Katalin Pallai

ETHICS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINER AND KEYNOTESPEAKER

»Courage is not the absence of fear, but the resolve to act in service of a purpose larger than oneself. «

Values and purpose are the pillars of a good and authentic life. They are the source of personal stability, energy and resilience, and result in connection to and trust of others.

Living in times of distruptive changes our values can serve as relaiable inner compass for our decisions and for the value-creating strategies of our undertakings.

My goal is to support leaders and organisations solidify their inner compass for decisions, and building organisations and communities where people can thrive and make a meaningful impact on the world.

»An unbelievable depth of knowledge, adaptable to inquiries initiated by participants«

I foster reflection, share knowledge, and help integrate new insights into everyday practice.

My actual focus is creating psychological safety in organisation for optimal value creation. This focus is embedded in a wider expertise in appied ethics with a behavioral-science based approach:

  • Psychological safety: What is necessary for creating courageous and effective collaboration for continouos learning, fast adaptation and innovation in teams and organisation? What gives agility, resilience, creates energy and turn it to outcomes in a rapidly changing world? What is the role of leaders today in creating the environment where teams thrive, learn and grow?
  • Ethical leadership: How can leaders strengthen their moral compass? How can they navigate among conflicting challenges? How can they create authentic presence, trust of stakeholders and maximal value?
  • Ethical decisions: How can we understand how people make decisions and why they often fail to find responsible strategies? How can we make right decisions in complex and challenging situations? How we create context and process that leads to the best possible choices?
  • Ethical management and compliance: How organisational context drives behavior? Why and how people deviate from the right path? How can managers align people with the organisational objectives and rules so that compliance becomes intrinsic motivation?
  • Ethical organisations: How can we build organisations that operate on clear purpose and along shared values and commitment? How we create an environment where people and teams can be empowered and thrive? How can we establish psychological safety for super achivements and the culture of SpeakUp for the defense of people and organisation?

»Katalin has a strong positive presence that takes you and the room.«

  • Wide international experience in the public, private and NGO sectors
  • Trainer & Lecturer & Keynote Speaker
  • PhD and regular senior lecturer at international organisations and business schools on applied ethics, integrity management and creating psychological safety in organisations
  • extensive practice with companies in leadership development
  • working languages: Hungarian (native), English, German and Italian
  • Homepage: Katalin Pallai

Publications by Katalin Pallai