Building What Comes Next
People Advisory | Coaching | Speaking
Fractional People Executive
Executive People leadership for what comes next.
There are moments when an organization’s people strategy, leadership, culture, and infrastructure need to evolve as quickly as the business, but a full time Chief People Officer may not yet be the right investment.
Fractional CPO support provides experienced executive People leadership during periods of growth, transformation, transition, and increasing complexity, with a trusted advisor working alongside the CEO and executive team.
The work begins with understanding the business: where you are, where you are going, what is getting in the way, and what your organization needs from its people and leaders to get there.
Areas of Partnership
- People and organizational strategy
- Organizational design and transformation
- AI, workforce, and future of work strategy
- Culture and employee experience
- Executive and leadership effectiveness
- Talent, performance, and succession
- People function strategy and infrastructure
- Growth, integration, and change
- Executive counsel
The Impact
The goal is not to create more HR programs. It is to build the organizational capability required for the business to succeed.
That may mean stronger leaders, clearer accountability, a more effective People function, stronger talent pipelines, an intentional culture, or an organization better prepared for its next stage of growth.
Leadership & Performance Coaching
A trusted thought partner for the moments when leadership gets complicated.
The higher you rise, the fewer people you have with whom you can openly test an idea, work through a difficult decision, challenge your assumptions, or simply say, “Here’s what I’m really thinking.”
Leadership & Performance Coaching provides leaders with a confidential, trusted partner to help them navigate those moments with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.
This is not coaching from the sidelines. I bring together executive coaching with more than 20 years of experience advising leaders, building organizations, developing talent, navigating transformation, and leading through complex business and people challenges.
Think of me as a consigliere for your leadership: someone who listens, asks the questions others may not ask, challenges your thinking when needed, helps you see around corners, and works alongside you to turn insight into action.
What We May Work On
Every coaching relationship is different because every leader and business context is different. Our work may include:
- Navigating complex leadership and business decisions
- Strengthening executive presence and influence
- Leading through growth, transformation, or uncertainty
- Managing difficult relationships and conversations
- Building and leading high performing teams
- Increasing self awareness and understanding your impact on others
- Preparing for expanded responsibilities or a new leadership role
- Thinking through organizational dynamics and stakeholder relationships
- Creating greater clarity around priorities, performance, and accountability
- Moving from being an exceptional functional leader to an enterprise leader
Speaking & Facilitation
Ideas that challenge leaders to think differently about people, culture, and performance.
Kiy Watts brings more than 20 years of executive People leadership, culture building, organizational transformation, and leadership development experience to the stage and into the room. Her philosophy is simple: Culture is something people should experience, not something companies declare.
Through keynote speaking, executive conversations, panels, leadership sessions, and facilitated experiences, Kiy helps audiences move beyond traditional conversations about people and culture to explore a bigger question: How do we build cultures people want to subscribe to?
Kiy combines real world executive experience, storytelling, practical insights, and thoughtful challenge to create conversations that are engaging, relevant, and actionable. Whether speaking to hundreds of people or facilitating a room of senior leaders, her goal is the same: help people think differently and leave better equipped to lead.
