From Wall Street to Coaching: Kat Sosnick’s Journey to Empower High Performers

In this episode of 'The Act of Coaching,' host Phil Askew interviews Kat Sosnick, a productivity coach for high-performance professionals. Kat shares her transition from a high-stress Wall Street career to becoming a coach, inspired by her passion for mentoring young professionals. She discusses her specialized coaching approach, which helps clients overcome cycles of self-doubt and build self-confidence. Kat also highlights the valuable skills she acquired from the ACT Leadership coaching program and how they have transformed her personal relationships and professional practice. The episode dives deep into the challenges and rewards of midlife career transitions and the importance of adopting a beginner's mindset. Kat is a widely recognized hedge fund professional with over three decades on Wall Street. A Consumer Analyst by AM and Productivity Coach by PM, Kat specializes in helping high-performance professionals overcome self-doubt to boost confidence and optimize productivity. Kat started her career at McKinsey and has spent over three decades working at some of the nation’s top hedge funds. She serves annually as a judge at the annual Pershing Square stock challenge, at her alma mater, Columbia Business School. Kat regularly shares her insights as a GenX voice on LinkedIn – her natural habitat! Drawing from her 25-year journey as a cancer survivor and advocate, she offers pro bono support to cancer patients – her heart has a special place for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Kat has a huge appetite for pop culture. She has traveled a lot. Baked a lot. Read a lot. She is a mom of twin boys who are off to college And splits her time between downtown NYC and the beautiful mountains of Snowmass, CO.