Katharine Esty, an organizational psychologist by training, is a founder and Managing Partner of Ibis Consulting Group, Inc. She specializes in diversity initiatives, women’s leadership, and strategic planning. Her expertise is in large systems change, culture change initiatives and the future search methodology. Katharine combines her years of experience as a manager, consultant, and trainer into an integrated consulting approach for improving organizational effectiveness and managing change efforts at the individual and system levels.

Katharine assisted a Fortune 100 company to develop a Diversity Strategic Plan. After conducting a diversity assessment, she worked with the Director of Diversity and the Steering Committee to create strategic priorities and chart a new course for the company. Other examples of her client work include a three year culture change effort at a quasi-governmental organization to encourage the advancement of women. At a large university, Katharine facilitated the work of a university-wide task force to develop a new and innovative Career Development System. Katharine has also led strategic planning efforts in Bangladesh, Nepal, Jordan, Malawi and Indonesia.

Katharine’s clients represent a broad range of organizations including Chevron, the Department of Environmental Protection, Gillette, Hallmark Healthcare, Harvard University, Lesley University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Navistar, Raytheon, SmithKline Beecham, State Street Corporation, UNICEF, and the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Katharine articles include, How Effective Managers Make Things Happen, Dealing with Downsizing, Issues for Women Managers, Group Methods for Transformation, and Changing Corporate Culture to Support Work and Family. She also co-authored a book titled, Workplace Diversity: A Manager’s Guide to Solving Problems and Turning Diversity into a Competitive Advantage, which provides the basis for our recently completed eLearning program, Workplace Diversity. Katharine received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Boston University and her B.A. from Smith College where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. An NTL member for fifteen, years she has served as Chair of the Board of the Millennium Institute and the Williston Northampton School.