You’re probably here because you’re interested in working with a coach one to one or you have a team members that you’d like to introduce to coaching. Or you have a team who could benefit from agreeing on how best to work together or develop skills in a specific area eg communication.
It may be that you feel stuck, frustrated , overwhelmed, find boundary setting a challenge or want to work on getting clarity around something. Coaching conversations give you the opportunity to make sense of what’s going on and get clear on how you want to be, where you want to go and create a plan to get there.
If you’d like to know more about how we can work together, get in touch and we can meet up online and discuss what you’re looking for. I’ll then send you a suggestion of coaching programmes with costs. This initial chemistry session is free of charge. Everything discussed will be confidential.
Training and background
I trained as an Executive Coach with The Bristol Business School at The University of the West of England and Human Technics some 15 years ago and have been working with leaders, managers and teams in a wide range of organisations and businesses in the private, third and public sector.. Before that I worked in TV production and politics. I am a linguist and am fascinated by communication and our use of language. Alongside coaching I am co-founder and Director of Papadeli (food is my other love!) and Chair of The Key: Unlock Potential (voluntary), a charity that will open a cafe offering training and paid work experience to reduce reoffending in Bristol very soon!
I also love learning and have continued to do so with courses in Positive Psychology, a certificate as a Resilience Practitioner, reading widely into psychology, NLP, human behaviour, therapy. I am a member of the Association for Coaching which provides peer coaching, training and supervision as well as the Critical Coaching Group, which meets regularly with speakers from the coaching world.
I have completed a course in Mediation and Conflict Management with Ecole Superieure de Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) and work with clients where communication is challenging or there is relationship breakdown by facilitating conversations / mediating and agreeing next steps.
People I work with as a coach and facilitator / trainer
I work as a coach and facilitator for a wide range of clients, from government departments to creatives (gaming, marketing, film, engineering and design), NHS, ethical finance, insurance, higher education, retail, hospitality. What everyone has in common is that they want to find different and better ways of doing things, communicating, influencing, leading, managing. Soon after beginning to work as a coach, I was asked to work with their teams, as they realised that communicating changes and encouraging different approaches, honing skills can mean they all move in the same direction.
I work as a facilitator for aspiring CEOs and aspiring Executive Directors in NHS Wales (via HEIW) as well as facilitating bespoke training for many organisations from universities and high growth tech to global publishing firms.
Team Coaching and Action Learning Sets
There’s huge power in bringing groups together and facilitating coaching conversations where topics can be explored and actions agreed upon with peers and colleagues holding each other accountable. It’s a confidential space for people to talk about challenges and sound out ideas without judgment with like minded people.
How I work
First I find out about you, with a free session to discuss what has brought you to coaching or asking me to facilitate team training. These meetings are clearly confidential. From this I send you a short outline of how we could work together and how much it will cost. Often I suggest two or three bespoke programmes and we can discuss which might work best.
If coaching is for a staff member, I suggest a meeting once we begin with the manager or leader too, to agree outcomes, understand how they will be supported, with a debrief meeting at the end to talk about what worked, any observed changes and how they will be supported from then on. This means there is lasting change as teams do best when they work together.
I am friendly and approachable, and want the best for you, so will challenge and hold you accountable as well as offer support in between sessions.
Charitable work
I am chair of The Key : Unlock Potential in Bristol. We have fundraised and been granted planning to transform a building on Gloucester Rd into a cafe that will offer paid work and training for people who live in prison, being released on temporary licence as well as those who have recently left prison. We hope this training will help reduce the cycle of reoffending by offering new skills, CV building, and hopefully help the participants grow in confidence.
Ready to get in touch?
Email me catrinmac@gmail.com or call me 07785 996917. We’ll arrange a call or meeting to discuss your thoughts and requirements which I will follow up with a quote and suggestion of how we might work together.
