Become the leader you were meant to be

Hi, I am Leadership Development Coach Kathy Archer, author of the best-selling book Mastering Confidence: Discover your leadership potential by awakening your inner guidance system.

But I didn't start there!

​When I was in leadership, I felt alone, incompetent and overwhelmed!​
Perhaps you are there too now!​

​I know what it feels like to lack confidence and not be able to lead my team successfully. 

If you're like me, you've faced the constant state of crisis in the nonprofit sector, a shortage of resources and a lack of mentors.

You've likely wondered if there is easily accessible training, coaching and support to help you become a competent and confident leader.

I get it! 
​I was in your shoes and found a different way!

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My Story - Step # 1: Imposter Syndrome

I simply wanted to feel competent, confident and content as a leader and in my life!

As a young leader, who'd moved up from the frontline into a leadership position, I wasn't doing great. ​I struggled to raise my kids, hold my marriage together, and finish my degree all while running programs and managing staff over a large geographical area. 

On any given day, I could hop in my 🚘, travel 300+ km, visit two or more sites, and handle countless phone calls, and then respond to endless emails.

Then I would rush home to throw french fries and chicken fingers in the oven to get my kids out the door in time for Taekwondo practice.​

I was frustrated and falling apart at the seams 🙁

​I am an overachiever with high expectations, and I felt like a failure.

When I wasn't, I beat myself up, assumed I just wasn't leadership material and prayed no one would figure that out!
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I knew what I was experiencing was not what I wanted. However, I also knew our program had a limited staff development budget.

I was aware that my boss was primarily concerned with organizational growth, not my growth.

My Story - Step # 2: Growth Mindset

​It wasn't that I didn't get training, but it was piecemeal and left me feeling something was missing. 

So, ​​I took things into my own hands.
​I created a curriculum for my personal and leadership development.

I didn't always know what I was looking for, but I knew there had to be a different way, and I was determined to find it. 

• I read books from authors like Cheryl Richardson and Wayne Dyer, learning to care for myself and balance life. 
• I took self-tests like Strengthsfinder and VIA Signature Strengths to identify my skills and talents and discern areas for growth.
• I took courses from the local college, our adult education society and any training I could convince my organization to pay for. 
• I bought books on team building, leadership, management, and networking with every spare dime I could find in the staff development budget.

I wanted to be not just a good enough leader but an exceptional leader.

I took ownership of my personal and professional growth!

In Mastering Confidence: Discover Your Leadership Potential by Awakening Your Inner Guidance System, you learn how to develop your inner confidence to have the impact you desire in work and life.

By developing my curriculum, I was able to grow myself as a leader and as a person. 

Over time, I discovered how to not only restored my confidence but how to bounce back quickly each time I got knocked off-balance.

Let's face it, as a leader, you regularly get hit with things that make you question your abilities. But when you can get back in the game quicker, you move from surviving to thriving in both your leadership and your life.

I am here to guide you in developing your confidence in your leadership role so you can enjoy impactful leadership and have time to enjoy the rest of your life.

My Story - Step # 3: Teacher

I teach, coach and mentor women leading in the nonprofit sector

Because I was once in your shoes feeling exhausted, scared, and frustrated and was unsure I was measuring up, I know what it's like

​My confidence wavered daily. I was stuck in survival mode, constantly about to unravel and barely hanging on.

That all changed when created a curriculum to get me out.

​Now I teach you what I learned, so you can ditch survival mode and thrive in both leadership and life. 

For the past 12 years, I've helped hundreds of nonprofit woman leaders like you
​overcome a lack of confidence and enjoy impactful leadership. 

You can be an impactful leader and have time to enjoy the rest of your life.

​Here's the thing...

• It's wrong that even though you came into the leadership role because you were great in a front-line position, now in a leadership position, your struggling with a lack leadership experience and skills.
• ​It's not fair that you don't have time to take training and maybe even have a boss who doesn't support your development or career goals.

​And it's time to change that!

Imagine getting the training you need when you need it!
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You can, when you join me in The Training Library! That's where I teach, coach and mentor you to be your best self! Learn more about The Training Library here

My Official Credentials

The official stuff:

• I am a Certified Professional Coach with the International Coaching Federation
• I took my coach training through the illustrious Coach Training Institute (CTI)
• I also did CTI's life-changing Co-Active Leadership program.
• Additionally, I have a Management Degree and...
• At the very beginning, I earned my Child and Youth Care Diploma.