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Kate Hutson

Kate Hutson is a master at helping leaders embody their fullest potential—bringing more self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and aliveness into their leadership. She works with social impact leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers who are not just shaping industries but redefining the way we lead, connect, and create. Her coaching isn’t just about solving workplace challenges—it’s about unlocking new levels of vitality, creativity, and relational depth.

Kate’s style blends deep challenge with playful curiosity, creating a space where leaders can explore, experiment, and transform. She guides clients in moving beyond intellectual understanding into embodied leadership—helping them process emotions, shift patterns at a nervous system level, and build the internal capacity for greater trust, resilience, and impact. The result? Less workplace drama, stronger teams, and a leadership presence that inspires lasting change.

With a B.A. in Psychology from Miami University and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Wheaton College, Kate spent over a decade as a psychotherapist before stepping into leadership coaching. Her background in Somatic Experiencing allows her to integrate the mind-body connection into her work, offering a holistic approach to leadership growth that goes beyond strategy into deep, sustainable transformation.

Outside of coaching, Kate finds joy in the simple things—walking along Lake Michigan with her dog, hosting friends for deep conversations, and exploring the vibrant streets of Chicago. She believes that leadership is an embodied practice, that play is a portal to transformation, and that the way we move through the world matters just as much as what we create.

If you’re ready for insightful, embodied transformation, Kate is the coach for you.

You are the right match for Kate if…

  • You’re a leader who craves more than just strategy—you want to feel fully alive in your work.
  • You know growth isn’t just intellectual—it’s embodied, and you’re ready to explore that edge.
  • You’re open to somatic practices that deepen awareness, presence, and impact.
  • You want to lead with more ease, trust, and connection—without the constant push.
  • You believe play and curiosity are just as essential as discipline and focus.

PRAISE FOR

Kate Hutson

I have worked with few coaches throughout my career but no one has made as much impact on my personal development as Kate. She is an exceptional career coach and a wonderful person. Kate is a great listener, and asks thought-provoking questions. She acknowledges practical and emotional considerations of a difficult situation and conflict, and finds easy to implement solutions that she also helps rehearse with her clients to give them additional confidence and preparation for their important discussions. I always look forward to my sessions with Kate because I know I will learn a lot from our interactions. She has helped me become a calmer leader, and has made me see and approach problems with a more playful, drama-free angle, which in turn makes problem-solving less exhausting and more straightforward and fun. I feel that after talking to Kate I can handle any issue, and that nothing is that big of a deal! I highly recommend Kate and CLG to anyone looking to learn about themselves, grow into a better leader, and become more masterful in dealing with people and problems, at and outside of work.
Zlata Gleason
CFA Partner, Head of Client Advisory Group at Indus Capital Partners, LLC
My time with Kate is like coming home to a warm, safe place where I’m fully seen without judgment. I'm able to explore and nurture all the tender parts that hold me back and keep me small. She knows how to ask just the right questions to open my perspective and see new possibilities for being and doing, dramatically improving my impact on the world – at work and at home.
Yolanda Beattie
Director at Yo&Co
Kate's knowledge and skill with the CLG model of coaching is solid. To that, she brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from her previous work. Her coaching stance is welcoming and open and allows me space to do the work I need to on myself toward growing my leadership stance. Highly recommend Kate!
Patrick Schmitz
CEO at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Kate provides a warm and supportive, yet challenging, container for profound transformation. She has guided me to identify my limiting beliefs and send them to the trash heap one by one, while laughing along the way.
Sara Johnson
Founder and Principal at Frances Strategies
What makes Kate exceptional as a coach is her mastery of Conscious Leadership paired with her easy-going style. A life-long compartmentalizer, I was a cauldron of problems, experiences, and feelings hidden underneath. Tugging slightly at the strings, my knots start to relax and unwind. Today, I'm less stressed and more serene. Working with Kate over the last twelve months has been transformative. As I chart my new path, I'm hopeful (and a little apprehensive) on what's ahead for me.
Joel Morrow
CEO of Prana Pets
I’ve worked with Kate for a little over a year now, both in virtual 1:1 coaching and also at an in-person intensive. Her grounded presence and gentle (yet subtly fierce) prodding has skillfully assisted in guiding me to my uncomfortable edges. I’ve learned to feel, I’ve learned to be more mindful, I’ve learned to let go, and I’ve discovered my true purpose in life… all with Kate nearby.
Jason Johnson
Sales/Operations/Leadership at Contract Interiors Inc
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