Offerings
Human-Centered Leadership & Care-Centered Innovation
Katara McCarty is an award-winning founder, speaker, and certified coach exploring what it means to lead, build, and innovate with humanity at the center. Through conversations on well-being, leadership, entrepreneurship, and culture, she invites organizations and communities to rethink success, sustainability, and the role care plays in creating meaningful impact.
Keynotes, Moderation, & Facilitation
Signature Keynote: Building a Mission-Driven Brand in a World That Prioritizes Scale
In a culture that often prioritizes speed, extraction, and scale above all else, what does it mean to build differently?
Drawing from her experience building Exhale at the intersection of technology, culture, and well-being, Katara explores what it means to create mission-driven work rooted in care, community, and long-term impact. This conversation invites leaders, founders, and organizations to rethink success, sustainability, and the future of human-centered innovation.
Additional Speaking & Facilitation Offerings
Well-Being & Leadership - Keynote or Workshop
The Cost of Carrying It All
Building Cultures of Care
Entrepreneurship & Innovation - Keynote or Workshop
· The Power of Building Differently
· Innovation Rooted in Humanity
Facilitation & Moderation
Fireside Chats & Leadership Conversations
Retreat & Workshop Facilitation
Human-Centered Leadership
Coaching for leaders navigating growth, impact, and personal sustainability.
Executive & Leadership Coaching
Katara coaches leaders, founders, and changemakers navigating leadership, visibility, impact, and personal sustainability. Her work is especially grounded in supporting Black women moving through systems and spaces that do not always see or support them fully.
As a certified coach, founder, and facilitator, Katara blends reflection, strategy, emotional well-being, and leadership development to help clients build meaningful careers, organizations, and lives aligned with their values—without losing themselves in the process.
“Black Women deserve our own spaces and places of respite.”
-Katara McCarty, CEO & Founder of Exhale App & Exhale Cares