Kathy McKenzie

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About Kathy McKenzie

Kathy is a trailblazer in the Australian coaching industry, with extensive experience working across corporate and government sectors. As a highly respected innovator and entrepreneur, she founded FIRE UP Coaching in 1998 when coaching was still relatively new to organisations. Over the years, she has witnessed coaching evolve into a core driver of individual and organisational success, particularly in large-scale change projects. Kathy’s expertise has been sought by numerous corporate and government entities, where she has ledtransformational leadership initiatives and fostered cultures of growth and development.Recent and current projects include- Facilitated over Virgin team members in Destination Wonderful including cofacilitating with then CEO Jane Hrdlicka-NSW DPI Farm Business Resilience Program - leading project and coaching farmers across NSW-QLD Department of Education -Kirwan State High School - Coaching Skills for Educators - ongoing-QLD Health -trained thousands of health professionals over 20 years in Coaching and Leadership-DFFH Gender Diversity and Equity Teams - Emotional Intelligence Accreditation and Coaching Skills-Repco HBDI for National Leaders -ICF Mentor Coaching - Kathy has mentored hundreds of coaches over a 20 year period and continues to focus on the quality of coaching FIREUP training delivers.FIREUP Coaching (RTO 22458) has evolved to become a leading Registered Training Organisation in Accredited Leadership and Coach Training. Their flagship programs, the Diploma of Leadership Coaching and Mentoring and 10857NAT Certificate IV in Business and Personal Coaching are aligned to the International Coaching Federation Core Competencies, making these programs the most comprehensive and practical accredited coach training programs in Australia. The qualifications are are a unique combination of neuroscience, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, NLP and FIREUP’s own coaching conversation model called REACH. FIREUP is our coaching program FOCUS, INTENTION, RESULTS, UPGRADE AND PERFORM REACH is our coaching model RAPPORT, EXPLORE, ACTION, CLARIFY, HONOURKathy completed a Masters in Vocational Education and Training during which she designed and developed the 2 Coaching Qualifications due to none existing at that time in the Australian Qualifications Framework.She participates wtih the ICF now on a global stage pursuing a better world for all.Specialties: Coaching, Facilitation and Training - Specialising in helping engagement and collaboration in communities and organisations.