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Katie 
O'Hara

Executive Coach +852 9096 4117
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Katie O’Hara
Katie is an Accredited Executive Coach and works with C suite, Senior Leaders, Middle Managers and Executive teams in the Asia Pacific region. She provides her clients with the space to seek clarity, awareness and responsibility to make brave and transformative changes.

Katie’s passion for working in the field of performance development has lasted for over 30 years. This has included HR, training, consulting and facilitation as well as coaching. In that time her clients have been from a wide range of industries such as finance, legal, tourism, insurance and retail.

Her approach to coaching uses a 360-assessment tool, her extensive experience in leadership training and her curiosity to facilitate the coaching journey. Katie creates immediate comfortable environments in which individuals and teams can explore and reflect upon their true leadership impact and look at ways to make changes leading to their own success. She will encourage, challenge and dedicate herself to her client’s focus and goals.

Born in the UK, currently 16 years in Hong Kong, Katie continues to enjoy the delights of Asia with her husband and two daughters, born and raised in Hong Kong. When she is not working, she attempts to keep up with her daughters’ activities, including their Chinese homework but finds time to hike in the beautiful hills around her or swim in the sea.

Professional Summary

Areas of expertise

  • Communicating with Impact – developing leadership capacity to engage confidently across diverse audiences and with their support for new iniatitives by developing their executive style, presence, presentation skills and social intelligence
  • Developing Coaching Skills – building within individuals and teams the skill, capacity and insight to apply coaching in leading and developing others
  • Enterprise Leadership – Supporting leaders to successfully understand, lead, collaborate and operate across their organisational “system” with agility, focus and impact
  • High Performance Teams – Working with teams to optimise their contribution to the organisation and develop their capacity for continuous learning and personal growth
  • Women in Leadership – Supporting women to develop their leadership style, navigate their career and successfully operate with confidence and impact
  • Conflict Resolution – developing the skills of direct, controlled and confident communication in all aspects of the workplace.

Background

  • Ramada Hotels, London & Frankfurt
  • Eurostar, Belgium, France & UK
  • WWP Training, UK
  • Connect Communication, Hong Kong.

Qualifications

  • Associate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development CIPD UK
  • CIPD Diploma in Training Practice
  • ACC – Associated Credited Coach with International Coach Federation.

Accreditation

  • The Leadership Circle (TLC)
  • C-IQ Conversational Intelligence Practitioner.

VP, FINANCE

Katie took time to get to know me, what made me tick, and what mattered to me and why. She showed genuine interest in me as a person, and always sought to open up and enable me through her questions and follow up. In summary, I found Katie an effective coach and appreciate the journey we shared together.