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About Katee

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About Katee /

About Katee

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About Katee /

When Everything Changes,
Leadership Must Follow.

“I help executives and organizations navigate life and leadership transitions—so they can reset, realign, and move forward with clarity.”

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My Story

From Leading Others to Finding My Own Way.

For most of my career, I was the one helping others grow—leading teams, transforming cultures, and developing leaders inside complex healthcare organizations. I knew how to drive results. I knew how to lead change. And then, everything changed.

As a breast cancer survivor, I found myself facing a different kind of challenge—not just getting through treatment, but figuring out who I was on the other side of it. Like many high-performing leaders, I was used to being strong, capable, and in control. But after cancer, the questions were different:

  • Do I want the same life?

  • What actually matters now?

  • What comes next—for me?

I realized something important: There is a lot of support for getting through disruption—but very little support for what comes after.

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Why I Created Brave North

A New Direction Became My Purpose.

What I experienced personally, I had also seen professionally. Executives navigating major transitions are often expected to keep performing at a high level, even when their internal clarity has shifted. And organizations feel the impact when leadership becomes stretched or disconnected.

That’s why I created Brave North Coaching Group.

To help leaders and organizations reset, realign, and build what’s next with intention.

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What I Do

Leadership. Culture. Transformation.

Executive Reset

Navigate What’s Next. Lead With Clarity.

I coach executives through major life and leadership transitions so they can reconnect to what matters, redefine their direction, and lead with confidence in their next chapter.

  • Clarify Your Direction

  • Rebuild With Intention

  • Lead With Greater Impact

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Culture Reset

Build an Aligned, High-Performing Culture.

I partner with organizations to align leadership, strengthen accountability, and create cultures that drive engagement, performance, and sustainable results.

  • Strengthen Leadership Alignment

  • Increase Engagement

  • Drive Lasting Results

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What Makes This Work Different

I Connect the Two.

Culture challenges are often leadership challenges. And leadership challenges are often rooted in clarity, identity, and alignment.

That’s why my work connects both.

I support leaders as they navigate inflection points, and I help organizations create the conditions where aligned leadership can thrive.

This creates transformation that is not just temporary—but sustained.

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My Background

Experience You Can Trust.

I bring over 15 years of executive leadership experience in organizational development, culture transformation, and leadership strategy across complex healthcare systems and service organizations.

As a Vice President of Patient Experience and Service, I led large-scale transformation across multi-site organizations—designing leadership development systems, improving engagement, and driving measurable performance outcomes.

Experience highlights:

  • Led enterprise-wide culture transformation across 900+ employees

  • Designed leadership academies and coaching-based leadership models

  • Drove top-decile experience performance and national recognition

  • Aligned operational strategy with employee engagement and customer outcomes

Specialty Areas

Board Certified Executive Leadership Coach

LEAN Process Improvement

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Organizational Development

Leadership Development

Moving Forward With Intention.

Today, I bring together executive leadership experience and personal insight to help leaders and organizations navigate what comes next. This work is not about starting over.
It’s about moving forward—with clarity, intention, and alignment.

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Because when everything changes, you don’t just need to move forward—you need to find your Brave North.

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