Katya Davydova

Mission

Katya’s mission is to make the world of work (and life) more joyful, meaningful, and human. She does so by marrying the science of leadership development with the heart of personal growth. 

She is an organizational development expert, ICF-certified holistic executive coach, keynote and TEDx speaker, and award-winning author. 

Key Work

Katya has impacted 7,000+ executives, managers, and individual contributors across 700+ workshops and coaching engagements on topics like effective feedback, leading change, strategic thinking, inclusive behaviors, and habits of joy.

She’s worked with leaders at Google, Netflix, Instacart, e.l.f., JobAdder, and more, spanning almost every industry.

Katya is also the founder of Effervescent You, where she guides ambitious leaders, high-growth teams, and purpose-driven organizations to distill direction from distraction, strengthen their decision-making and self-trust, and build resilient teams in three ways. Katya:

1. Speaks and facilitates on leadership development, joy, and personal growth on stages like TEDx, Culture Summit, Conferences for Women, and global learning and development organizations.

2. Coaches high performers in executive presence and public speaking, leadership challenges, and transitions. She helps them fall in love with themselves and their work.

3. Consults with organizations to untangle thorny organizational challenges to uphold individual and systemic thriving.

Background

She holds an M.S. in organizational development and knowledge management and an ACC coaching credential from the International Coaching Federation. Her background is in running and scaling L&D programs, people operations and building employee experience initiatives, consulting, and human-centered design.

Katya also wrote a book on wonder in the ordinary and gave a TEDx talk on treasure hunting.

Approach

Her approach infuses play, practical application, and sustained behavioral and mindset change, bridging the gap between insight and action. ​​Her ideal day entails sunshine, movement (usually handstands or dancing), and making at least one person smile.