Executive Coaching
Both my work as a Chief Executive and my personal life have benefited
“I have been coached by Catherine over several months, and have benefited greatly. Catherine is always exceptionally well prepared for all of the sessions and is the consummate professional in all that she does. She possesses a natural coaching style which allowed me time to think, but also questioned my assumptions and comments appropriately and deeply. Both my work as a Chief Executive and my personal life have benefited through working with Catherine. I would have no hesitation in recommending Catherine as an Executive Coach or for more general Board development work.”
Divisional CEO, private sector
Action oriented and very productive
“I have found the coaching sessions with Catherine extremely useful in terms of obtaining new perspectives on issues and clarifying thinking. The coaching is action oriented and has been very productive. I would recommend Catherine as an excellent Executive Coach.”
Managing Director, private sector
A fantastic coach. She ticks all the boxes and more.
“As a fellow coach, it’s been a great experience working with Catherine. She ticks all the boxes and more. Her use of different tools to take me beyond my set patterns and assumptions and discover new insights has been invaluable at a difficult time. She ensures she’s working to my agenda and pace and that we’re making the right progress for me. I also value her warmth – she does an amazing job of combining that with enough challenge to stretch me when I need it and commit to actions. A fantastic coach.”
Manager of internal coaching network, UK charity
A better understanding of what triggers unhelpful behaviours
“Thanks to Catherine’s challenging and supportive approach, I now have a better understanding of why I do things and what triggers unhelpful behaviours. Suddenly I have new choices for responding differently which is paramount in this climate of change”
Senior Manager, NHS
Confidence to deal with the changing environment
“On returning to my demanding role after a year’s maternity leave I was keen to ensure that I achieved the right balance between work and family life and that I put in place some strategies and techniques to ensure that I made the best use of my time. The one to one work that I have done with Catherine has been immensely helpful in achieving this. Her honest and straightforward style together with the very effective exercises that she uses in the coaching sessions helped me gain confidence to deal with the changing environment that I worked in while also changed my thinking so that I could find solutions to problems and barriers that I had to confront. I would very much recommend this style of development to managers who want to overcome barriers that affect their performance and ability in the workplace.”
Senior Civil Servant, Department for Education
After just one session Catherine enabled me to shift my mindset
“After just one session with Catherine, I returned to work armed with a range of coping strategies to help me get the most out of my work. Coaching clearly enabled me to shift my mindset and become more productive and positive in my working relationships.”
London Deputy Headteacher
Symbolism from nature as a catalyst for learning
“Catherine listened to my love of nature and exercise and promptly applied an innovative coaching approach eg working in the London parks. This method brought an added dimension – simply by walking and using symbolism from nature as a catalyst for learning, helping me to think differently and change my beliefs about myself.”
Policy Lead, Home Office
Consultancy
Significantly improved the team’s capability and performance – in just 12 months
“Catherine has advised me on the formulation of the L&D strategy for the UK Fundraising Department. This has included delivering specialist group work and individual coaching for middle and senior managers. She has a supportive yet challenging approach which has helped to significantly improve the team’s capability and performance resting as it now does on a shared set of behaviours and values. The journey has been rewarding and enjoyable and the improvements tangible in just 12 months.”
UK Director of Fundraising, UK charity
Her expertise to steer us through an exciting journey of culture change
“Working with Catherine as an OD consultant has been rewarding, productive and hugely enjoyable. Her insight, knowledge and experience, and ability to flex her approach to our organisation and my working style has been incredibly valuable. I appreciate her balance of challenge, enabling me to take a step back and really notice our organisational system, and her expertise to steer us through an exciting journey of culture change.”
OD Manager, UK charity
Supervision
Extremely skilled at using the natural world in the service of coach and their clients
“Catherine is a compassionate and warm supervisor who is able to challenge effectively, due to her ability to build rapport. She is comfortable using a variety of techniques in her supervision and uses them to ensure that the coach grows in their own thinking. She is extremely skilled at using the natural world to support her supervision but not in a gimmicky way – always in the service of the coach and the coach’s clients. I would thoroughly recommend Catherine as a supervisor.”
Frontline coach
Her attention to the unspoken is illuminating
“Catherine is a powerful and insightful coaching supervisor. Her attention to the unspoken as well as to what is explicit in the supervision session is illuminating and challenging. Her focus on and dedication to my increased professional competence was both supportive and challenging which, in my view, is what supervision should be. I have always found Catherine keen to explore the impact of the work on my emotional self in the sessions which brings richness to the work as well as personal insight and development. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be supervised by Catherine.”
Frontline coach
A consummate professional, knowledgeable and caring
“Catherine’s supervision was in tune with the many different ways I coach my clients, encompassing TA, Clean Language and more. She used these too and her insights to help me reflect on my own practice. I thereby gained deeper personal understanding and improved my coaching. Catherine is a consummate professional, knowledgeable and caring and I would highly recommend her as a Supervisor.”
Independent coach
My sessions have become invaluable to me
“My supervision sessions with Catherine have become invaluable to me. They are a truly safe space allowing me to reflect, gain new insights and grow.”
Independent coach
What a difference it makes having a good supervisor
“After just one session with Catherine I realised what a difference it makes having a good coaching supervisor. She has enabled me to look at my coaching practice from a different viewpoint and challenged me when necessary. I’d recommend Catherine to anyone thinking of engaging in supervision.”
Independent coach
A constructive space for reflection and clarity
“I have found my supervision sessions with Catherine to be incredibly valuable for my coaching practice. The sessions have really helped me finetune my approach to ensure that I am providing the best service to my clients. She has a lovely personal style when supervising and provides a constructive space for reflection and clarity. She offers her insights and observations and isn’t afraid to challenge when appropriate. I would gladly recommend Catherine to anyone who is looking for a supervisor.”
Independent coach
Masterclasses
“A profound enlightenment as to the power of nature within the coaching context. Where it had previously provided a pleasant but passive backdrop for me to work and be with clients, I now have techniques which will facilitate my coachees to relate their area of enquiry using the dynamic force of nature and ensure they feel safely contained within the chosen outdoor space.”
Independent coach
“The workshop was beautifully facilitated. Real experience and learning of practice with attendance to ethical practice and psychological safety of the client.”
Independent psychotherapist