Kate Atkin

Kate Atkin is an inspirational speaker, training consultant and facilitator.  With over 20 years of experience as a speaker, Kate has worked with many clients on business, management and communication issues.  A highly skilled listener, her style is both supportive and challenging.

 Kate comes from a farming background in Lincolnshire and having lived in Cambridge for many years, recently moved back to Lincolnshire.  She had a successful career with Barclays Bank plc before starting her own learning and development business in September 2000. In 2015 she completed an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology which has brought insights into well-being, meaning and positivity that she is incorporating into her work.  This also led to opportunities to speak at Cambridge University Judge Business School on their EnterpriseWISE programme and their post-graduate diploma in entrepreneurship.  Kate is continuing with her research, currently focussing on the imposter phenomenon.

Kate is author of The Presentation Workout, The Confident Manager and co-author of The Business of Professional Speaking, and author of two tips booklets, The Confidence Factor and The Networking Factor.

Specialist areas:
• Positive Psychology at Work
• The Imposter Phenomenon
• Strengths Analysis
• Effective Presentations
• Well-being and flourishing
• Confidence Building
• Positive Leadership
• Influence & Impact
• Business & Personal Values
• Managing your personal energy & stress levels
• Building Resilience & Avoiding Burnout
• Networking Skills

“Thank you for delivering an informative and engaging session on Imposter Syndrome. You quickly adapted when it was moved online due to COVID-19 restrictions, and used your confident and personable presenting style to ensure the session remained interactive… Everyone left with a set of things they can start doing today to build their confidence and tackle imposter syndrome.” The Home Office Gender Equality Network

“Kate is an outstanding speaker and a facilitator. She delivered two virtual sessions during this COVID19 pandemic on 'Impact and Influence' and 'Success – what lies behind the mask', which received positive feedback especially with her ability to engage and interact with the audience.”  Middlesex University

“I just wanted to say that I found the online session on the Imposter Phenomenon so valuable yesterday and really made me think about the way I mentally approach imposter chatter and gave me useful tips as to how to work on this going forward. It will be one of the sessions I will be quoting to people saying it has changed my personal and professional inner dialogue for the rest of my career and recommending to anyone who will listen!”  Wellcome Sanger Institute