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Great communication helps us to lead more connected, generative and fulfilling lives at work and beyond.

Kate Mason is an executive communications coach working with exceptional leaders to show up more fully at work with influence and impact.

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Meet Kate

Dr Kate Mason is an executive communications coach, keynote speaker and author specializing in communication, influence, and leadership dynamics.

Kate works with companies like Microsoft, Netflix, Google.org, Uber and many more to help execs more fully present themselves and boost their signal, presence, and value in their organization.

Her book Powerfully Likeable: A Woman’s Guide to Effective Communication articulates a new way for women to show up in the world, unlocking our value for ourselves and our communities, while strengthening our voice, reach, and impact.

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Media

  • Oprah Daily

    These Common Phrases Undermine Your Intelligence and Authority. Here’s What to Say Instead.

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  • CNBC

    You don’t have to ‘bend over backwards’ in order to be likeable—how to stop people-pleasing at work.

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  • theCUBE

    John Furrier hosts a conversation with Dr. Kate Mason, Author of Powerfully Likeable as part of theCUBE + NYSE Wired Mixture of Experts series

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    How corporate feminism went from “Love Me” to “Buy Me”

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    Leaders should do more to be likeable.

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  • AXIOS

    Women have always self-edited. Now they're using ChatGPT to do it.

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  • Crappy to Happy

    How you can be Powerful and Likeable with Dr. Kate Mason.

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    Fresh Take: Kate Mason - Powerfully Likeable

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    Brave Feminine Leadership - Podcast

    Powerfully likeable leadership

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    Breaking the likeability trap: overcoming gender double standards

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    Big F*cking Dreams

    Can you be both powerful and likeable as a high-performing woman?

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    How to talk so people listen to you.

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    How to avoid ‘death by powerpoint’

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  • Hacking the Patriarchy

    Art of Effective Comms with Dr. Kate Mason

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Work with Kate

Kate specializes in creating warm, highly engaged and actionable sessions for individuals and groups who want to maximize their impact and influence.

She works with high-performing people and executive teams to bring out their best communicative selves. Many are navigating increased visibility, leading complex teams, or preparing for big moments like board presentations, media appearances, all-hands meetings, or career pivots.

Kate does 1:1 coaching, small group coaching, keynote speeches and fireside chats and for further information and pricing, please get in touch with Kate to discuss your needs.

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What others are saying

  • “Kate is an exceptionally talented practitioner with impactful strategies that really make a difference. She truly gives real-world insights into truly world-class communications”.

    Amy Kunrojpanya - Vice President, Netflix

  • “Kate's coaching is at once simple and direct, and also profound. She zeroes in on exactly the techniques that will provide the biggest gains in how we present our ideas, and offers them in a sticky and memorable format."

    Annie Lewin - Senior Director, Google

  • “Of all the coaches we have hired, Kate was head and shoulders above. Her curriculum was thorough and evidence-based with practical tactics and concrete strategies that could be immediately deployed”

    Rebecca Mann - Deputy Director, Gates Foundation

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Kate’s book, Powerfully Likeable

Powerfully Likeable, Kate’s debut book from Penguin Random House delivers a smart, no-bullshit take on how to command and communicate authority in a new world.

Traditionally women have been told we can only show up as either powerful or likeable at work - and in life, which has meant we’ve walked tentatively through workplaces trading off authority for likeability.

Drawing on stories of coaching clients from all walks of life,

she demonstrates how women can retain what makes them unique-whether that be warmth, humor, competitiveness and gain and wield their power, too. Powerfully Likeable is a groundbreaking new roadmap for women at work to be influential, respected and well-liked at work and beyond.

Powerfully Likeable is a creative clarion call across cubicles to redefine what it means to speak with power and to find success on your own terms.

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“The competence-likeability bias is an absurd catch-22, but never fear! In this compelling, compassionate and funny read, Mason shows you how to break free.”

Kim Scott
Author of Radical Candor

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“Powerfully Likeable is not only a must read, but a must share as well.”

Matt Abrahams
Author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter.

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“…a game-changer for women navigating the messy middle of connection and credibility at work… Kate Mason invites us to embrace a version of power that is rooted in courage, and compassion. ”

Reshma Saujani
Founder of Moms First and Author of Pay Up, The Future of Women and Work.

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For all enquiries or to book Kate’s services, please reach out to her team via the form below.