Katy Encalade: Coaching as an Investment in Ethical Leadership
Katy Encalade, President and CEO of Egg Donor and Surrogate Solutions, shared on LinkedIn:
“Our goal has always been to build and maintain a team where we trust each other enough to give honest feedback and are willing to hear it when it’s our turn. Coaching has helped me see how much of that starts with how I respond as a leader.
I had the opportunity to speak at SEEDS Ethics about Coaching as an Investment in Ethical Leadership. In egg donation and surrogacy, we make decisions that affect people and families, often without an obvious answer. A healthy culture gives us room to ask harder questions, consider a different perspective, and hold each other accountable.
That’s why I’ve invested in coaching for our executive team at Egg Donor and Surrogate Solutions too. I want them to have the same space I’ve had to reflect, get honest feedback, and grow in how they lead.
Brooke Domek, thank you for walking alongside me over the last three years. You’ve taken the time to understand our work, asked questions that made me rethink my assumptions, and helped me get clearer about how I want to show up as a leader. I’m grateful our team gets to learn from you, too.
Thank you to SEEDS for making space to talk about how the culture we build inside our organizations shapes the care we give to the people who trust us with their family-building journeys.”

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