Kathleen A. O'Grady, MCC

Kathleen A. O'Grady, MCC, grew up just outside New York City. As a kid she often tagged along when her dad put in extra hours at NBC's 30 Rock, young enough to slip past security and watch the cast of Saturday Night Live rehearse. That access gave her a front-row seat to top talent creatively working through chaos.

Her first big job out of college was as executive assistant to billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio, where she lived the plot of The Devil Wears Prada two years before the movie came out.

In her late 20s O'Grady started her own leadership coaching and advisory company during the 2008 financial crisis, and spent the next two decades working with C‑suite executives across industries and continents.

All of this led to her book, Authentic Intelligence: The Third Domain of Human Awareness, which explores how we know what's real in a world that keeps telling us otherwise. Today Kathleen shares the collective wisdom gained along the way through retreats, keynotes, and custom programs.