Listening Alliance
Leadership & Communication Coach

Dr. Katherine Li

For the past twenty years, Dr. Katherine Li has been working with Asia Pacific’s young emerging leaders to support them in creating their preferred future through leadership coaching.

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Listening Alliance
Leadership & Communication Coach

Dr. Katherine Li

For the past twenty years, Dr. Katherine Li has been working with Asia Pacific’s most talented youth to find their future through leadership coaching.

Schedule Consultation
Dr Katherine Li

"Leadership is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals."

— E.A. Mendoza

Transforming Lives

Leadership Coaching

“The Listening Alliance” – The basic ingredient in effective coaching is listening. As a trained coach I listen for what lies beneath your words. Using honed skills and intuition I help you to clarify your ideas. It is within this ‘alliance’ that we bring to light the key motivations behind your goals and actions. Thus, the name The Listening Alliance.

Member of International Coaching FederationAssociated Certified Coach

Listening – Active listening is deeper than everyday listening. It is listening with the whole self to gather spoken and non-spoken information being conveyed by the client.

Coaching – Coaching is a dialectical process which is why it is called “co-active”. You will come to the experience with a “coaching” agenda (e.g., SMART goal) based on your next personal or professional aim. Through our interaction, you will gain clarity, practice visualization, and then take action toward meeting your objectives.

Accountability – Anyone who has ever had a dream is more likely to reach it if accountability is built into the strategy. As your coach, I can serve as an excellent accountability partner to keep you on track toward your goal and help you to adjust where necessary.

Leadership – Leadership is the ability for a person to enroll others in a vision toward a preferred future regardless of the sector in which they are working. I believe everyone has leadership potential. It is tapping into and cultivating it where coaching can add value.

Take the Next Step toward Creating your Desired Future

Services

LEADERSHIP COACHING PROGRAM

6 sessions (1 hour sessions twice monthly)

Leadership Coaching is an opportunity to shine light on areas of leadership where a client's hidden potential may be revealed through guided conversations which leads to measurable change through the process of goal clarification and creation of a roadmap to get there. We will start by identifying an overarching goal for your leadership coaching program and then for each session we will work together on issues that allow you to make discoveries that open up along the way. Your self-discovery will drive the momentum forward.

TEAM BUILDING PROGRAM

6 months - 1 year

I am available to come into your organization to help you build your team. I will first sit with the leader of the organization to understand the strategic goals. Then I will work with individuals of the team to help them build ownership for their role in the success of meeting the strategic goals. Coaching individuals and the team on effective communication through structured feedback is the most essential aspect of this program. The measurement of success will be done routinely in collaboration with the management team.

FACILITATION

Onsite

Available to facilitate small and large group stakeholder meetings from half-day to multi-day sessions.

SPEAKING

In-person or Online

As a founder club president and former member of Toastmasters International, Dr. Li delights in giving motivational speeches. Here you can view her 2020 TEDxGulshan talk.

Katherine Li, Phd
What are you doing? Where are you going? Who are you becoming?

Through a guided conversation, I will help you to explore how your answers to these questions impact the future you are currently creating.

As a Coach - The gift I brought into the world is the ability to help you discover the gift that you brought into the world. I became a coach to turn on as many lights as possible, including yours.

How I Coach - By listening deeply to you and reflecting back what I hear, you will learn to listen more deeply to yourself. This process will work to increase your self-awareness and put you in touch with what you were meant to do in this lifetime.

The Impact - As your self-awareness grows, your ability to see your future more clearly will set you onto a path of manifesting it in the way that you desire. The choices you begin to make differently will reflect this profound new awareness in every area of your life.

About

Dr. Katherine Li

Education and Training

Dr. Katherine Li has a background in Asian Studies and International Education. She earned her PhD in Educational Foundations and Graduate Certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and her MA from Columbia University. Dr. Li has an Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching from the Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University. 

She holds an Associate Certified Coaching (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Professional Experience

Katherine has worked in both the corporate world and academia as a trainer and executive leader. She has traveled all over the world which has given her an international perspective on human psychology. As a teacher and trainer her goal has always been to empower learners to seek knowledge for their personal development. Her expertise lies in the domain of leadership development and effective communication. Katherine is currently working to further enhance her skills as a conflict coach and mediator. She is the founder president of the ICF Hawaii Chapter.

