The Kat Walsh Group
GenZ-ologist, Consultant, Author, Speaker
Delivering Targeted Gen Z People Management Strategies
Transforming HR for a new generation, our Gen Z People Management Practice offers tailored guidance, expert insights, and innovative solutions designed to enhance value, lower costs, boost employee engagement, and optimize overall business performance.
With our distinctive Gen Z methodology, we collaborate closely with leadership to foster both individual and organizational development, positioning your company to be proactive and future-ready.
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Unheard Voices The Silent Drain on Corporate Revenue.
The financial and human impact of Gen Z in the workforce.
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5 HR Podcasts You Shouldn't Miss in 2024!
DriveThru HR - PodcastWhy Listen: Short, engaging episodes that cover a wide range of HR topics in 30 minutes or less, ideal for busy professionals.
Key Episodes:Exploring Gen Z in the workplace with Kat Walsh, GenZ-ologist
HR Workshop: Inside the Mind of Gen Z
Common Myths about Gen Z
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They don't want to work
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They're poor communicators
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They're lazy
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They're too sensitive, woke
We are experts at Debunking Myths about Gen Z.
Address your concerns instead of avoiding the inevitable, assimilating Gen Z into your workforce.
27% of the workforce will be Gen Z by 2025, and the percentage will increase yearly until 2032.
Gen Z Company Assessment
Like product development, the first step is understanding Gen Z contributors. Then, design a company strategy that builds a loyal Gen Z workforce. We comprehensively assess an organization's current HR Young Professional programs and processes, identify gaps and strengths, and develop long-term, cross-organizational programs.
Our 3-pronged Approach to Improvement
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A successful Gen Z People Program includes Leadership Coaching for managing and engaging Gen Z.
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Educating Gen Z on practical business operations, business culture, and communication, lessons they haven't learned in traditional US education.
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Putting processes and programs in place that ensure ongoing Gen Z and organizational success.
Changing Behavior within All Generations
Organizations improve cross-collaboration and contributor well-being by helping each contributor understand the others.
Attribute Mapping – From job postings to contributor training to career path development, technical skills are only part of the equation to becoming a high-performing contributor or manager; the rest lies within the attributes of the workforce. Organizations that focus, measure, and develop contributor attributes will create a workforce of emotionally, mentally, and physically healthy individuals who also become loyal evangelists.
Gen Z Consulting
About Kat
Founder and recognized thought leader on Gen Z in the workforce, Kat consults with organizations across all public and private industries, helping them navigate the Gen Z Movement while remaining financially in growth mode.
Kat's career in innovation began with her first commercial business at age five. Since then, she has been at the forefront of seeing early signals for business opportunities.
For three decades, Kat has funded, coached, and advised young professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs on their startups and other entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Frequent Guest lecturer on news, radio, podcasts, and colleges.
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She has guest lectured at some of the nation's top universities, including the University of Notre Dame.
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Kat maintains an advisory role at the University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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Prior to her current role, Kat acted as Chief Legacy Officer for Ultra High Net Worth Individuals. Kat created the strategies and managed the execution of over 25 personal and family legacies, with project values over $100M.
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Before that, Kat founded a VC fund, raising and managing $50M, where she identified potential early startups for investment opportunities.
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In 1993, Kat founded and ran The Monthly Gourmet, the first subscription model, direct-to-consumer, mail-order meal kit business.
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Throughout her career, she has started and exited two first-in businesses and introduced several new products.
Founder's Story
My Passion for People and Purpose
I’m enamored by people who cherish and celebrate their uniqueness and live authentically. I’ve learned that these people are the happiest, most accomplished, live with the grandest intentions, and earn their own personal legacies. These special people have more energy, produce optimal results, have the most robust relationships, and show high empathy and emotional intelligence levels. They appear in all professions, trades, non-profits, and families. They are quickest to share their non-tangible gifts to encourage success in others. They make the best leaders.
I have tracked my passion for people and my love of Purpose, Legacy, and Development Planning back to my childhood and the first person I ever knew with a Gen Z mentality - my dad.
My summers were spent living on a boat in Southeast Alaska - I continue to be in awe of my parents for having the courage to transplant a family of six every year for three months to live out their dreams. They couldn’t have known the education I was to receive and how it would inform the rest of my life.
I learned to walk on a boat, having to re-learn to stand up straight and walk on solid ground upon mooring. I discovered that the best building in any small village is the library, where people gather to share knowledge and experiences. I know seafood caught, cleaned, and cooked within minutes on a tiny stove or beach fire didn’t need seasonings. I can sleep while the sun is still out, enjoy a hike in the rain, and slow down to look at critters. I believe nature smells invigorating, sounds serene, tastes traditional, feels textured, and looks pure.
Those lessons impacted my life, but the ones that deeply touched my heart and soul came from the rich knowledge of my Indigenous friends. My Tlingit and Haida friends would be horrified to be called knowledge keepers, but that’s exactly who they are to me. They were my teachers, mentors, and heroes. Their art, stories, music, astronomy, totems, traditions, food, and hunting and fishing skills enriched my mind, heart, and career. They taught me that unique perspectives and new ideas are often the most valuable.
I feel eternally grateful for my summers spent boating on the Clarence and Chatham Straits, ducking into the little tributaries, bays, inlets, and coves along the winding water pathways. The water was clear, the air was fresh, and the world was majestic. My Alaskan summers taught me to be observant and curious, to explore broadly, and to take thoughtful risks. These are just a few lessons I share with my clients and Gen Z when I help them build their lives of meaning.
Kat Walsh
Kat's Presentations and Workshops
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Gen Z People Strategy
It's crucial to go beyond what research and your gut tell you and truly understand your specific workforce.
Learn to create financially responsible, personalized development and engagement strategies tailored to your Gen Z candidates and contributors.
To succeed, it is essential for organizations to learn to harness Gen Z's innovative ideas and maximize their potential.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to recruiting, retaining, and engaging your contributors; use this presentation to formulate the best approach for your organization and contributors..
Managing Gen Z
Exciting news!
If you have Gen Z members on your team, you can unlock their creative thinking and full potential while maintaining control of the HR budget.
By understanding their unique thought process and values, you can optimize their performance, train future managers, and achieve your financial goals.
Even more exciting news! You will develop stronger, admired, confident, loyal leaders while building cross-functional, cross-generational relationships and collaborations throughout the organization.
The Science Behind Gen Z Performance and Company Profitability
Gen Z is on to something, but they don’t know the full story.
This presentation will explain the psychological, physical, and emotional science behind prioritizing contributor well-being and helping Gen Z find a purpose.
You'll be amazed how you can train your Gen Z contributors to own their own career growth. Teach them that boosting their productivity, motivation, and pride in their work will improve their Holistic well-being because they're in search of a Holistic approach to Life-Work Balance.
You will learn how to foster communication, collaboration, and relationships across functions and divisions, resulting in innovation and process improvement for the organization.
Contribute to your Corporate Social Responsibility promises while giving contributors the individuality and impact they crave.
Get ready to transform your workplace and drive success and profitability.
The Lost Science of Cross-Generational Networking
Networking is not an art, it’s a science.
Networking is the Number One training and development program that propels relationships, mentorships, and personal growth. Yet, it is an afterthought for most people; even if they go to networking events and have many business relationships – they still don’t network properly!
Most people are occasional networkers, leaving their most valuable support system to chance.
Reaching out occasionally, by accident or luck, is not enough to build a lifelong Personal Board that will help with a career.
In this presentation and workshop, the participants will learn a proven step-by-step, systematic approach to networking, a skill that is crucial for personal and career growth.
