Kate Ludeman, PhD

A widely recognized executive coach, speaker and author, Kate founded Worth Ethic Corporation in 1988. A BS in engineering and PhD in psychology give Kate a unique approach when coaching analytical, data-oriented CEOs who want to expand their emotional intelligence but who do not fully value some of the softer leadership capabilities.

Kate coaches executives to become highly effective team leaders where major problems are openly vetted, problems are fully owned, and productive debate leads to alignment and accountability. She developed a survey tool to measure executive team effectiveness, which provides a baseline metric for executive teams on trust, alignment, conflict and accountability.

Her books include Alpha Male Syndrome; Radical Change, Radical Results; Corporate Mystic; Earn What You’re Worth; and The Worth Ethic. She is the author of over 30 articles, including Coaching the Alpha-Male (Harvard Business Review, 2004).

Her consulting and books have been discussed in such publications as Financial Times, Baron’s, New York Times, LA Times, London Times, etc.

She developed Alpha Assessment, with the support of the Harvard Business Press, which has been used by over 20,000 leaders in 15 countries.

She and her consultants assessed and coached over 1,200 senior executives in a wide range of industries located in the US, in all major European and Asian countries, and in many South American countries.

Prior to owning her own firm, she was the senior human resources executive at KLA, a high tech semiconductor equipment company, where she experienced first-hand many of the challenges executives must effectively address.