North South University Bangladesh Peace Rally
Leadership is showing up for what you believe in.
What Others Have Said

Testaments of Transformation

Marie Browne Portland, OR

Less Stressed at Work and at Home

The coaching experience evolved overtime in the perfect way for what I needed (and didn’t even know I needed). The coaching sessions helped me to be more aware of my inner voice and self-perception; how these things impact my interactions with others and my perception of the relationships I have with others. Being more aware has helped me to determine what just internal dialogue is and what is really happening in each situation. It also helped me to manage the relationship with my superiors and reframe the situation to ensure it is a productive relationship. It has also helped me to be less stressed both at work and at home (my husband loves Katherine). I really enjoyed the coaching process. I came to enjoy and look forward to our time together. I knew I could bring a challenge and have someone to talk it through with. Having a confidant who came with no preconceived notions and no judgement was very freeing and helped me to learn a great deal throughout the experience. Katherine was patient, kind, thought provoking and wise. I know these sessions and the learnings will stay with me for a long time.

Marie Browne
General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton Portland, USA

Feroze Hossain Bangladesh

Achieving Everything Is Possible

Dr. Katherine Li has worked to light a candle in my life. Leadership is very necessary in one’s career. What are the qualities of leadership, how to lead people, how to solve problems, many new things I learned through coaching with Dr. Li. I became aware, I was able to present myself. I believe that what I have learned through this coaching will enrich my leadership qualities. During the first session I discussed what the goal of my life was. As the sailor goes astray without a goal, the sailor cannot reach anywhere without it, but I know now to achieve the goal, what the strategy is to be adopted; this is what I have learned through coaching with Dr. Li. Positive mentality has been reinforced through this coaching. I now believe I can study at Harvard University, too. Achieving everything is possible for human beings, we only need a positive mindset and proper planning.

Feroze Hossain
Area Manager, Corporate Marketing, Abul Khair Steel Melting Ltd, Bangladesh

M Murshed Haider Bangladesh

Discover the Potential

I had an opportunity to get leadership coaching sessions from Katherine. She did exceptionally well throughout the coaching sessions. Her methodical sessions helped me know myself and discover the potential that I have. The sessions gave me the opportunity to share my thoughts, experience, and perceptions about several topics that are associated with leadership and my life goal. As a coach, Katherine allowed me to express myself. She is indeed a great coach who knows when to give the floor and when to intervene. She always gave new insights and brought different angles into the discussions. Even if I had the slightest doubt about reaching my goal, Katherine, in the end, helped me to believe that I could reach my goal. I strongly recommend her as a coach and mentor.

M Murshed Haider
Consultant to PPP Authority, Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh

Manik Biswas

Focus on the Goal

Leadership Coaching helped me to find out myself, pointed out my strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Now I am more focused on my goal, I know what I should do to achieve my goal. I was not confident communicating in the English language before, but in coaching Dr. Katherine allowed me to speak a lot. After several bilateral sessions my level of confidence developed significantly through her encouragement and positive feedback.

Manik Biswas
National Consultant - Strengthening Legal Aid Case Referral Mechanism, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bangladesh

Munmun Hossain Bangladesh

More Organized and Structured

Significant shift in my professional/personal life. The real-life application of the learnings through the coaching program has helped me become a better, stronger, and most importantly confident person, specially dealing with people and engaging them at workplace. The techniques and insight learnt through the program are really not discussed on the textbooks, hence the hands-on learning was very effective for me. The method is very engaging as each week, I came up with areas where I think I could improve and needed a little push, motivation, feedback on that. So, the open discussion on real-life experiences as well as the role-plays dealing with different organizational situations has definitely opened up my eyes and helped me learn new ways, techniques, and incorporate ideas to communicate with team members in an effective way. A lot of the learnings from the LC program has changed my perspectives.

The program has guided me where I should be focusing to better myself in terms of improving my leadership skills. The program has helped me look at things on a new perspective. I’m more organized and structured than before. Also, now I’m comfortable taking initiatives about things where I lack and I’m ready to take constructive criticism for that cause the co-active approach of the coaching has taught me to keep an open mind. Lastly, self-reflection and self-evaluation is one of my biggest learnings for me and I’m glad I got into this habit now.

