Helping CEO’s and Executives build exceptional lives and organizations
Elevate your impact and results as a CEO, business owner or C-suite executive
Designed to inspire, create change, and kickstart action.
Katie Bennett is a catalyst for leadership growth and transformation. With sharp strategic insight she helps executive teams cut through complexity, align around a clear vision, and deliver meaningful results. Equal parts challenger and coach, Katie drives accountability, and brings lasting momentum to every organization she works with.
Strategic planning
Executive Coaching
CEO Forum Groups
Keynote Speaking
resources (coming soon)
Katie works with CEOs and leadership teams to turn strategy into action. She helps organizations align on what matters most, build trust, stay accountable, and deliver real, lasting results.
Stories of success
Michelle Grady, President, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Katie and I have worked together for 7 years. She has been such an impactful coach, both personally and to my team. In facilitating our strategic planning sessions, she quickly built a trusting rapport with the group, which allowed everyone to fully show up and commit to the process. She brings energy and enthusiasm, while also asking the tough questions that challenged us to think differently. She made usa better team.
Sunny Ghataurah, CEO, AES Engineering
Katie's facilitation has been instrumental in helping our leadership team gain alignment, focus, and work cohesively as a high-functioning unit. Her tailored approach has been invaluable in creating a more effective and dynamic team environment. Katie's impact has been tremendously positive.
Jordan Theissen, President, Bridge Electric
Katie is an exceptional coach. Her experience and strategic thinking have benefitted my career and the success of our organization significantly. Katie's advice has saved us millions of dollars.
Karim Kassam, Co-Founder, Optima Living
I’ve worked with Katie for nearly a decade, most recently bringing her into Optima Living in 2017 to support our growth and strategy. At the time, we were a three-person leadership team contemplating doubling our operations. Today we have grown more than twenty-fold, and Katie’s guidance has been foundational to that success. She taught us to think quarter-by-quarter in how we plan, execute, mitigate risk, and bring others along on the journey all while keeping us focused on our mission. Katie has supported our transformation with thoughtful strategic planning, effective team building, and executive coaching. She continues to add tremendous value to our leadership team and our purpose as an organization.
Colin Wilson, CEO, Thyssen Mining
At our recent Strategic Planning Session, Katie brilliantly captured the nuances and complexities of our unconventional business, turning them into clear, actionable steps. Her energy and enthusiasm were the icing on the cake."
Darwin Schandor
President, Moneta Investment Banking
Katie is absolutely one of the best facilitators and caring coaches, who puts her clients first and is happy to leverage her vast network in support. Katie Bennett is a game advancer, bringing a strong discipline of accountability, balanced with an incredible life perspective. A sincere privilege to have her in your life, personally and corporately. She has you at hello.
Allan Copping, COO, Townline
Katie is the definition of positive energy. She is imaginative, always seeing the possibilities and opportunities in any situation. Katie is an inspiring and uplifting coach and facilitator, and I feel very fortunate to have worked with her over the last four years.
Dave Richardson, VP Sales, Microserve
Working with Katie has been a transformative experience for my career and growth as a leader. Her coaching helped me gain clarity, confidence, and focus in a way that truly elevated my leadership impact. Katie’s simple yet powerful approach allows you to zero in on what matters most for your people and your business. She brings out the best in you by helping you prioritize, act with intention, and lead with purpose. I’m incredibly grateful for her guidance and support.
Nolan Heuchert - President & CEO,Wylie-Crump Ltd
Over the past five years, our leadership team has had the privilege of working closely with Katie. She facilitated our annual and quarterly offsites and guided our strategic planning sessions to help us align, refocus and grow as an executive team. She has helped our team navigate complex decisions, build confidence, and lead with intention. Her ability to connect, guide, and elevate those around her is truly exceptional.
Shannon Walker, EVP Strategy Case IQ + Founder, Whistler Blower
Katie brings exceptional collaboration skills and a gift for creating space where leaders gain clarity and alignment. Her ability to cut through complexity and provide insight helps leaders to focus on what matters most whether it’s navigating conflict, managing change, or setting strategic direction. I have left her sessions with renewed focus, practical strategies, and the confidence to move forward. Katie is a trusted partner whose presence consistently elevates both individual, and organizational performance.
Roger Steers, Executive Principal, RJC Engineers
Working with Katie as my MacKay chair for the past 6 years has been genuinely impactful. Katie brings a rare combination of strategic insight, emotional intelligence, and unwavering support to every session. Her ability to foster meaningful dialogue, challenge assumptions, and guide us toward clarity and action has made a real difference in how I approach leadership. Katie creates a space where leaders can grow, connect, and lead with purpose.
William Donnellan, CEO, IRL Group
Katie’s ability to ask the right questions, challenge my thinking, and provide practical guidance has been invaluable to both my leadership growth and business success. Katie creates a supportive and trusted environment that makes it easy to share openly, while always keeping me focused on achieving results.
Mike Kreuger, past CFO Kal Tire
Being part of the MacKay CEO Forum for the past three years has been invaluable to me both professionally and personally. Katie has created an environment that fosters open, strategic, and thoughtful conversations, whether about business challenges, leadership growth, or personal development. Her skillful facilitation and steady guidance have allowed our group to achieve meaningful insights and growth, and I am deeply grateful for the impact she has had on my journey as a leader.
Royce Chwin, CEO, Destination Vancouver
Facilitation is an art and science. Pros like Katie know how to blend both seamlessly, creating an inclusive but forward moving discussion. And that’s what makes my MacKay CEO forums such an engaging experience over the past two years with Katie as our Chair.
Chris Koch, Head of Growth and Partnerships at Hypercharge
I have worked with Katie since 2018, both as my coach and for the last 18 months in one of her MacKay Executive Forums. My work with Katie has been tremendously helpful, both professionally and personally. Katie has a unique ability to help me find my own answers to my challenges. I always leave our sessions with renewed energy, and a plan to harness it.
Ana Silva, CFO, Genexa
I have worked with Katie for over 7 years, both in my MacKay CEO Forum group, one-on-one coaching plus working with one of my past executive teams. Where Katie excels is her ability to ask the right questions to drive to the key issues and eliminate all the noise that distracts us. I consistently have an AH-HA moment with Katie!
Erin Seeley, CEO, YWCA
Katie Bennett is an exceptional coach, facilitator, and a trusted thought partner. I have had the pleasure of working with Katie for more than five years, first as Chair of my Mackay CEO Forum group and later as an executive coach. She is approachable and thoughtful, combining high energy with deep listening skills, and I know she is truly invested in my success. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for thoughtful, strategic guidance for personal developmentand to enhance leadership effectiveness.
Adam Gerber, CEO, Aspect Engineering
Katie’s warmth, enthusiasm, and energy are the perfect complement to her direct, accountability-driven coaching style. There have been more win-win outcomes in my world thanks to Katie!