My vision is to empower leaders to release their true potential and passions.
Kathryn Martens
A Little Bit About Kathryn
Kathryn enables organisations of all sizes and types to excel through facilitating the transformation of their leaders. She has been called "Inspiring", "Insightful" and possessing 'an uncanny knack of knowing how to focus on the real issues'. She is authentic, compassionate, and brings intelligent yet practical insights for problem-solving. Her focus is on preventing psychosocial hazards and incidents by enhancing self-awareness, inter-personal skills, resilience, and clarity of purpose in leaders at all levels within an organisation. ​
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Kathryn brings a wealth of first-hand knowledge from her senior leadership experience across multiple industries spanning over 20 years. Kathryn understands both big and small business, having successfully launched three start-ups, held corporate executive roles in the insurance industry, management roles within three different Universities, both in Australian and the US, and management positions within both small and large not-for-profit organisations.
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"I began as a Speech Pathologist, then moved into coaching, management and L&D. My work - and my own and my family’s neurodivergent experiences - now guide how I support Neurodivergent Leaders."
Consistently focused on action and accountability, she incorporate 360 Degree Feedback Reports, Personality Profiling, and Succession Planning, to ensure positive development outcomes for leaders and thereby successful outcomes for the organisation.
As a highly sought-after workshop and retreat facilitator, her engaging and interactive approach leaves a lasting impact on participants and drives meaningful, lasting change.
Qualifications and Memberships
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Masters in Adult Education
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Diplomas in Workplace and Business Coaching
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Diploma of Management
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Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision​​
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Board member of the Australasian Association of Supervision (AAOS) and Organisational Development Australia (ODA).
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​Graduate Diploma in Bible & Missions.
Our Guiding Principles
Confidentiality and Accountability
Since working with her, our team has significantly improved productivity and established a strong foundation for our business going forward.
- Mark, Ability Links
Safety and Respect
I was incredibly impressed by Kathryn's skill and the trust she quickly established, creating a safe and supportive environment where I felt comfortable being
vulnerable and supported.
- Jason, Department of Defence
Understanding and Empowerment
Every single time I left a session, I just felt really confident being able to direct our team better and delegate tasks more easily. She has a great ability to ask the right questions, to really hit things on the head.
- Sarah, Blackbird Design
In her spare time, Kathryn is dedicated to not-for-profit activities including volunteering for her local church, World Vision & WIRES. From leading children's work, preaching, and rescuing animals, Kathryn is a holistic leader who is grounded by her faith and compassion for others. When not working, she can be found watching movies or playing board-games wither husband and two children, bushwalking, body-surfing or sipping coffee while mindfully looking out at the headland.
She models resilience having overcome numerous work, business and life hurdles, including redundancies, parenting neurodiverse children, grief and infertility. She understands that we"bring our whole selves" to work, and this can make life complex and confusing at times. Her coaching and supervision are filled with empathy, mixed with inspiration and a strong call to action.