Partial Client List
Signature Keynote
Global Leadership & Portable Authority
In this talk, we explore an MKB 5-step process to onboard leaders in transition so they become productive quickly, no matter the role, culture, or market they step into.
The Talk
The First 18 Months Decide Everything
A new role, a new country, a new team that already had its own way of doing things. The most capable leaders can stall in transition, not because they lack ability, but because the authority they earned somewhere else does not automatically transfer.
This keynote gives your audience the MKB five-step process for onboarding leaders in transition, so they establish credibility, momentum, and results early, rather than spending a year earning back ground they already held.
0
%
As many as 40% of senior leaders are seen as failing within their first 18 months in a new role. A structured transition is what separates the ones who stall from the ones who succeed.
The Core Idea
What Is
Portable Authority?
New Role
→
New Culture
→
New Market
Emotional Intelligence
The context keeps changing. Your authority should travel with you.
Portable authority is the ability to establish influence quickly wherever you land, instead of resetting to zero every time the environment changes. It is the skill that makes a global leader effective across borders, not just at home.
What Your Audience Leaves With
Three Things They'll
Take Back to Work
Takeaway 01
Manage Shifting Priorities
Managing priorities in light of the changes taking place around a leader in transition.
Takeaway 02
Win Stakeholder Buy-In
Integrating stakeholders’ perspectives early to get their buy-in, not just their compliance.
Takeaway 03
Solve the Hard Problems
Developing optimal solutions to the novel and complex issues a new mandate brings.
Who It's For
Built for Leaders on the Move and the People Who Support Them
This keynote lands hardest with audiences navigating change and cross-border complexity:
Leaders stepping into a new role, region, or mandate who cannot afford a slow start.
Executives managing global and multicultural teams where authority has to work across borders.
HR and talent leaders responsible for onboarding and succession in international organizations.
Conference and association audiences focused on leadership transitions, change, and global management.
The Speaker
Stages on
Three Continents
0
Continents keynoted: Europe, Asia & the U.S.
0
+
Years coaching senior
executives worldwide
TEDx
“Can We Transform Brilliant
Jerks Into Inspiring Leaders?”
Trusted by leaders at the United Nations, Nestlé, Novartis, CERN, and the World Trade Organization.
Get to Know
Dr. Katrina Burrus, PhD, MCC
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC has a proven track record coaching international leaders at organizations such as Nestlé, Novartis, and the United Nations. She is known for transforming brilliant and difficult leaders into powerful visionaries who inspire their employees to excel.
The first Master Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland, she has keynoted on three continents, hosts a TV show on inspiring leaders and the Excellent Executive Coaching podcast, and is the author of Managing Brilliant Jerks. She works from Las Vegas and Geneva.
Hire Dr. Katrina Burrus to Speak at Your Next Event
Let’s discuss how she can keynote your next conference or meeting and give your audience a process they can use the very next day.