Meet Kathleen O’Grady

Founder & CEO

As the Founder and CEO of Authentic Leadership Advisors, Kathleen O’Grady guides leaders to tap into their Authentic Intelligence™ (AQ), a blend of cognitive, emotional, and intuitive insight. Known for her ability to disrupt traditional leadership models with a deeply human approach.

Kathleen’s Experience

Kathleen O’Grady is a master certified executive coach, entrepreneur, and author whose work cuts through leadership jargon to get to what actually drives change: authenticity. For nearly two decades, she has coached Fortune 500 executives, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs around the world, guiding them to lead with what she calls Authentic Intelligence™: the ability to harmonize rational thought, emotional insight, and intuitive knowing.

Ranked among the top international coaches by USA Today and consistently recognized as a force in the coaching field, Kathleen has trained and mentored hundreds of emerging coaches through her ICF-accredited Certified Authentic Leadership Coach (CALC) program. She has also played a role in shaping the evolution of coaching itself, contributing to ICF’s global standards and ethics.

Her work is not just about credentials or frameworks. Kathleen’s impact comes from her willingness to be fully real with herself, with her clients, and with the systems she challenges. She is not interested in quick fixes or corporate buzzwords. Instead, she invites leaders to step into the discomfort of self-examination so they can unlock the influence, clarity, and humanity that today’s world demands.

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