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EEC 452: Grounded Engagement, with Kristina Katayama

With over 25 years of experience, Kristina Katayama is the founder and lead consultant of Be Possible, which supports discerning, legacy-minded leaders across public, nonprofit, and private organizations who feel called to effect social change beyond their job description.

Kristina Katayama

With over 25 years of experience, Kristina Katayama is the founder and lead consultant of Be Possible, which supports discerning, legacy-minded leaders across public, nonprofit, and private organizations who feel called to effect social change beyond their job description. Our work helps leaders and teams transform conflict into collaboration and operationalize values through nervous-system-wise, relational practices in everyday interactions. Using an appreciative approach, we create action-learning processes that build relational accountability, develop agency at every level, and embed scalable micro-practices to strengthen trust, vitality, and collaboration. Grounded in appreciative inquiry, adaptive leadership, and restorative practices, our approach integrates organizational change, leadership development, and nervous-system-wise dynamics. We help organizations transform patterns of passivity and reactivity under tension into cultures rooted in grounded engagement, collective ownership, and vitality. Over time, organizations shift from conflict-avoidant, hero-based firefighting to conflict-capable human systems that can navigate complexity and thrive.

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of ExcellentExecutiveCoaching.com a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.