Kate Sturgess Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Served as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in their pursuit of a culture of well-being using research-backed data and insights. Partner successfully with both mission-driven and private sector organizations. - Developed and delivered training to support organizational learning and leadership development. Examples include Executive Leadership Team.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led a team of 14 process improvement consultants who enable improved customer experience, digital transformation and elimination of demand or risk.
• Implemented business casing and goal-aligned prioritization criteria to support leader decisions on projects contributing to Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Managed a portfolio of over 80 projects to ensure optimal investment of capacity to run and improve the Insurance New Business value stream.
• Managed nascent or under-resourced OKR-critical projects (e.g., launch of event-based customer surveys, Covid-19 response leader task force).

Toronto, Canada Area

• Coached over 50 senior leaders (AVP, VP, SVPs) and their teams on the evolution of their Lean management systems, productivity and continuous improvement.
• Actively drove and partnered with SVP- and VP-led business units on their annual planning process and OKR development to ensure goal alignment throughout the organization and with partners.
• Developed team of consultants and supported several others in the broader practice in service of fostering a high performance culture.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Member of a five-person leadership team that consistently hit or exceeded goals. Key achievements:o 10,000+ employees and leaders trained to install their own team-specific management systems including Aligned OKRs.
• Led a cross functional working group to implement Senior Leader Standard Work (SLSW) methodology and served as coach to over 20 Senior Leaders (AVP, VP and SVPs) to enable the development of routines and systems to.
• Recruited, trained and led a team of high performing Senior Consultants to deliver training and foster a grassroots culture of continuous improvement.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led cross-functional peer group charged with improving GB’s service culture including executive leader goal alignment, delivery of recommendation and execution of key tactics.
• Consulted with stakeholders to design and execute effective leadership and employee meetings resulting in improved understanding of the GB Strategy.
• Collaborated with GB’s internal communication partners to ensure appropriate messages shared in support of the SVP, the business strategy and goals.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Engaged and influenced stakeholders to implement Canada-wide talent initiatives, including a director-level high potential development program and a new hire rotational leadership development program through project.
• Supported HR Business Partners in the implementation of HR-led initiatives including change management, team effectiveness and HR annual cycle-related processes

• Fundraised over €500K for and managed implementation of complex, multi-partner projects that provided policy recommendations to stakeholders, resulting in increased transparency and accountability in eight European.
• Recruited and coached international board members and trained over 15 departmental staff members and interns.

Imba, Areas Of Focus: International Business, Organizational Behaviour And Strategic Management

Activities and Societies: Co-President, Women in Leadership (WIL) Community and Alumni Relations Class Representative, Schulich Graduate.

Foundations Of Coaching (30-Hour Course), Coaching In The Context Of Work (30-Hour Course)

Hons. B.A., Political Science, Economics, German

Activities and Societies: Cast Member - The Bob (student play), Writer - The Strand (student newspaper) University of Toronto Exchange.