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Meet the founder

Meet Coach Kae.

You don't have to shrink who you are to succeed.

Kae Ricketts is a multifaceted mother, strategist, coach, consultant, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, and she's proof that all the parts of you belong at the table. Her late-diagnosed neurodivergence isn't a footnote to her story; it's the lens through which she serves career professionals, solopreneurs, and organizations broadly, and the foundation of her growing work supporting others navigating their own late diagnosis and neurodivergent identity.

Strategist Coach Consultant Entrepreneur Educator Philanthropist Creator Community Builder Advocate
Multifaceted Leader & Visionary ✦ Ambassador of Intersectionality ✦ Authentic Communicator ✦ Curator of Culture ✦ Synergy Leveraging Ninja ✦ Motivator ✦ Strategic Storyteller & Connector ✦ Driver of Engagement & Alignment ✦

"While other coaches are trying to make you 'niche down' - I'm giving you permission to be multi-passionate."

Kae doesn't believe in the one-size-fits-all approach. Her work is built for people who live in full color - not just one lane.

The origin

A graphic tee that started a movement

Kae has always prided herself on being multidimensional. As a Black woman and single mother - navigating a demanding corporate career, entrepreneurial ambitions, DEI work, and philanthropic pursuits - she has always existed at the intersection of many identities at once.

In her corporate life, Kae was deeply embedded in the affinity-based Employee Resource Group space - African Heritage, Women, Millennials, Working Parents, Disabilities - and what became clear, again and again, was that there is no single box to check that encompasses all of who she is. Or who most people are.

The more she showed up fully, across all of those groups and identities, the more evident it became: the ability to show up authentically in the spaces and places we operate in each day really is a superpower - and it deserves to be celebrated.

What started as designs near and dear to her heart became The Multifaceted Mama brand: apparel and tools built to honor that truth. From there, the ecosystem grew into community, coaching, consulting, a podcast, and beyond. And the frameworks she builds and shares with others are the same ones she has spent years building for herself.

When her late-diagnosed neurodivergence added yet another dimension to her story, it didn't slow her down. It sharpened her lens. Systems thinking, universal design, and the art of meeting people exactly where they are became the foundation of everything she builds.

Her work has since expanded to meet the full complexity of what it means to be well, and to function, in a world that wasn't designed for how many of us actually live. Neurodivergence and late diagnosis, resilience, mental fitness, workplace mental health, and burnout and recovery: these are the five areas Kae returns to again and again, not because they're separate tracks but because they're rarely separate in real life.

Education & Background

Dual Bachelor's Degrees - Bentley University MBA - Simmons University Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Practical Process Improvement - Process Manager Change Management Professional Prosci Certified Change Practitioner Certified Professional Coach Certified Resiliency Coach/Facilitator Nonprofit Leadership Certification Business Process Specialist Positive Intelligence (PQ) Coach In Progress

"My goal is simple: use my skills, expertise, and experiences to inspire others to be their unapologetic, goal-getting, don't-put-me-in-a-box selves - while sharing what I wish I had learned sooner, and building the resources that I would have benefited from along my own journey."

- Kae

Why it matters

Experience translated into real results

Every chapter of Kae's life has been deliberate preparation for the work she does today.

Experience
Value
Started working at 13 across varied industries - a broad, ground-level view of how work actually works
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Broad view of workplace realities - Kae meets you where you are with zero judgment and real context
Formal education, training & certifications - dual bachelor's, MBA, LSSYB, Prosci®, coaching credentials and more
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Leverage proven guidance & frameworks - backed by structure, not just intuition
Several years in management & leadership positions - building and shaping teams from the inside
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Experience building & shaping organizational culture - knows how change actually happens, not just what the playbook says
Years of firsthand experience as entrepreneur, coach, and consultant - not theory, lived application
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Proven application & adaptability - every strategy has been tested in real life, including her own
Personal navigation of loss, late-diagnosed ADHD and autism, burnout and resilience - not studied, lived
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Human-centered, whole-person approach - coaching that accounts for how your brain actually works, not just how productivity systems say it should

Credentials

The training behind the work

Hover each card to learn what each credential means for you.

Master of Business Administration

Simmons University

MBA - Simmons University

Graduate business training in strategy, finance, operations, leadership, and healthcare management - the backbone of how Kae thinks about growth.

Dual Bachelor's Degrees

Finance & Economics · Bentley University

B.S. - Bentley University

Undergraduate foundation in business, combining analytical rigor with real-world application - where Kae's strategic instincts were first sharpened.

Prosci® Change Practitioner

ADKAR Framework

Prosci® ADKAR

A research-backed framework for the human side of change. Kae helps people move through it, not just plan it.

Certified Professional Coach

Executive · Life · Leadership

Multi-Domain Coaching

Certified to deliver coaching across several areas including Life, Career, Entrepreneurship, Executive, and Leadership Development, giving Kae the range to meet you wherever you are.

Certified Resiliency Coach

Coach & Facilitator

Resiliency Coaching

Sustaining performance through challenge and complexity - not just bouncing back, but moving forward stronger.

Positive Intelligence Coach

PQ Coaching · In Progress

Mental Fitness Coaching

The Positive Intelligence (PQ) framework builds the mental fitness muscle, the ability to respond to challenges with a clear head rather than from stress or fear. Kae is currently completing her PQ coaching certification, adding a research-backed mental fitness methodology to her practice.

Practical Process Improvement

Process Manager Designation

PPI - Process Management

Formal designation in process improvement - equipping Kae to design, analyze, and optimize the systems that keep organizations moving.

