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Katie Naughton, automotive industry leader and founder of Drive Her Forward
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Your next great leader may alreadyĀ work for you. Develop her.

Drive Her Forward helps companies develop and promote their high-potential women into stronger leaders - through practical leadership training and ongoing development.

Develop your best people | Promote from within | Strengthen your pipeline
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Sixty seconds, directly from Katie

In 60 seconds, Katie shares who this is for and why developing your women now matters.

 

Your business can only grow as far as your people can lead

Companies already have capable, high-performing women inside them. They are reliable, they know the operation, and they carry more than their title suggests. But strong performance does not automatically become strong leadership..

Without intentional development, that potential sits untapped, and the business keeps looking outside for leadership, betting someone new will understand it better than the talent already inside.

Develop these women, and they stop waiting for direction and start leading. They solve problems before those problems reach a manager's desk, make sound decisions inside clear boundaries, and get ready to take on more.

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A stronger leader who needs less managing

Develop a high-potential woman into a confident leader and you don't just fill a role - you get someone who takes ownership, makes sound decisions, and frees you to work on the business instead of in it.

Less firefighting from you - more delegation you can trust
Decisions that get made well without you in the roomt
A visible path that keeps your best women from leaving
TRUSTED TO DEVELOP AND SPEAK TO LEADERS AT:

From dependable contributor to confident leader

1. Ownership
Leaders who take responsibility and solve problems instead of escalating every issue.
2. Ready to Be Promoted
High-potential women prepared for more responsibility before the opportunity arrives.
3. A Stronger Bench
Real succession built inside the business, so the company relies less on hiring from outside.
4. Sound Decision-Making
Clear, faster decisions made inside defined boundaries, with less second-guessing.
5. Communication and Authority
Women who speak with authority in meetings, set expectations, and handle hard conversations.
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How it works

Start a conversation.

Tell us your goals and which women you want to develop.

Choose your path.

Ongoing membership, a focused workshop, or both, delivered online or in person.

Develop and promote.

Katie develops your people, and you grow stronger leaders from within.

Ways to develop your leaders

Two options that work together. The Community gives your women ongoing support and connection; the Workshop gives them focused direction to work on. Start with either, or combine them.

Sponsored Community Membership
Ongoing development for your high-potential women:
  • Monthly leadership sessions
  • Structured programming
  • Peer accountability
  • Quarterly checkpoints
  • An individualized plan
  • A private monthly call for your team
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$200 / participant / month
Leadership Workshop
A focused development experience.
  • Delivered 1:1 or in a small group
  • Online or in person
  • Each participant leaves with a 90-day development plan
The Workshop is delivered online or in person. In-person delivery adds travel, billed separately.
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SPEAKING AND KEYNOTES
Katie introduces your team or event to the Drive Her Forward approach through a practical, experience-driven talk.
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The Drive Her Forward Leadership Framework

Development is built on three intentional moves.

01
STOP WAITING
Stop waiting for the title, the permission, or the perfect moment, and take ownership of how you lead.
02
BECOME
Strengthen how you decide, communicate, influence, take responsibility, and build trust.
03
BUILD
Develop others, strengthen relationships, and create the leadership you wish existed.

The women you're ready to invest in

Drive Her Forward is built for high-potential women, the managers, senior performers, and rising leaders a company already believes in and wants to prepare for more.

MANAGERS
SENIOR PERFORMERS
HIGH-POTENTIAL TALENT
RISING LEADERS

Sponsor one woman, develop a team, or bring Drive Her Forward into your organization.

Built in business
Designed for leadership

Katie Naughton built her career leading teams and making high-stakes decisions inside demanding, traditionally male-dominated business environments, becoming an owner and operator before founding Drive Her Forward.

Her stories come from real operating experience, but her work is not about any one industry. It is about helping women across business become stronger, more trusted, and more effective leaders.

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Meet Katie

You can see it. In yourself, and in the women around you

You're often the one people come to when something needs to get done. You take ownership, you solve problems, you keep things moving. You're ready for more, and so are the women beside you.
What's usually missing isn't ability. It's development, done on purpose. Drive Her Forward turns that potential into real leadership, and gives you a simple way to bring it to your company.

You don't need a budget or a title to start Just bring it to the person who can say yes

Here is how to make the case in one short conversation:
It develops the people we already trust.
Stronger leaders from within, not hired from outside.
It is real training, not a seminar.
A clear plan with measurable follow-through.
We can start small.
One woman or a few, scaling as it proves out.
Share the one-page overview with your manager or owner.
It is written for the person who approves the spend, and works on screen or printed.
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FAQ

Develop the leaders your business will need next

Recognizing potential is the first step. Developing it on purpose is what comes next.

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