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Kathy’s powerful shedding message ignites people and organizations globally with the practical skills to lead and master change. She draws from a deep well of over 25 years of health care, corporate education and organizational development experience. Kathy’s ‘signature story’ is her transformation as an ER/trauma nurse who became the first health care worker in America to be diagnosed positive for AIDS as a result of workplace exposure. She received national attention as a result of this life-altering hospital-based event that ‘made her a poster child’ for the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The diagnosis, a death sentence in the mid-80s, was confirmed with multiple positive tests. Months later, all tests returned negative. A miracle or medical error? No one is able to explain. The 3 months that Kathy lived with that traumatic diagnosis was a life-altering experience. Her presentations reach far beyond that experience, to build a touchstone with each member of the audience. Her dramatic account provides focus, inspiration and practical tools for people to lead and master change in their personal and professional lives.

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Areas of Expertise:
Change
Communication Skills
Large Systems Change
Leadership
Organizational Development Interventions

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kdempsey - Updated: October 26, 2010