catrin@catrinmacdonnell.co.uk
Executive coach for senior leaders, facilitator for teams & boards
“Catrin is an outstanding leadership coach, and working with her has been one of the most powerful investments I’ve made in my leadership. She strikes the perfect balance of challenge, encouragement, and honest perspective, pushing me to think differently while creating a safe space to reflect and grow. She has consistently helped me sharpen my decision-making, bring out my strengths, and lead with greater clarity and impact. Our conversations stretch my thinking, strengthen my confidence, and always bring out my best. I returned to work with her again because the growth and clarity she helps me achieve are truly invaluable, and I’m genuinely grateful for all she’s helped me unlock.”
KS, CEO healthcare research org.
Executive Coaching & Leadership Programmes
I specialise in perceptive, emotionally intelligent coaching for senior leaders who want clearer communication, stronger influence, and better decision‑making under pressure. .Based in Bristol and working across the UK, I have over 20 years experience in executive coaching, leadership development, team facilitation, and workplace mediation.
I have been told I have a perceptive, emotionally intelligent approach when supporting senior leaders, managers, boards, founders, and cross‑functional teams to navigate change, strengthen relationships and build cultures where people feel heard, motivated and able to thrive. My coaching and training programmes are practical, engaging, and tailored to the real challenges of modern organisations.
Executive Coaching for Senior leaders & Organisations
Trusted by leaders across NHS Wales and England, universities, government departments, finance, publishing, manufacturing and creative industries.
How I can help:
- Executive and leadership coaching for leaders navigating communication, influence, confidence, boundaries and high pressure decision-making.
- Leadership development: Programmes for managers and directors needing to strengthen communication, delegation, strategic thinking and confidence.
- Team facilitation: Strategy days, relationship repair, team dynamics, culture development.
- Workplace mediation: Resolving conflict, rebuilding trust, enhancing communication.
My work blends clarity, warmth, challenge and evidence‑based practice to create lasting behavioural change. Whether supporting a senior leader, developing a management team, or resolving workplace conflict, I help organisations move from challenge to clarity — and from good intentions to meaningful, sustainable action.
“Perceptive, emotionally intelligent and clearly very experienced in business. Catrin is relatable, challenging and an enabler. At the absolute top of her game! “ Gavin Rees, COO.
Email catrin@catrinmacdonnell.co.uk or call 07785 996917 for a no obligation chat about what you’re looking for.
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“I have developed strategies to become more aware of my tone, both written and verbal, and I make a conscious effort to reframe any negative comments in a more positive and constructive way.” Matt, Director, Higher Education
Facilitation and Training for Teams
I facilitate programmes to develop leaders eg Aspiring CEOs programme and the aspiring Executive Directors Talent Pool for NHS Wales / HEIW, design and deliver performance coaching workshops, sessions on organisational change, confident management skills programmes as well as sessions on building team charters / finding better ways of working together and honing communication for higher education, government departments and private organisations.
‘Commissioned to deliver training and development for managers and leaders from across the public sector, Catrin has brought her considerable knowledge and expertise to masterclass sessions on the power of listening, coaching and behavioural development. Always organised, flexible and focused in her delivery, Catrin has consistently scored over 95%, excellent. Its been a pleasure to work with Catrin who puts people at the heart of her development approach’
Zoe Sweet, previous Academi Wales.
Challenges I help organisations solve:
- Transition to management and leadership
- Difficult conversations & conflict
- Leadership confidence & decision‑making
- Delegation & role clarity
- Communication breakdowns
- Team dynamics & trust
- Culture change & organisational growth
Leadership Development Programmes for Managers & Teams
Much of my work is about communication. How to communicate better, reduce misunderstanding, improve relationships as well as addressing how we communicate with ourselves – the inner narrative that can hold us back.
- difficult conversations and conflict / facilitating conversations / workplace mediation
- confidence & imposter phenomenon
- management skills & creating teams that thrive, skills for new managers
- coaching conversation tools and skills
- delegation & boundaries / life & work balance
- decision making & planning / strategic thinking
- listening, rapport building, gravitas & influencing without authority
- entrepreneurial thinking & thinking differently / creatively
- Board level facilitation and away days
I can facilitate workshops online or face to face. I work hard to make them interesting and relevant and above all enjoyable, as we’re so much more likely to want to learn if we’re enjoying it! I am also mindful of how learning will ‘stick’ so that it’s not all forgotten once you’re back at your desk.
Sustainability & Charity
Sustainability and respect for the environment is important. I do all that I can to reduce my impact on the environment.
I also believe in treating everyone with respect. Everybody deserves a second chance and I am ex Chair of The Key Unlock Potential, a start up charity in Bristol opening a cafe to provide work experience and work place skills to reduce reoffending.
Email catrin@catrinmacdonne.co.uk or call me on 07785 996917 for a chat about coaching or training.