Developing Leadership Capacities
Catherine coaches CEO’s, senior managers, & professionals wishing to strengthen and expand their leadership capacities.
Working with Catherine, clients deepen their professional engagement, effectiveness, and self-authorship. Catherine’s approach encourages clients to:
- Enhance self-awareness and self-management skills
- Develop emotional competence (emotional and social intelligence)
- Experiment with strategies and practices that catalyze the shift from “reluctant” to “empowered, courageous” leadership
- Enhance inherent talent and gifts
- Align work with personal core values
While Catherine’s primary interest centers on facilitating the unique unfolding of individual potential within the workplace, clients experience coaching as both professionally relevant and personally transformative. Clients usually report growth and increased satisfaction at home as well as work.
“After 10 months of coaching, we have implemented shared leadership and made it through a major transition. Our new Leadership Team is thriving, I am learning from my staff, and & morale is great. I manage altogether differently now.” -Operations Manager
Catherine’s coaching philosophy focuses on “leading from the inside out.”
Catherine’s approach invites clients to reflect upon their experiences and reactions in a safe and supportive environment, encouraging them to understand their values, mental models, personal styles, core needs, and organizational / cultural influences. With growing self-awareness, clients experiment with actions and strategies that better align with their intentions, values, and objectives. As they learn from experience, clients deepen personal insight, challenge their learning edges, and achieve their goals. Clients typically conclude the coaching process having gained a greater sense of authenticity and fulfillment.
Clients who work with Catherine develop capacities such:
- Courage
- Integrity
- Reflexivity
- Compassion
- Humility
- Resilience
Catherine brings a supportive, non-judgmental presence to coaching.
First and foremost, Catherine is committed to developing a trusting, respectful, and collaborative working relationship with her clients. She recognizes that personal change is catalyzed in a safe and encouraging environment; she engages as an objective ally, affirming possibility, potential, and self-authorship.
“Having you as a coach is a landmark experience in my life. My work with you granted me personal enlightenment & recovery of my self-esteem during one of the most difficult times in my life.” -Division Manager