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Introducing Actonia's business coaching partner: your strategic growth catalyst

Actonia’s commitment to business excellence is strengthened by a strategic partnership with Kathryn Sakalis from Thinkworx.

Kathryn is a versatile business consultant who excels as a strategic problem-solver, business coach, leader, facilitator, marketer and communicator.

More than just a mentor, Kathryn is a catalyst for transformation, blending strategic expertise with inspirational leadership to help businesses overcome challenges and achieve remarkable growth.

With a deep-rooted understanding of business dynamics, our partner is a seasoned problem-solver, adept at identifying hidden opportunities and developing innovative solutions

She simplifies complex ideas into actionable insights, empowering you to make smart, strategic decisions.

Kathryn’s expertise in strategic marketing and communication ensures that your brand story resonates powerfully with your target audience.

Let our partner be your trusted confidant and strategic advisor as you embark on your journey to business success.

What she can do for you

Many years of in-depth experience in

Particular areas of interest

Solving business challenges together. Simplifying and focusing strategy.
Passionate about developing Inclusive Leaders by uncovering one’s unconscious biases.
Gives back through mentoring, sponsoring disadvantaged students & assisting NGOs.

Solving business challenges together.

Working one-on-one with senior business executives, coaching & developing their ability to solve business problems/challenges.

Business coaching

The business coaching sessions include pre-work on the challenge we are solving. Rather than presenting solutions, I steer my clients so that they are enabled to facilitate solutions. We identify development opportunities and build awareness. Together we set goals and create action plans.

I’m available in between formal coaching sessions as a sounding board.
I offer support and encouragement over the long term.
Progress is monitored and progress reports provided.

Boosting internal capacity with an outside-in perspective

Clients engage Kathryn to work with multiple individuals to solve strategic business problems.

Strategic projects

These business challenges have included:

Mapping out & identifying pain points for a new customer over their 1st 60 days
Brand strategy review & CI audit
Future fit team structure – analysing the current structure vs key strategic objectives &
recommending revised roles & processes
CRM strategy review
Brand repositioning
Corporate communications revision & rewrite
Donor engagement strategy
Business strategy review & key objectives identification
Review of vision, values, purpose

Leading teams through transition

Clients contract Kathryn to lead a team on a part-time basis as a Fractional Leader.

Fractional Leadership

Fractional leadership is a type of interim management where organizations bring in external executive talent to fill specific roles on a temporary basis. This can be for a specific project or piece of work, or to cover a period of transition such as a change in leadership or while recruiting to fill the specific leadership role.

Fractional leaders such as myself are typically experienced C-Level executives who have specialist skills and knowledge that can be applied to achieve specific objectives. We are brought in on a flexible or part-time basis. Our leadership & management skills are transferable across many functional areas.

Testimonials

Kathryn Sakalis, business problem solver, focused on helping you connect the dots. As a Strategic thinker, Business Coach, Mentor and Business & Marketing Strategist, I apply my analytical skills and customer insights to steer you in the right direction.

To me Kathryn embodies the characteristics that are essential to every leader. She leads from the front grounded by her wise, creative and excellent work ethic.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Kathryn for 11 years as she always ensured that our working environment was optimally filled with fun, innovation and most importantly continuously working to harness a good team culture.

Some of the important lessons that I learnt from Kathryn is to always prepare well, inspire others to always learn and empower themselves and to recognise and reward people for their hard work.

Kathryn is my mentor, she continues to inspire those around her, her work ethic and wisdom has showed me in the toughest times to not forget one’s purpose and to remain on course, to look ahead with optimism and positivity. Many people look up to her.

Kathryn has been integral in my personal development over the last 10+ years, both from a career and from an individual perspective. Kathryn always found time to accommodate me, when I needed guidance or assistance with business and life challenges.

It was only later that I realised that the questions she proposed or the way she steered the conversation was a means to guide me to make the right decision or take the right path.

Her honesty, pragmatic approach and genuine care for the next person, was what made it easy to reach out to her. She challenged my thinking, was transparent behind why and didn’t sugar coat anything. She was just herself and real!

I have been coached and mentored by Kathryn Sakalis since 2006. She has been instrumental to me successfully navigating my career path by helping my personal development, strategic thinking, networking abilities, professionalism and performance.

She has helped enable my goals & dreams.

If you’re looking to work with someone who can help you reach your full potential, Kathryn is that person.

I’ve worked with Kathryn for several years, and she played an integral role in helping me develop my systemic awareness and large organisational and public relations influencing. She positively influenced my career and has become an integral part of my professional network.

Kathryn is a pleasure to work with. She is wise and shares her experience generously, ensuring that those she works with are left stronger for having worked with her.

She is firm but fair and kind in her delivery of tough messages.

I rate her 5/5 for her Business Consultancy delivery based on Project satisfaction, Timeliness, Communication and Knowledge.

I started on the TFG graduate programme in Kathryn’s marketing team and was incredibly privileged to have worked with someone as experienced as her.

Not only is Kathryn a marketing & communications guru, she is an incredible leader and manager. Although she was in a much more senior position to me, she was committed to my growth & success and mentored me throughout my career journey.

I owe a lot of my current success to Kathryn’s advice and guidance.

Based on the excellent work I had seen Kathryn deliver when we were both executives in the same company, I enlisted her expertise to assist Radishweed Global with a revised brand strategy.

Kathryn was adept at pulling our different views into something we all felt told the story of who we are. Kathryn demonstrated her strong skills in branding and strategy, along with her ability to build rapport and really listen to each of our perspectives.

I will certainly be calling on Kathryn going forward. I would recommend her for any company who is getting started, or like us, have been around for a few years and need to revitalise their brand strategy.

Kathryn excels at creating new strategies and refining existing ones, with a logical, pragmatic approach to problem-solving complex business problems.

Her data-driven mindset ensured her solutions were always backed by metrics, allowing her to effectively debate new strategies. Her broad experience at TFG made her a sought-after advisor across all business brands and divisions.

She regularly mentored new Brand Heads and employees at all levels, effortlessly influencing and identifying potential in others. Kathryn always made time for everyone and played the role of mentor and coach to young leaders and specialists with varying levels of experience.

Kathryn is committed to constant learning, continuously researching best practices to implement in the portfolios she leads.