Katie Ledger

Senior Practitioner

“In complex times, it helps to have a trusted guide.”

Expert In: Leaders & Organisations
Style: Focused, Energetic & Impactful

Biography

Katie is a highly experienced practitioner, equally comfortable exec coaching, guiding teams or hosting international conferences. Twelve years working as a journalist and TV news presenter for the BBC, ITN, Channel 5 News and TVB in Hong Kong followed by nine years of running her own communications business, Katie now uses her skills in the business sector to help leaders shift from ‘turning up’ to ‘showing up’. She enables individuals to both increase their capabilities and capacity using practical tools to deliver desired results.

“How we show up and lead matters hugely. The ability to develop and optimise our personal energy and emotional resilience is within each of us and each of our teams. In complex times, it helps to have a trusted guide.”
Katie Ledger – Senior Practitioner

Track Record Style Qualifications

Katie coaches senior leaders in multiple markets and geographies. For the last 15 years, she has worked extensively with leaders and innovators in the technology, finance and industrial sectors, in companies such as Microsoft, AWS and Santander helping them to unlock their potential and deliver results despite the pressure. She has facilitated discussions with high profile leaders such as David Cameron, Steve Ballmer, Gordon Brown (ex-British PM) and Ursula Burns (former Xerox CEO).

Based largely on her experience of living and working in Hong Kong for 4 years, Katie has co-written a book on how to create a portfolio career and succeed in multi market sectors called And What Do You Do? Asia taught her that dynamic innovation and the ability to keep redefining ourselves and our work is essential to real thriving.

Katie’s style is focused, high energy and pragmatic; a style that clients find infectious. She is a fantastic listener and immediately creates trust with the clients she works with. She serves by encouragement and challenge and is keen to introduce new concepts and thinking. She can see the bigger picture and expertly guides clients through the difficult conversations and progressive steps to realise their widest and deepest potential. The result is that people perform at their best and communicate with genuine passion and impact.

Katie is a qualified professional level coach, trained by Integral Coaching Canada in their Integral Coaching method. Ken Wilber has described this to be ‘the most complete and comprehensive coaching program available’. Katie is also a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Articles by Katie

Leaders Teams

New team? How to accelerate growth in the first 90 days

Nov 21, 2024

Leaders

Addressing the gender pay gap that persists among over 40s

Sep 18, 2023

Leaders Teams

Why teams fail and how to fix it

Jul 5, 2023

“A big thank you for everything you did at our conference. The interviews were informative but also funny and enjoyable and the feedback has been extremely positive. I thoroughly enjoyed working with you throughout and always felt in very safe and professional hands, and I also appreciated that you took the opportunity at times to give some honest and direct feedback and suggestions. We are now considering our plans for our next main event, a conference in Malta for our staff there and if you are available we may ask you to help us again.”

CallumBelvin Franks Conference

“Katie has brought her experience, clarity and insight to help us create a true and clear story that we can communicate externally. I would recommend Katie to any business looking to reposition themselves with their best foot forward.”

Sri SharmaCEO & Founder

“Katie is cool, capable and very professional. Not only is she elegantly unflappable, but she also has a great skill for bringing any business or other communications to life. Katie’s also a great presenter who uses a lovely mixture of warm wit and wisdom to help others communicate cleverly.”

Sean BrickellFounder

“She [Katie Ledger, Senior Practitioner] is not like anyone I have met before, I thought she was fantastic, the way she handled me was amazing. I see her as someone who is 10-foot tall (even though she can’t be more than 5 ft). Composure, inspirational. Scared shitless of her. She is a powerful and strong personality, but she is able to control it and knows how to use her energy which gave me the want to work with her.”

“I have gained a lot from this, and it hasn’t stopped, its an ongoing thing. It helped me understand myself a bit more and become a better, happier version of myself. I can’t think of anything else I have done in terms of development that comes close to this. It’s helped me in challenging situations and think more clearly. It’s done a lot. I am surprised at how great it has been. I have realized that there is so much more potential and a few more gears and levels that I can move through. Not sure if I am able to do that, but I feel more confident that I can. The tool belt – I was using a mallet for everything.“

Scott MillarCEO, Exactive

“We worked together over a few months, exploring and identifying specific areas I could work upon.
Katie is a particularly skilful and compassionate listener. She has the ability to hear the needs and design practices to meet those needs.
Her curiosity, openness and clear thinking enabled us to have engaging and productive conversations. These were followed by practical exercises for me to incorporate into my day to develop.
Overall, an excellent experience that has been enormously helpful in moving on.
I highly recommended Katie for coaching”

Richmond Stace

“Katie was the first speaker at my TEDxPortsmouth event, and helped kick-start what turned out to be a brilliant day. The talk she did on portfolio careers triggered a great deal of interest, and helped show a lot of people some new ways in which they can build a work life that works for them.”

Lee GreenwoodCompany Name

“Katie is an energizer who brings out the best in people whether it be in communications, presentation or just life. She very easy to work with, personable and challenges the status quo.

She’s a rare talent in a crowded world“

Steve ClaytonVice President, Microsoft COmmunications Strategy

“Katie has different real talents : The first one is her way to communicate and make messages very clear, easy to understand and easy to remember. Her second quality is the way she advises and even coach the people in their own communication. her third one is her leadership to keep attention of big audiences being direct to the point. On top of these talents, Katie is very easy to work with.“

Hubert SovicheGlobal Vice President, Production Life Cycle, Xerox

“I had heard so much about Katie from colleagues and friends in other geographies, and it almost sounded too good to be true. After working with her since a few years, focussing on presentation, self-awareness and branding, it is my turn to share my and my colleagues’ enthusiasm and delight to have experienced her group coaching, class room and motivational sessions. Katie’s ability to focus on the essence of a topic, her adaptive style and sensitivity to differing cultural and personal characteristics, her down to earth approach when broaching very personal matters and her vast knowledge on everything around communication helped us tremendously in enabling and growing our organization.”

Margherita B.Program and Line Manager Chief Data Office

“”It was life changing – sounds dramatic. But Katie coming along when she did is just amazing. I will be eternally grateful for meeting her. It has helped me come through some challenging moments and enabled me to secure my future for my family.

“No-one else has managed to get me thinking about these kinds of things and speaking this way ever.““

Scott MillarCEO, Exactive

“Katie has a very rare skill – helping people communicate more clearly. Even (especially) for those that think they are good at getting their message across Katie helps people think differently and coaches to a point of breakthrough very quickly. She did wonders for me and our Partners and was energising and brilliant to work with.”

Shaun Frohlich

“I empower ambitious executives ready to take their organisation to the next level. Working to scale their leadership skills, people and business goals – Executive Coach – Strategy Partner – SpeakerI empower ambitious executives ready to take their organisation to the next level. Working to scale their leadership skills, people and business goals – Executive Coach – Strategy Partner – SpeakerJune 17, 2011, david worked with Katie but they were at different companiesJune 17, 2011, david worked with Katie but they were at different companies
Katie and I shared the stage on a couple of occasions, working with students in London who were being told about enterprise as a career option. Katie is an engaging and inspirational speaker and presenter. I am not ashamed to admit that as a speaker myself I learnt a few tips and tricks myself from her presentation skill.

A talented and highly recommended speaker and presenter

David McQueenCompany Name