Kathryn Noe Grice.
A leadership coach trained in adult development research. Expert in helping people see themselves more clearly and explore their potential more courageously.
Kathryn works with adults in the middle of transitions — new roles, returning to work, pivoting without a career pathway, or building something new. Kathryn is guided by asking questions, unfolding constraints, and treating people with dignity.
Growth happens in stages, not leaps. Most of the work is noticing what's already there.
Trained where research is taken seriously.
Adult development research underpins the work — particularly Constructive Developmental Theory and Adult Development Theory (Robert Kegan, Harvard Graduate School of Education). Coaching techniques are informed by Internal Family Systems and somatic methods.
Education & Certifications
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2025-2026In Progress: Coaching Leaders for a Complex World, PCC-level coaching certification program Cultivating Leadership — Jennifer Garvey Berger
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2026Qualified Map Facilitator in Immunity to ChangeMinds at Work - Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey
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2022-2024M.P.P. Social & Urban Policy, certificate in Management, Leadership & Decision SciencesHarvard Kennedy School
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2017B.A. StatisticsWilliams College
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2013Certificate in Viola PerformanceJuilliard Pre-College
Fluent with career pivots.
Professional experience across borders, between fields, and through organizational changes.
Improving Employment Outcomes Through Continuing Education
Developed a five-part decision-making framework by combining industry research with real interviews, designed for a technical community college in Massachusetts.
Drug Treatment Value in a Changing Oncology Landscape: A Literature and Provider Perspective
Conducted a study combining published research with oncologist interviews to uncover a practical gap between healthcare policy and what doctors actually do.
Professional stepping stones
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2024 - presentLeadership & Career Development CoachingLeland (Washington, DC)
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2024 - presentGrowth & DevelopmentLead for America (Washington, DC)
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2025Facilitator of community conversations Kinship
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2024Impact ManagerLeadership Now Project (New York, NY)
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2023Summer FellowHarvard Project on Workforce (Cambridge, MA)
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2019-2022Lead AnalystThe Brattle Group (Toronto, ON)
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2017-2019AnalystAnalysis Group (Boston, MA)
My work keeps developing.
Constructive Developmental Theory, and the Subject-Object Shift
Stages of meaning-making — how adults grow more capable of holding complexity over time.
Internal Family Systems
Working with the parts of us that show up to protect, manage, and create. Trauma-informed.
Somatic & embodiment
Attention to the body as data. Slowing down enough to notice what's actually happening.
Practice held to the ICF Code of Ethics. Confidentiality is paramount. Referrals to therapy or other modalities offered when the work calls for them.