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Process Improvement

Process Efficiency

Trained to identify waste, streamline workflows, and build systems that run smoothly.

Change Management Professional

CMP Designation

Certified Change Management

Moving teams and leaders through transition with clarity, confidence, and minimal disruption.

Nonprofit Leadership

United Way Certification

Nonprofit Leadership

Governance, community impact, and mission-driven leadership - the foundation for Multifaceted Giving.

The approach

Straight-forward. Always strategic.

Kae is known for being direct and practical - always with a focus on synergies. She doesn't believe in leaving people to figure things out alone, and she doesn't believe in strategies that only work on paper.

Systems thinking

Looking at the whole picture - not just the problem in front of you to build solutions that hold up over time.

Universal design mindset

Frameworks built to flex with the real complexity of your life not a cookie-cutter template you have to squeeze into.

Storytelling & metaphor

Making complex ideas land clearly. Whether in coaching or consulting, Kae makes the strategy feel real and accessible.

Real-life structure

Everything built with your actual life in mind because a strategy you can't sustain isn't a strategy at all.

Frameworks Built From Lived Experience

Kae isn't borrowing someone else's methodologies and reselling them. Her proprietary systems are built from years of experience on her own journey and refined through client work, creating the kind of tools, resources, and guidance she wished had existed for her along the way.

Coach. Consultant. Practitioner. Teacher.

Kae doesn't separate these roles; she inhabits all of them simultaneously. The work she does with individuals informs the frameworks she brings to organizations. The research she's doing finds its way into the coaching room. And the teaching mindset she carries into every engagement ensures that clients don't just get answers; they build the capacity to keep finding their own.

What people say

"Karima is one of the most impressive professionals I've worked with. In a short period of time, I saw her bring clarity, structure, and momentum to a complex, fast-moving environment, she did it all with a rare blend of strategic perspective and hands-on execution. Her unique work style is grounded in three guiding principles that show up consistently: a holistic view of how people, processes, and feedback loops integrate; making things clear and digestible so teams aren't forced to figure it out alone; and exceptional practical application - using storytelling and metaphors to translate complexity into actionable next steps."

Brittany McNamee

Ethics & Compliance Communications and Learning Leader

The Multifaceted ecosystem

Every part of the work, in one place

From creating practical tools for everyday use, to providing business blueprint guidance, and building delivery models and governance structures

Individuals, Entrepreneurs & Professionals

Coaching

Kae helps individuals, entrepreneurs, and career professionals embrace their authenticity and build lives, businesses, and careers that reflect their purpose. Her clients aren't forced to find their niche, they are empowered to own all of who they are.

Leaders & Organizations

Consulting

Kae helps leaders and organizations improve performance, eliminate inefficiencies, and grow sustainably - through stronger team dynamics, streamlined processes, and smarter systems. Trusted across industries, from social impact organizations to Fortune 100 corporations.

Owning Your Brain. Building Your Life: Where Your Identity, Wellbeing, and Work Meet

Multifaceted Minds

The intersection of mental health, neurodivergent identity, and human sustainability. Multifaceted Minds is where Kae explores and shares what it means to be well, and to thrive, in a world that wasn't designed for how many of us actually think, work, and live. Resources, tools, and community for the whole, complex person.

Amplifying Stories

The Podcast

Kae believes the stories we tell, and hear, have the power to change our lives and shape what we believe is possible. The podcast episodes are where real conversations happen: about building, navigating, surviving, thriving, all while showing up as your full self.

Together We Go Further

The community

A space built for the multi-passionate, the multidimensional, and the boldly authentic. The Multifaceted Community is where like-minded people come together to connect, grow, and show up fully, supported by shared tools, resources, and real conversation.

Philanthropy

Giving

Because giving back is part of the work. Kae has spent 25+ years investing in community through volunteer leadership, mentorship, engagement, and education initiatives. She has served on the executive board of the National Black MBA Association, has led corporate social responsibility initiatives, and founded Multifaceted Giving (formerly Lotus Flower Foundation), her very own 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to creating positive impact within historically underserved communities in ways that truly reflect who she is and what she stands for.

The Multifaceted Mama

The shop

Apparel and tools designed to make a statement without you having to say a word. Celebrate the power of your authenticity and wear it as both a reminder and a badge of honor. The Multifaceted Mama shop is where the movement comes to life and where it lives every day.

25+

years of impact, community investment & philanthropic leadership

What's Next

Still building. Still learning. Always moving forward.

Kae's curiosity doesn't stop at the edges of her current practice. She is constantly researching, learning, and exploring topics that are near and dear to her, threads of her own story and questions she keeps returning to. She's committed to learning more, creating space for the conversation, amplifying the work of others in these areas, and finding ways to make what she's discovering useful for the clients and communities she's in connection with.

Topics she continues to explore

Intergenerational transmission of undiagnosed neurodivergence

Women of Caribbean and African descent being missed or misdiagnosed in clinical settings

Masked neurodivergence across generations in communities of color

Late diagnosis as an act of generational healing

AI for mental health and self-built support systems

Neurodivergent identity and performance in organizational contexts

Start here

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Partnered With

State Street
Harvard University
Bentley University
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SBS
Verdant Consulting
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Kae's work and story have been recognized across media and press.

You belong here

You don't have to fit into one box.

Whether you're building a business, navigating a career, or just figuring out your next move, there's a place in the Multifaceted ecosystem for you. Start wherever feels right.

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