Katara McCarty
- Fierce Advocate for Women's Empowerment
- Founder and CEO, Katara Enterprises
- Organizational Coach, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Author
- TCC
- Thought Leadership Leverage
- Lark's Song
"“I've seen hundreds of speakers in my life and none have what Katara has. It’s an amazing combination of positive energy, charisma, authenticity and relatability. Her passion comes through loud and clear and she has an ability to connect at an emotional level with the audience that is mind blowing. You and your audience will be talking about her keynote for months if not years to come assuming you’re wise enough to invite her to speak at your event!."
-Thought Leadership Leverage
How to Cultivate a Work Culture Where Women Thrive and Succeed
Every organization and company has its own culture—a collective conscious and subconscious. Culture has its own values, beliefs, behaviors, language and rules.
Socially we have been progressing in our collective conscious for women’s equality. That collective conscious is now moving into our workplaces, which is challenging workplace norms. It can be uncomfortable to navigate this shift, but change is happening and we must learn to cultivate it. If organizations stay stagnant and refuse to mold with the culture, they may lose relevance with stakeholders.
We must take it upon ourselves to ask questions that cultivate a new conversation that can help rewrite old stories. Masculinity and femininity are simply stories. Men and women are both told from a young age what it is like to be a “man” or a “woman.” If we are going to participate in cultivating a culture where women can thrive and succeed, we must shift the narrative from being sympathetic of others situations to being empathetic.
What You’ll Learn
- How to identify allies, advocates and amplifiers within the organization—or become one
- The importance of moving beyond sympathy to offer empathy towards others
- How to get equipped to reframe old stories about femininity and masculinity
How Women Can Amplify Their Voice in a Male Dominated Workplace
It’s often assumed women need to do the following to be successful in a workplace environment:
- Be more confident
- Speak up and out
- Be willing to network
- Cultivate relationships
- Be willing to accept credit for their work
These assumptions are superficial and not the root cause of the issue. The root cause of the issue is that as a society, was have been fed certain stereotypes of femininity and masculinity. These stories, social norms and culture conditioning, have been set into the fiber of our reality, especially in the workplace. We are in a time where these norms are being challenged and changing, but we still have some work to do.
What You’ll Learn
- The importance of having empathy over sympathy.
- Understand the importance of listening to your intuition.
- Discover how find your allies, advocates and amplifiers.
Speaker Topics For Children and Adolescents
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Redefining Pretty: In this presentation Katara shares her story of growing up feeling isolated and treated differently to teach girls to embrace themselves fully.
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Believe in Yourself: In this presentation Katara shares her story of abandonment and abuse to inspire girls to tap into the power of self belief.
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Finding Your Superpower: In this presentation Katara shares her story of being bullied to inspire children and/or adolescents to discover their inner superpower.