Munmun Hossain
Executive Director, SBC Group, Bangladesh

Kelly Scribner Doering

Form Healthy Patterns

The timing was perfect for me, as I’d just been promoted into a Director role. I was feeling let down because I’d lost a headcount right at the same time and was facing some significant challenges taking on additional responsibility. It was beneficial to talk with someone outside the situation to help me identify the aspects I wanted to work on, and key in what success looked like. Having 10 sessions helped me form healthier patterns by reinforcing them repeatedly - identify the problem, name the desired outcome, brainstorm a path to get me closer to what I wanted - rather than just complain about it. Really, just that I am very grateful to have had this experience. You never know when you will meet someone that will make a difference in your life, and these coaching sessions with Katherine truly did.

Everything isn’t rosy and “fixed,” but my perspective has matured. I feel like I can be an even better manager to my team and will absolutely use some of her approaches when coaching others! I mentioned in my last session that I have a strong desire to mentor others, and this experience reinforces my hope that I will be able to give back someday, maybe even through coaching or maybe simply by example.

Kelly B Scribner Doering, PhD
Senior Director, Pharma Industry Marketing, Aspen Technology, USA

Saad Islam Australia

Shift in Mindset

The leadership coaching I had with Dr. Katherine Li was one of the best investments I made. It helped bring clarity to my thoughts and structure to my actions. I owe a large part of my success to the coaching sessions I had with Dr. Li. The sessions with Dr. Li made me understand myself more deeply. It made me a better listener. I changed my mind to be more curious. It made me have a shift in my mindset and on how I carried myself both in my personal and professional life. This shift in my mindset alone was one of the most powerful takes from this coaching program. I am grateful to have received leadership coaching from someone of Dr. Katherine Li’s stature and experience. I am sure anyone who has the chance to work with Dr. Li would benefit tremendously from her leadership coaching program

Saad Islam
Writer, Bestselling Author & Founder, Blessings Foundation Bangladesh; PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Manish Kumar Agrawal

A Life Changing Experience

I feel truly fortunate to have had six high quality leadership coaching sessions with Dr. Katherine Li which helped me to become more self-aware. The major takeaways were – active listening, empathy, curiosity and the empowerment of others through skillful question-asking. My main goal for our sessions had been to develop the art of diplomacy. One example is that I never before realized the power of replacing the word “but” with “and” in my day-to-day communication and the difference it could bring in showing others that I am actually listening to them and that I do sincerely care about what they have to say. This way of communicating is not only constructive but also peace promoting. Now I apply what I learned on a daily basis and I firmly believe that these leadership sessions have helped me to become a better professional, a better leader and most importantly a better human being. I express my deepest appreciation and gratitude to Dr. Katherine for providing me this life changing experience. Thanks!

Manish Kumar Agrawal
Country Director (Bangladesh), Concern Worldwide

Slava Slavik Honolulu

Life Transformation

Dr. Katherine Li transformed my life and it happened in a relatively short time span. Katherine and I met over Zoom for 10 performance coaching sessions in August, September and October 2021. At the beginning I was very reluctant and skeptical. By the 4th or 5th session I got a better understanding of Katherine's methods and style, and started seeing shifts in my attitude towards her coaching program as well as in my life.  

Katherine is an excellent listener. By precisely targeted questions she is able to uncover your strong traits and make you come up with your own optimal plan. She doesn’t tell you what to do, but she asks a series of questions that lead you the right way. She invests tons of her energy to create a good connection and to truly understand your issues. Katherine has an amazing work ethic; she always came perfectly prepared, with 100% attention, and on time.

Within a year, in June 2022, I pretty much doubled my income, moved to my dream place, and increased my happiness level to heights never seen before. The decision to work with Katherine was one of the best decisions I made in my life and I will always be grateful for her help.

Slava Slavik
Commercial photographer, Honolulu, USA  

"Transformative leadership invites everybody to ask what kind of a world they are creating through their thoughts, beliefs, actions, and interactions, and to compare that with the kind of world they would like to create, and the kind of person they would like to be.”

— Alfonso Montuori and Gabrielle Donnelly
Researchers at California Institute of Integral Studies
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Katherine Li, PhD
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Honolulu, Hawaii
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