Her Story
About Katheline
Katheline JeanPierre brings over two decades of leadership experience to her work elevating executive authority. After earning a PoliSci degree and a certificate in journalism, she pursued a master's in management and began her career as a webmaster before advancing through roles as producer, content manager, and product manager. She spent 10 years at Google, tripling portfolio growth to a billion dollars while speaking on major stages across Africa, Europe, Canada, and the US, and later served as managing director at LinkedIn, driving breakthroughs in financial services solutions. Today her business helps professionals with 20 to 30 years of experience increase their visibility and develop portfolio careers with greater bounce-backability. She attributes her success to a tenacious fighter spirit rooted in her Haitian heritage and emphasizes values of integrity, empathy, and owning one's unique strengths. Katheline also volunteers with women's organizations and advises emerging leaders to navigate invisible organizational networks while advocating clearly for their accomplishments.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Katheline
01What do you attribute your success to?
I am extremely tenacious. I have a fighter spirit, and it's probably coming from my Haitian roots. Being born from Haitian parents. Haiti was the first independent black country... my parents, myself... always able to be resilient, persistent, and not let anybody break you. And that's the importance, because if you don't let people break you, then you can reinvent yourself and go access new territories, new ideas, new companies, new projects. And that makes you, that increases your bounce back ability.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
You have to advocate for yourself. I think it's extremely important. Highlighting your accomplishments in terms of output and outcome for the company bottom line. Create a magnetic brand such that people can relay your message when you're not in the room. Make sure that your accomplishment is so simple and so crystal clear that it sounds like a hit song, so the song is sang in rooms that you're not in yet.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Women entering my industry, I think it's important that they understand the invisible networks that are in every single corporation, the startup, the Fortune 10, the Fortune 5000, the Inc. 5000. Because there are invisible networks, and your ability to be able to navigate those invisible networks are going to make or break for your career. You cannot just be head down and doing the work, you have to be able to understand who has influence, how do things get done in the organization, and how can you help people accelerate their outcomes.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Helping people see their greatness. My business is all about elevating executives' authority, such that they can create bounce-backability, which means lead a portfolio career. What we're seeing with 1.1 million layoffs last year in the U.S. is that people have a hard time bouncing back. So now, the idea is, how do you help people become more resilient.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Integrity, doing what you say you're gonna do, and communicating if you're not able to do it. Communication is key, but communicating with integrity. Empathy because you don't know what people are dealing with. Owning your difference. You have a difference, and instead of feeling bad about it, how do you triple down on it so that it becomes your signature.
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