Kathleen Taylor-Gadsby

Personal Details

Bio

Kathleen leverages her long career in human resources and training, her theater and performance background and her desire to make a difference in people’s lives to create highly energized, creative and thought provoking experiences for her audiences. Her topics include both inspiration and concrete tools that can be immediately applied by her listeners.

Kathleen's specialties include speaking, coaching, facilitation and team building. She has been a speaker and facilitator for groups and conferences such as SXSW, Institute of Management Accountants, Ebby Halliday Realtors, Texas Environmental Health Association, Fort Worth Human Resources Association, Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART), Texas Diversity Council and the National Restaurant Show.

Current position (2)

Motivational Speaker, Leadership Coach & Author

KTG Leadership Solutions, LLC

Leadership Coach & HR Consultant

XM Performance

Achievements (2)

CPCC

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach

ACC

Associate Certified Coach

Degrees (1)

BA, English, cum laude

Westmont College

1976 to 1980

Presentations

Presentations (4)

The Recipe of Your Life – The Secret Ingredients to Success

Using a food metaphor and infusing her message with concrete examples and actions, Kathleen takes the complexities of a finely prepared meal and translates them to the process of creating your best self. In outlining the recipe of your life, you will learn the steps to defining and blending your talents, values, skills and experiences to becoming your best you.

Coach Well to Lead Well

A constant complaint among managers is that they just aren’t sure how to help team members. It may be that they’re looking at coaching all wrong or perhaps they need a paradigm shift when it comes to coaching in the workplace. Through facilitator-led demonstration, group interaction, and practical application, this session introduces a collaborative coaching technique that will transform performance and development conversations and create a more purposeful and engaged workplace.

Life Interrupted

When change happens, rather than reacting in crisis mode, you can learn to see the change in your life today - the pause - as one filled with meaning for the future.

The 180 Rule – Brainstorming and Problem Solving Does a 180

The “180 Rule” is a problem-solving and brainstorming methodology that leverages people’s natural tendency to look at why things won’t work. With a process and concrete examples, participants will have everything they need to flip their problem 180 and develop a plan that will work.