Humble Yet Fierce
What the CIA taught me about life, leadership, and leaving a legacy.
Inspiring Courageous faith
Award-winning author, presenter and leadership consultant Katy McQuaid spent more than three decades in the CIA, including 12 years living abroad. Her work in communities all over the world inspired her to share the art of humble leadership with her clients.
Katy serves as a beacon of hope and inspiration for anyone navigating change or challenging circumstances.
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“Humble, Yet Fierce”
I wrote this book because I want to inspire others to know they can be successful even when they don’t fit the mold. It has been one of the hardest yet most rewarding things I’ve ever done. This book will speak to women and leaders of all ages who want to grapple with making a life change and taking on a new position or responsibilities.
Limited-time Offer! Buy two and receive free shipping with the author’s autograph in each book.
Keynote and Speaking
About the Keynote
Katy McQuaid encourages her audiences to live in alignment with their purpose or reason for getting out of bed every day. Understanding one’s purpose keeps focus on the things that matter most and is important for success in professional and personal life, and for health and well-being. Katy inspires her audiences to live life with courage, grace and faith. She is a captivating storyteller with relevant and compelling life stories including her three decades leading large global operations with the CIA.
Keynote take-aways
- Know your purpose. Your happiness depends on knowing what matters most to you and living in alignment with it.
- Live with courage. The willingness to know yourself, your strengths and your values provides courage to move life in new directions.
- Be fierce, step out in faith and see grace in action.
Topics
Courage
Faith
Humility
Inspiration
Leadership
Purpose
Audiences
Colleges and Universities
Corporations
Faith Based Organizations
Government
Non-Profits
Katy has advised leaders in major global companies:
The Latest
Storytelling has a lot of benefits. It’s fun, engaging, and a great stress reliever.
But one of my favorites is that it stimulates your mind.
That’s part of the reason I wrote the books about Grace - I wanted to share her stories in a format that people of all ages could be stimulated and inspired by.
Living with Grace is a program for seniors that is specially designed with their cognitive health in mind. Every story about Grace provides stimulation for participants when they hear about her adventures and the challenges she faces.
And the program guides for the staff member or caregiver leading the activity provide all the prompts needed to keep the participants fully engaged.
I would love for you and your seniors to experience the benefits of storytelling, so I am giving away the first chapter of book 6 for FREE on my website! Please visit www.EverybodyLovesGrace.com today for the download.
I know as soon as you finish the first chapter, you’ll see how Living with Grace can be a valuable resource for your activity calendar!
Aug 21
Do you know a great way to build friendships in your community?
Share stories!
Research shows that when you participate in storytelling, you bond with the other people in your group by connecting with them and the characters in the stories.
This builds empathy, which helps you be a better friend.
Living with Grace uses storytelling to share the adventures of Grace the Dog, who is a true friend to everyone she meets.
Communities thrive when their residents enjoy strong friendships, and Living with Grace is designed to help seniors live a happier, fuller life through an award-winning book series.
If you’d like to see how powerful storytelling can be, then I’d like to share a story about one of Grace’s adventures with you for FREE!
Please visit my website at www.EverybodyLovesGrace.com today for a download of the first chapter of Book 6!
Jul 23
"A life lived abroad requires the creation of new traditions around the holidays. New traditions don`t replace the ones I grew up with, like eating lasagna and opening one present on Christmas Eve." Humble Yet Fierce, Chapter 17
Happy Thanksgiving, especially to those experiencing a different holiday this year.
#HumbleYetFierce #adaptability #thanksgiving #laughter #change
Nov 20
Leadership isn’t a title. It’s an action. You’re a leader.
Take the opportunity to step into something new and learn to practice the art of humble leadership.