Helping Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Grow, Scale, Evolve and Perform Better

Kathy Ryan, MA, PCC

Global Leadership Coach & Organization Development Consultant

Kathy is a Silicon Valley-based C-level HR leader, specializing in Executive Leadership Coaching, Organization Development, Talent Development for senior corporate executives and high potential, promising leaders, startup leaders and executives, and HR leaders and business partners.

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Kathy Ryan, MA, PCC

Global Leadership Coach & Organization Development Consultant

Kathy is a Silicon Valley-based C-level HR leader, specializing in Executive Leadership Coaching, Organization Development, Talent Development for senior corporate executives and high potential, promising leaders, startup leaders and executives, and HR leaders and business partners.

Internal Experience and External Clients

“A Coach is often the only person in an executive’s life who will hold the lamp high enough for the client to see beyond immediate goals and commitments.”

EXECUTIVE COACHING

We are engaged to work with successful high potential individuals, executives and leaders who want to get even better.

In a confidential and customizable individual learning solution you can develop leadership skills and behaviors for executive presence, communication, conflict management, strategy development, career success, and more. Coaching allows for flexibility in learning so that change and leadership growth is sustained and measured using a stakeholder centered coaching, feedforward approach.  Learn more...

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” - Aristotle

TEAM DEVELOPMENT & TEAM COACHING

The quality of one’s relationship with their teammates can have a huge impact on engagement, innovativeness, and performance.

Let’s face it, much of the work done in many organizations is done collaboratively by teams. At POC we facilitate a customized and comprehensive process that helps to create high-performing, sustainable, and inspired teams. The focus is on learning, self-awareness and awareness of others, goal setting and results.  Learn more...

“A problem is really just an opportunity to make things better.”

ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

How could your organization be more effective?

As OD consultants we help leaders to align and integrate strategy, structure, processes, talent, rewards and metrics to produce the capability needed for results at the individual, group/team, and system/organization level. By looking with an organization wide lens we are able to help design solutions and experiences that impact ROI as well as an organization’s effectiveness and its health.  Learn more...

“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” - Jim Collins, Good to Great

STRATEGIC HR, TALENT MANAGEMENT, STARTUP HR

As global consultants, we are passionate about helping organizations of all sizes and stages to attract, develop, and engage/retain talent.

In today’s marketplace, competition for talent has never been greater. We can help you find new and different ways to help organizations to develop and implement practical end to end talent management strategy and initiatives focused around finding the right talent, at the right place, time, cost & return, and as productive as possible.  Learn more...

What Our Clients Say

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Co-Founder & CEO, WePay

Kathy led our People function at a critical time during rapid growth - ultimately helping to guide WePay and our team towards a successful exit. She was a great partner on learning and development, organization design, compensation and many other areas.

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General Manager, Amazon

As my executive coach, Kathy was an critical part of my success as I integrated into the company. She developed a customized integration plan which was effective at helping me to focus on the right things; to integrate into the culture; and to uncover some early data on me through 360-interviews with key stakeholders.

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Marketing Executive, Salesforce.com

Working with Kathy as my coach has helped me move my career to the next level. She's given me new tools to help me be a better listener, more strategic planner, and more powerful leader.

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Head of User Growth and Analytics, Google

When I was hired into a management position at Google, Kathy was amazingly helpful at helping me get oriented into the company. But, even more importantly, she proactively worked with me to define what things I needed to do to be successful in the new role. I relied on her to help me with everything from thinking about the org structure to figuring out which relationships I needed to build in the company, to providing coaching. She has a structured way of thinking about complicated org and HR issues, and I'm grateful for her support.

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Senior Executive, Sony Playstation

Kathy led our business partner managers, organizational/talent planning efforts. Kathy initiated new processes, integrated structure and adapted technology to assist our management teams to proactively manage our talent and map for the future without excessive time requirements. Kathy brings a wealth of experience, wisdom and take charge approach to create immediate positive change. Kathy will help any organization get more out of HR as a resources to drive business goals.

We help you focus on what’s most important and the results that matter most.