By Anne Anderson – NRWA Staff Writer
Hello! Please welcome new member, Kathleen McGrorty, to the NRWA.
As managing partner of her firm, NewView, Kathleen focuses on personal branding and increasing her clients’ competitive career advantages. She offers individual and group career coaching, interview preparation, and professional writing services.
NewView became a global firm as referrals and international opportunities grew, and she added Canada-based staff to her 100% virtual team in 2014. In 2016, she joined the team at Shaffer Psychological Institute as a senior coach, delivering customized coaching services for targeted industries.
Kathleen often remarks to clients that she is proud of having built a professional business career on a double major in American history and political science. After graduating from college (Rutgers), she began her career in banking project management. During the next two decades, she transitioned into technology project management for Bank of America mergers and acquisitions.
Working in post-merger environments, she found that much of her work involved facilitation and coaching, a thread that runs through her working life. She spent 10 years at Deloitte Consulting and other consulting firms, honing her management consulting skills and learning the consultative business model. She has worked in many industries, from retail ready-to-wear to oil and gas production. Her breadth of experience strengthens her ability to connect with clients across the spectrum, and she points proudly to a 90% client closing rate.
Kathleen coached and facilitated private advisory boards for executives and business owners for several years through Vistage, a peer mentoring membership organization. Vistage brings executives across industries in a confidential environment to exchange ideas in planning, finance, business growth, and other strategic issues.
She has successfully cultivated international client relationships. In conjunction with Mandarin Consulting, she worked with (primarily young) people from foreign countries who sought education and work in the United States. She began with Chinese students and eventually added students and executives from Europe and Asia. The experience has deepened her understanding of multiple cultural viewpoints and what drives individuals to aspire to work in the U.S. She helps them reinforce their motivation and often opens their eyes to options to keep them from veering off their path. To her surprise, she found that students were chatting about her on social media, which led to referrals.
Kathleen joined the NRWA for the community, collaboration, and educational opportunities. Having just joined in January, she notes how helpful everyone is and says the organization's coaching and mentoring aspects are evident.
She has found the NRWA Facebook group helpful and has learned a lot by reading the responses. She loves finding individuals who share her passion for helping people thrive and is excited to have this group to engage with and gain perspectives on diverse issues. Kathleen is always thinking about ways to give back and to spread the richness of the information she has gathered through her professional journey; she will be an excellent resource on topics ranging from executive coaching to growing a service business.
Kathleen lives in southern California with her “chief security officer,” a Norwich terrier named Wagner. The oldest of eight children, she says her coaching career started with her family life. She loves to travel and has planned a trip to Portugal this year. Contact Kathleen at km@newviewexec.com or linkedin.com/in/kathleenmcgrorty.
Anne Anderson is an HR Manager at Charter Spectrum and a professional resume writer. She has been a member of NRWA since 2013. Contact Anne at alanderson541@gmail.com.
