Robin Katcher

I work with leaders, organizations and networks seeking to improve the world in which we all live. My clients have worked in academia, childcare, immigration, healthcare, civil and human rights, racial equity, economic justice, and more.

Over the last 30 years, I have provided leadership coaching, created leadership development programs, supported organizational strategy development and change processes, and cultivated the development of diverse networks across organizational systems.

In one specific example I partnered with a national organization to create a leadership development program for a group of diverse women top executive leaders within their first 2 years in the role. These NGO leaders and their organizations work on issues of economic security and justice. Together we developed a recruitment and selection process, interviewed all participants, co-designed and facilitated two in-person retreats, held a virtual learning series, supported each participant’s action learning projects, and provided individual coaching sessions for each leader. Leaders appreciated the opportunity to build peer connections, learn new ways to navigate the complexities they face, grow their own leadership, and work through concrete challenges with meaningful support.

As a coach, I listen deeply and seek to understand your reality, your context, your ways of making meaning of your experiences, and your thoughts and emotions as they arise. I stand beside you helping you to explore your own intentions, deeper wisdom and curiosity about what might be possible. I bring compassion, curiosity and care. I am highly adaptive to your evolving external conditions and internal needs. 

I seek to do the same with teams, organizations and network systems – by listening for the richness within individuals, holding the variety of perspectives that arise, and attending to the collective as a whole. Together we can build alignment around shared purpose, evolve  strategy and navigate the complexities of daily realities.

My approach is constantly being shaped and re-shaped by the clients I have the privilege to support. I seek to deeply understand your context and learn alongside you – adapting, iterating and adjusting together. Theories and approaches from complexity science, somatics, social movement theory, systems change, equity/inclusion and adult development animate my work. 

My experience working in the nonprofit sector as an organizer, advocate, trainer, board member, Deputy Executive Director and Executive Director informs my approach. I am also shaped by my location in the world as a queer, White, Jewish, woman, partner and mom living in the United States.

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I am trained in Growth Edge Coaching, Cynefin model by The Cynefin Company, the Organizational Mapping Tool (OMT), and the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). I am in the final stages of completing my International Coaching Federation Professional Coach Certification. I am a part of the Ford Foundation’s BUILD program, the LeadersTrust, the Resilience Initiative and an Associate Consultant with Change Elemental.

When not working, I love being with family and friends, reading speculative fiction, and swimming