Katie O’Keeffe - Member Profile

I help people be great. That can be people as individuals and helping them to be and feel great, everyday. That can be people in the context of teams, helping teams understand what makes a great team and how to be a great team. And that can be people in the context of the organisation as a system, helping the organization create the conditions that support people to be great.

I have come to this point from a background as an elite triathlete. I loved the challenge and satisfaction that came with pursuing mastery across three disciplines. Towards the end of my sporting career, I started coaching and discovered that being at my best meant helping others to be their best. When I shifted my focus towards organisational life, I realised the lasting and extended impact developing leaders and teams can have.

Over the last 20 years I have developed my craft in leadership, high performing teams and organisational development. I have worked with many of Australia’s largest and most iconic institutions and organisations to impact transformational change through their leaders and teams. I have extended my background as an elite triathlete and coach with formal research and study in neuroscience and team development and combined all of this into a unique approach to developing high performing leaders and teams.

I am passionate about taking a systems view to more fully understand, and find solutions to, complex organizational challenges like wellbeing, leadership, team performance and inclusion. It is through embracing the inherent complexity in these challenges that the most impactful solutions can be found.

I have recently established Structured Creative as a Co-Founder after an extensive career with Deloitte Consulting and as a Partner with Grant Thornton.