Dr Katherine Iscoe is a keynote speaker, author, board member, former CEO of a
dual-listed public company, academic mentor and summa cum laude graduate
with multiple scholarships and awards.
Despite these achievements and perceived public success, Katherine’s mental
health was teetering on collapse; she endured a debilitating eating disorder for
over a decade, and persevered through severe depression and thoughts of
suicide.
It is precisely these deeply personal experiences that have shaped Katherine’s
latest research focus: the inseparable connection between self-respect and self-
leadership, because at the core of her struggle for inner peace, it was a lack of
self-respect that influenced her self-destructive tendencies.
Her research revealed that self-respect enables a leader to push the limits of their
potential by recognising their inherent worth and significance, enabling them to
embrace calculated risks and step out of their comfort zones fostering a deep
belief in their ability to make a meaningful impact. Self-respecting leaders also
communicate with more confidence, exhibit greater resilience, live free of
imposter syndrome, and wholeheartedly embrace a growth mindset.
Alongside her professional escapades, Dr Katherine is a dog-obsessed, murder-
documentary loving nerd, who uses sewing as therapy and shoes as her healthy
addiction.