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✓ Former City Councillor, Beaumont AB
✓ Corporate Investigator
✓ Certified Leadership & Performance Coach
✓ Creator, The Egoless Leader™
✓ Systems Change Specialist
Speaking
I build talks around the conversations most organizations are actively avoiding — about ego, power, systems, and the leaders who hold them up or tear them down and how we can all contribute to creating better systems.
My background spans municipal government, corporate investigation, and leadership coaching. That combination gives me a perspective on organizations that most speakers simply don’t have. I understand how power actually moves, where ego quietly distorts decisions, and what real accountability looks like from the inside.
Every engagement is tailored. Every talk is designed to leave your audience with something they can’t unfeel.
Speaks To
Corporate & Executive
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Municipal & Government
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Women in Leadership
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Associations & Conferences
Speaking Topics
Each topic can be tailored to your audience, event format, and goals. Keynote, workshop, panel, or half-day — the content adapts. The honesty doesn’t.
01
How human-centric leadership dismantles the structures that quietly destroy organizations from the inside. For audiences ready to stop patching symptoms and start redesigning systems.
Corporate · Municipal · Associations
02
What a decade of corporate investigation taught me about ego, power, and why most leadership failures are hiding in plain sight. A talk that reframes what accountability actually looks like.
Corporate · Executive · Conferences
03
Why the leaders who last aren’t the loudest in the room — and how to build the kind of authority that doesn’t require performance. The flagship talk based on Catherine’s core framework.
All Audiences
04
The difference between managing tasks and developing people — and why most organizations are doing the wrong one. Practical, honest, and designed to shift how leaders show up the next morning.
Corporate · Municipal · Associations
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The structural reality of women in leadership and politics — and what it actually takes to change it. Not an inspiration talk. A systems talk that happens to be about women.
Women in Leadership · Conferences
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How to make aligned decisions when everything is urgent, public, and someone is always watching. Designed for leaders who operate in high-scrutiny, high-consequence environments.
Municipal · Executive · Government
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Why leaders fail not during change, but in the moment before they accept it’s happening. A talk about denial, identity, and the specific kind of courage it takes to lead through what you didn’t choose.
All Audiences · Women in Leadership
Custom
Every engagement starts with a conversation. If you have a specific theme, challenge, or audience in mind, Catherine will work with you to build something that fits — not something pulled off a shelf.
For Event Planners
Formats
Keynote, workshop, panel discussion, fireside chat, half-day session. Available in-person across Canada and virtually.
Prep
Every engagement starts with a discovery call to understand your audience, goals, and context. No off-the-shelf talks. Every session is built around your specific needs.
Audience Size
Intimate workshops of 10 to large conference keynotes of 500+. The approach shifts with the room — the content doesn’t get watered down.
What You Get
Pre-event consultation, tailored talk or session, post-event Q&A option, and a follow-up resource for attendees where applicable.
Book Catherine to Speak
Send a message with your event details — date, audience, format, and what you’re trying to accomplish. Catherine responds to all speaking inquiries personally.
Or email directly: intelligence@civique.ca
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