Kate Fagan Taylor, M.Div., CMC, ACC
Kate Fagan Taylor is a management consultant, facilitator, executive coach and inspirational speaker. Kate believes in helping leaders create impact— not only on their bottom line, but in social impact as well.
Kate advises leaders who work within complex systems, such as the tech and energy sectors, and understands the social, organizational and personal elements required for business success. As a woman executive, Kate enjoys mentoring other leaders and understands the unique challenges and opportunities of times of rapid growth and change. Kate helps leaders find their voices, lead with their unique strengths, and share their stories to inspire others.
With a varied career, Kate has led a successful tech startup, served as the senior official responsible for governance and policy at the University of Victoria, and directed Crown governance and accountability at the Crown Agencies Resource Office, Government of British Columbia. In addition to leading Executive Talent Management for the BC public service, she has provided strategy development leadership for numerous initiatives in the health, post-secondary, not for profit, and citizens’ services sectors.
Kate’s early career background built unique skills that she uses to help leaders reflect, take value-based action and grow healthy, inclusive, successful organizations. With a Masters of Divinity degree from the University of Notre Dame, Kate served eight years as a university chaplain (University of Victoria Interfaith Chaplaincy) and three years as executive director of the Queenswood Retreat Centre. This early training and experience in an intercultural setting helps Kate empower her clients to discover meaning and achieve purpose together through powerful dialogue, facilitation and coaching that is always focussed on results.
She is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), a Board Certified Coach (BCC) and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation.
In 2023, Kate did a TEDx talk on making decisions with greater freedom, and was awarded the “Rising Star” award from the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC- BC).
Kate lives in Victoria BC, and serves on the Board of Directors for Island Women in Technology (iWIST) which promotes equity and inclusion for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers.
Connect with Kate today to discuss how she can support you and your organization to achieve greater business impact and success.
Professional associations and credentials
Certified Management Consultant | Canadian Association of Management Consultants
Board Director | Island Women in Science and Technology
Certified Executive Coach | Center for Executive Coaching
Associate Certified Executive Coach | International Coaching Federation
Board Certified Coach | Center for Credentialing and Certification
What people are saying
“Kate excels at motivating people and creating a cohesive workplace culture. She is a thoughtful, insightful, and inspiring leader.”
— Privacy Lead, BC-based Software Company
“Kate has a deep understanding of work culture and encourages everyone to be innovative, productive, and growing in the safe and peaceful environment she creates in the organization. Her spectacular communication skills form a strong network of relationships that is crucial for any young organization. I definitely recommend Kate.”
— Manager, Systems Optimization
“Over a short period of time she was able to build the foundation of operational excellence and processes to move our company forward to a highly engaged and strong functioning team. Her skills around development of governance in not-for-profit organizations, development of policy frameworks, workforce planning and strategic planning will be of great advantage to any future organization that she will serve.”
— Board Chair, not-for-profit Technology Company
