Leading, coaching, and facilitating transformational change.
Working holistically and authentically with individuals and groups to enhance overall wellness at work.
Katie Giddings
Consulting and Coaching
Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Development
About
Katie Giddings, MA
I work with individuals and groups with the purpose of enhancing well-being at work.
As a team leader and group member, I work collaboratively, and cultivate trust by creating environments where all members can be heard and seen. I foster self-awareness, accountability, vulnerability and the development of our personal leadership through experiential learning.
I approach my clients with curiosity and compassion, I infuse joy and humour, we both/all learn along the way and conclude our work feeling open and inspired for greatness.
Services
Organizational Development
I use a client-centered approach to work with the client on their specific requests, designing custom interventions based on what is needed.
I have worked with First Nations Communities, international non-governmental organizations, B-Corps, and health-care organizations.
Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Conflict is a regular part of life, whether it’s large or small scale. I believe that assisting people in conflict can help both parties come to better understandings of themselves and others and create more peace within their relationships. I use a mediation approach looking at perspectives of each side rather than assigning blame and look for a creative solution where everyone's perspective can be heard.
Leadership Development
Having a keen interest in leadership since the beginning of my career, I am fascinated by what makes great leaders, and am passionate about developing more emotionally intelligent leaders, while enhancing their wholes selves. I believe we are all leaders and great leadership takes practice in presence, self-awareness, and much more!
Facilitation
With over 20 years of facilitating experiences, I have an authentic, accessible, and grounded approach. I engage and tune in to be present with the group and respond to the needs that arise in the moment. Client engagements have focused on: Customer service excellence, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Connection, and Authentic Relating.
Team Building
All teams can benefit from some time away from the daily routine. A time dedicated to reconnecting, to spending time together, to building a stronger more trusting sense of team that will translate to better results at work. I like to focus on experience and can organize events outdoors or indoors that will revive your team.
Coaching
With experience coaching individuals, team members and executives, my approach is personal, intuitive, and emotionally intelligent. I am a deep and empathetic listener, providing a secure place for explorations of a deeper truth, encouraging self-reflection, and inviting goal setting resulting in things you didn’t know were possible
Read more about Katie
Katie started Katie Giddings Consulting about five years ago when the opportunity arose to develop a Leadership Program for a British NGO working in the Congo Basin. Katie has since worked with a variety of organizations such as enterprises, health care and non-governmental organizations and First Nations Communities. She has provided support in effective communications, team building, trust building, conflict management, leadership development, strategic goal development, vision and values alignment, and executive coaching.
Katie holds a master’s in organizational systems specializing in Organizational Development and Leadership from Saybrook University (Leadership Institute of Seattle), a certificate in Mediation, a post-graduate certificate in Eco-Tourism and Adventure Tourism Management and an undergrad in Social Sciences.
Before being introduced to Organizational Development, Katie supervised teams in customer service and taught, facilitated and lead groups and teams while working as an outdoor guide and outdoor-experiential educator.
Working with people’s whole selves, Katie facilitates getting to know our own true nature and to develop higher states of awareness that cultivate kindness towards ourselves, others, and the world around us. Katie’s work cultivates connections, builds trust within ourselves and with others and invites reflection. She strives to deepen our understanding of ourselves and each other and the systems we are a part of to create healthier, happier systems. She is excited to share her passions and continue learning, practicing, and developing in the process.
Katie has lived and worked in Canada, the US, Latin America, Cameroon, and speaks English, French and Spanish. She offers services in English and French.