Dr. Kathryn Ritchie · Ignition Institute · Author

Sparking Transformations Across the Globe

Dr. Kathryn Ritchie is the Founder and CEO of Ignition Institute, a consulting firm delivering wholistic transformations to leadership teams across the globe. Her passion for strategy, people and processes that unleash performance have earned her a reputation as a true authority in empowering leaders to create better businesses.

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Through her proprietary method, Dr. Ritchie identifies key strategies for growth and then works with leadership to ensure execution. By creating accountability within leadership teams as well as their employees, Dr. Ritchie creates seamless transitions from planning to implementation to growth.

Prior to her work with Ignition Institute today, Dr. Ritchie worked in management at Macquarie Bank and held board positions at organizations including the Foundation Board for University NSW (Australia) and served as a member of Women’s President Organization in New York. However, it was as a speech pathologist that she learned some of the most important lessons of her career.

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In her work, particularly with those suffering from head injuries, Dr. Ritchie discovered the power one individual has if they have a clear goal, high ownership, supportive conditions to performance along with clear and clear feedback. She excels in spite of challenging work environments – the world of change and transformation tends to bring the real issues that need to be addressed to the surface. Today, Dr. Ritchie uses a breadth of diverse experiences to light the fire within herself and that of her team to bring measurable, lasting results to companies regardless of the challenge. Women’s Leader Magazine names her as one of their most inspiring Women Leaders of 2022.

Dr. Ritchie is based out of New York. She earned her degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Queensland before going on to get her MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) where she was the valedictorian of her graduating class and won the Chairman’s Prize for Leadership. She holds an honorary doctorate in Business Administration for her work in strategy execution from the City University of Los Angeles—CULA.

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