Coach, Facilitator
Deb Katz
Deb Katz works with leaders who understand that disruption isn't a problem to fix — it's a signal to read. She helps executives surface the hidden patterns shaping how they perceive, decide, and act, enabling greater impact in how they lead and live.
For more than twenty years, Deb has guided senior leaders across industries to illuminate blind spots and create lasting change. A former founding member of The Conscious Leadership Group and now a founding member of The Signal Institute, she continues to evolve leadership practices that deepen awareness and transform how leaders operate.
Leaders who work with Deb don't become different people — they become more fully themselves, leading with presence, discernment, and courage.
Known for her warmth and directness, Deb speaks truth with compassion and brings a focused, grounded intensity that helps leaders break through to their next level.
When she's not coaching, she can be found paddling on her SUP, tending her garden, or walking the trails around Portland, Oregon.
"Working with Deb has transformed how I lead. She has helped me identify and work with patterns that hold me back, while also helping me recognize and celebrate the strengths of my natural leadership style. Her unique ability to balance fierce candor with genuine warmth creates a space where I can explore any topic, drive sustainable change within myself and my team, and expand my vision of what's possible."
"Deb's heartfelt yet firm guidance has profoundly shaped both my personal and professional growth. She combines empathy with challenge which has helped me amplify my impact while finding greater joy in the journey. I am in awe of her talent for helping me see myself more clearly — as a leader, father and husband. Her partnership is instrumental in transforming our leadership team into a high-performance culture throughout the organization."
"This is going to sound like wild hyperbole but bear with me because it's true: working with Deb has made me a more courageous leader, a more present parent and more loving wife and friend. Her synthesis with my 360 was truly distinctive — I felt seen, called up and invited into a next level of leadership candor and clarity. She is a powerful presence and working with her reminds me of my own power and agency."
"Deb asks powerful questions that challenge assumptions, illuminate blind spots, and foster growth. She has helped us strengthen communication, build a culture of trust and accountability, and unlock measurable improvements in both employee engagement and business performance. Our company is stronger, more aligned, and better prepared because of her work."
"Deb led my team through the most effective coaching sessions I've ever seen. She has an incredible skill set for guiding a room full of executives through challenging and insightful exercises. She's raw, talented, and authentic. Truly a gem in the world of executive coaching."
"In entrepreneurship, ideas are either vitamins or Advils. I started working with Deb thinking coaching was a vitamin. I quickly realized it was essential. Deb helped me see how my self-perception both served and limited me. As leaders, we often focus outward, but the highest-impact work is within. Over time, I became a better executive, spouse, and even parent."
"I needed a coach I could trust to be honest with me, and someone who could think alongside me at the level my role requires. Deb Katz is that coach. She listens closely, and she challenges me directly. The people I value most in my career are the few who are both completely honest with me and fully in my corner. Deb is one of them. She is a coach, a mentor, and an exceptional leader. More than anything, Deb is a partner in my aliveness."