Katherine Bartter
Strategic Operations | Project Management | Support & Leadership
Katherine is an accomplished Operations Manager & Strategist, Administrative Coordinator, and Project Manager with over 10 years of experience supporting high-touch clients across diverse industries. Her systems design approach to administration, operations, and project management is sustainable and agile so organizations and people become more nimble and resilient.
Katherine founded Seraphim to restore clarity and vitality to working systems. Grounded in yogic practices and an adaptive management model, she integrates industry research, creative practice, and holistic design to support organizations with purpose and balance.
Systems Design
Katherine translates vision into structured and flexible operating systems. She designs adaptive strategies that account for organizational dynamics, timelines, resource constraints, and evolving business needs.
Through analysis and systems mapping, she evaluates current-state workflows, identifies operational gaps, and develops customized processes, documentation, and governance frameworks that strengthen performance across functions.
She brings cross fluency in CRM, ECM, project management platforms, HRIS, and communication systems to ensure technology, people, and processes are fully aligned. By grounding strategy in operational execution, she enables cross-functional teams and leadership to collaborate effectively, improve efficiency, and sustain long-term growth through thoughtful organizational design, business development, and program management.
Project Management
Katherine drives execution through clear operating plans supported by disciplined management of scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and stakeholder expectations. She establishes structured program frameworks, defined roles and responsibilities, performance metrics, and reporting cadences to ensure initiatives remain aligned, on track, and fully resourced.
Drawing on principles of adaptive systems thinking, self-management, and agile project management, she designs scalable workflows, risk-management protocols, and change-control processes that support continuous improvement amid evolving priorities and complexity.
In addition to leading cross-functional projects with clarity and precision, she builds organizational capacity by training teams in project governance, tool utilization, and accountability practices—creating systems that mature and strengthen over time.
Organizational
Development
Katherine’s approach to organizational development is rooted in the understanding that people are the foundation of sustainable performance, innovation, and operational excellence.
Through a focus on employee relations, team effectiveness, and culture development, she helps organizations strengthen trust, engagement, and collaboration across roles and functions. She designs relational systems and communication frameworks that support alignment, accountability, and healthy working relationships in complex environments.
Rather than avoiding tension or difference, Katherine facilitates structured dialogue and workplace mediation processes that promote effective communication, principled negotiation, and mutual understanding. With a steady commitment to reconciliation and organizational integrity, Katherine serves as a neutral facilitator who builds trust, clarifies competing perspectives, and guides stakeholders toward sustainable, mutually beneficial outcomes that strengthen both relationships and results.
Administration
Katherine brings over a decade of experience in executive and administrative operations, providing high-level support to founders, executives, and leadership teams in fast-paced, high-accountability environments.
Her background includes complex calendar and inbox management, executive communications, travel coordination, records management, meeting governance, and confidential information handling. She designs administrative systems that enhance focus, improve workflow efficiency, and ensure operational continuity across priorities and time zones.
She brings deep fluency in CRM, ECM, project management, HRIS, and collaboration platforms, enabling seamless integration between administrative processes, reporting structures, and organizational objectives. Her standardized documentation, workflow protocols, and knowledge-management systems improve transparency, compliance, and institutional memory.
Known for her discretion, precision, and proactive problem-solving, she anticipates needs, mitigates risk, and serves as a trusted operational partner, allowing teams to operate with clarity, confidence, and sustained effectiveness.
Communication
Katherine approaches communication with organizational alignment, decision-making, and execution in mind. She designs clear communication systems, documentation standards, and information flows that ensure priorities, expectations, and outcomes are consistently understood across stakeholders.
Ranging from executive briefings and operational dashboards to training resources and knowledge bases, her work is simple and precise to support engagement and retention.
She communicates objective information with clarity and empathy, ensuring that strategy, context, and intent remain aligned at every level of the organization.
Yogic Alignment
Katherine’s RYT-300 Yoga Teacher training and ongoing study across diverse studios and ashrams inform a grounded, evidence-based approach to leadership, operations, and organizational development. Her continued education in traditional medicine, anatomy, breathwork, and martial arts strengthens her capacity to support focus, resilience, stress regulation, and sustainable performance in high-demand professional environments.
She specializes in applied yoga in action, translating embodied awareness, breath regulation, and attentional training into practical tools for decision-making, communication, and leadership under pressure.
Her methodology is rooted in foundational principles that directly support organizational effectiveness: ahimsa, guiding ethical, low-impact decision-making; sthira and sukkha, cultivating balance between discipline and flexibility; and deep listening, strengthening situational awareness and relational intelligence. She emphasizes adaptability through consistent practice and reflective inquiry, enabling individuals and teams to respond skillfully to change, ambiguity, and constraint. Central to her work is the cultivation of witness observation—an executive-level capacity for self-regulation, emotional intelligence, and clear perception—supporting leaders and teams in acting with composure, accountability, and strategic clarity.
“Sure of its useful power, the blacksmith’s strength is joyful. It is after all a form of working respiration which both activates fire and brings life to what it burns.”
— Gaston Bachelard, Earth and Reveries of Will
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