits). My early career was focused on content marketing, strategic communications, community building, and online education for international craft brands and financial technology startups. I’ve always loved helping “front edge of the curve” types get their work further into the world.
I have a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and a graduate certificate in Financial Planning from George Brown College. I’m a Qualified Associate Financial Planner (QAFP) and a certified Trauma of Money facilitator. This, in addition to the years I’ve spent personally in trauma therapy, allows me to bring a compassionate, trauma-aware approach to my work.
TESTIMONIAL
“The fact that we have you in this is the reason we’re able to do this. Period. I’m so glad we gave ourselves the gift of Kate.”
— Tina Olsen, Executive Coach + Co-Founder Open Aware + Co-Founder Holon Institute
My Values
Compassion
To honour the fullness of our humanity.
Authenticity
To work with, not against ourselves.
To choose and take responsibility for those choices.
Courage
To go our own way and live from our values.
Freedom
Reverence
To see our work as an honour—something we get to do.
Play
To know it’s all an experiment and hold it all loosely.
Who I Work With
As an advisor, I work with a fairly balanced mix of service-based businesses, product-based businesses, remote businesses, and brick-and-mortar. My clients are in all sorts of industries, the most common being finance (financial planners), the creative/art/design realm, product manufacturing (furniture & beauty), healing professions (naturopaths, therapists), and organizational consultants.
I work with people who are just starting out as well as folks who are decades into entrepreneurship. I work with solo founders/practitioners, small groups of co-founders, and couples who are co-founders. I have clients in their 20s and clients in their 60s.
What unites my clients are their values, sensibilities, and approach to growth.
As a facilitator and educator, I work with purpose-driven organizations who are developing thoughtful, industry-leading tools and education programs.
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