When all else fails, create something new.
When what you do for a living goes from being a means to earn an income, to an absolute moral imperative, you have found your life’s calling.
Coach Kathleen O’Grady, ACCKathleen O’Grady, ACC
Founder, Certified Authentic Leadership Coach, Mentor & Speaker
Raleigh Coaching is an authentic leadership development company that offers coaching, training, mentoring and consulting to a wide variety of individual and corporate clients. It has the charm of a community based business, with a global reach. My mission is to develop leaders and companies that honor individual creativity and innovation.
Before recognizing my calling to be a professional coach, I spent years wondering who I was and where I belonged. I looked to others to tell me…and was continuously misled and disappointed. When I started listening to my own inner authentic voice, it was music to my ears. Now I make a living helping others to listen to their own inner music. Coaching is not simply my profession, it is my life’s purpose. I was fortunate to have discovered this at a younger age than most, and I am therefore inspired to help others find theirs.
As an Authentic Leadership Coach, I act as a catalyst for people to discover, rediscover, and embrace their unique genius. I always try to lead by example to show others that they can be whomever they choose to be, at any given moment. I believe that we all possess unlimited potential, and that it is our individual responsibility to do what we love and find ways to be financially rewarded in the process.
In the Media:
WebPrint: Featured in NY Times Wall Street section on Authentic Leadership
WebPrint: Featured in eFinancialCareers.com on Authentic Interviewing
Radio: Interviewed on WCOM-FM’s The Sound Effect (based in Carrboro, NC) on coaching with music
Organizations presented to include:
North Carolina Central University – Guest Lecturer for School of Business Sales Management & Professional Selling
Meredith College – Presented to undergraduate American Marketing Association Group on Authentic Networking
North Carolina State University, Graduate Program – Guest Lecturer Life Coaching and Communication Course
SAS – Interviewed as authentic leadership expert for internal leadership development podcast
Living Arts College at the School for Communication Arts – Graduation Commencement Speaker
University of North Carolina Wellness Center – ‘Authenticity in Social Media’, ‘Energy Leadership’
The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham – Guest Lectured on Authentic Branding, Marketing and Sales
International Coach Federation, Raleigh Area Chapter – Coaching Skills, Energy Leadership
Black MBA Association, Raleigh-Durham Chapter – Leaders of Tomorrow Annual Gala Keynote Speech (2012)
Raleigh Host Lions Club – The Power of Living Authentically
Publications:
A full narrative of how and why Kathleen became a coach is included in the global book collaboration, A Coach’s Story: Revealing Insights into Life as a Professional Coach. It follows the journeys of 20 diverse coaches, offering a peak into the world of coaching from a variety of perspectives. Kathleen’s story is just one of them. Her chapter is titled: The Administrative Duckling.
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