Katherine Maloney is an accomplished coach, group facilitator, consultant, and trainer with extensive experience in professional development resources, talent management, career services, and organization development. She has worked for organizations in health care, financial services, and higher education, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Fidelity Investments, BankBoston, and UMass Boston. WorkPaths Consulting is based in York, Maine.

In her coaching and consulting work, Katherine is known for her energy, insight, creativity, and humor as she collaborates with individuals to develop meaningful careers and with work groups and teams to achieve high performance through positive communication practices.

As a coach and consultant, Katherine is recognized for the following expertise:

  • Career coaching for mid-career professionals and people in transition
  • Managing careers in an organizational setting
  • Coaching spouses of relocating professionals
  • Leadership coaching for mid-level leader development
  • Meeting facilitation to support organizational objectives
  • Applying Appreciative Inquiry and positivity to increase effectiveness of work groups/teams
  • Designing and implementing mentoring programs (formal and informal)
  • Administering and interpreting a variety of assessment tools

For a major health care insurer, she was instrumental in the launch of an internal career initiative called Steer Your Career which won a citation for excellence from the American Society for Training and Development. Through that initiative, Katherine coached hundreds of leaders and employees to more effectively manage their career goals within the company. Other organizational development projects have involved managing innovative job rotational programs to develop leadership capabilities.

Based on the coast of southern Maine, Katherine loves being near the ocean and enjoys kayaking, yoga, and singing. She is the proud Dog Mom of Coby, an amazing 13-pound Italian Greyhound.

Education and Certifications

MBA – Babson College, International Intern, HandelsBank, Zurich, Switzerland
BA – History, Boston College, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

Certified in Assessment Instruments including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Leadership Effectiveness Analysis (LEA) 360, Strong Interest Inventory, and Bridges’ Managing Transitions Programs. Also completed Coaching for Leaders program through Linkage, Inc.

Highlights

  • Co-presented Enhancing Your Lean Culture through Positivity with Janet Edmunson on JME Insights, at the 4th annual Lean Collaborative Summit, Portland, Maine, August, 2013.
  • Led two Career Tune-up community service initiatives for long-time unemployed workers and for veterans, 2011 and 2012, respectively, as a board member of the Association of Career Professionals International.
  • Co-wrote “Steer Your Career: One Company’s Approach to Career Management,” Insights magazine, New England Human Resources Association. Winter, 2007.