Kathryn Dager

President and Founder of Profitivity,

Kathryn Dager, M.A., President and Founder of Profitivity Inc. in 1985, is an internationally recognized Speaker, Consultant, and Trainer for small and large organizations in all industries, worldwide. With over 36 years of business consulting, talent empowerment, and leadership and management development, she has helped hundreds of business leaders and their teams structure their business for cultural agility, higher performance, sustained profitability, and growth.

Kathryn’s expertise includes creating business cultures based on trust, developing a successful path of training for all levels from the front line employees up to senior management positions, facilitating collaborative work teams, and positioning organizations for exponential growth. Her specialties include strategy and culture, change management, employee engagement, team building, career management, leadership assessment, and development. Her clients call her “the workplace whisperer.”

  • Her clients include American Express
  • Ann Taylor
  • Bank Of America
  • Ben Bridge Jewelers
  • Brighton Collectibles
  • Champion Sports
  • Covington Pediatrics
  • Crate & Barrel
  • Dixon, Hughes, Goodman, LLC
  • Eddie Bauer
  • First Tennessee Bank
  • GAP
  • Gymboree
  • Hometown Pharmacies
  • Hudson Group
  • J.C. Penney
  • Kitchen Collection
  • Lindt & Sprungli
  • Magnolia Pharmacy
  • MasterCard International
  • Mikasa
  • Optilase Clinic
  • Party City
  • Polo-Ralph Lauren
  • Restoration Hardware
  • Ross Stores
  • Steiner Leisure, Ltd
  • Taco Bell
  • The Law Collaborative
  • Thérapie Clinic
  • UCLA Student's Stores
  • US Marine Corps
  • VONS Company
  • Windsor Fashions
  • Z Gallerie

Kathryn is the best-selling author of "The Business Owner’s Guide To Empowered Leadership,” “More Than A Throw-Away Job” and “Access Your Greatness.” She has created hundreds of customized training systems, and 20 interactive online courses and published over 50 articles. She has a Masters's in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and a Bachelor’s in Business Management from the University of California at Redlands and is a Certified Coach from Life Mastery Institute. She is also a certified Master in NLP, Neuro Re-Patterning, Results Certification, and Platform & Presentation Skills

Kathryn resides in Santa Monica, California, and is happily engaged to be married, is a devoted mother to her daughter, son-in-law, and grandmother to her adorable grandson. She loves to cook, entertain, play golf, travel, and does all things crafts and if you ask her, she may sing a great show tune for you.


Recorded Webinars
Kathryn Dager

5 Proven Ways To Engage & Retain Your Team Even During The Great Resignation

The way companies are finding talent and building culture has changed more in the last few years than it has in thirty! It’s the “wild west” out there and staying competitive in today’s market means not only attracting top tier team talent but efficiently and effectively incorporating them into your business and THEN retaining them.

Kathryn Dager

If It's True That Actions Speak Louder Than Words, What Is Your Team Really Saying?

If you have struggled with miscommunication, broken promises or dissention on your team, this is a perfect time to add a set of advanced communication tools to your leadership toolkit. If you had the power to turn your employee’s attitudes around, observe behavior without judging and be crystal clear when you delegate so you are delighted with the results, how would it impact your life?

Kathryn Dager

When Good Workers Go Bad: Managing Toxic Employees

If you have struggled with miscommunication, broken promises or dissention on your team, this is a perfect time to add a set of advanced communication tools to your leadership toolkit. If you had the power to turn your employee’s attitudes around, observe behavior without judging and be crystal clear when you delegate so you are delighted with the results, how would it impact your life?

Kathryn Dager

When Good Workers Go Bad: Managing Toxic Employees

If you have struggled with miscommunication, broken promises or dissention on your team, this is a perfect time to add a set of advanced communication tools to your leadership toolkit. If you had the power to turn your employee's attitudes around, observe behavior without judging and be crystal clear when you delegate so you are delighted with the results, how would it impact your life?

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