Coaching individuals & teams
She is hugely skilful and able to ask insightful questions to help bring clarity of thought to complex business issues and relationships. This clarity of thought has enabled focused actions on my part, which have in turn led to amazing business results.
B.COSH, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Leadership & Executive Coaching
Coaching helps you find clarity, identify obstacles, explores tools and techniques for addressing them and move forward. It helps you achieve your potential and find ease in your work and life.
Coaching gives you the space to gain insights and techniques to change aspects of your thinking and behaviours, to motivate self and others, set boundaries, delegate, reduce disagreements and conflict, tackle the imposter and develop your gravitas as a leader. This clarity in turn brings the confidence and focus to prioritise as well as the ability to get perspective and make better decisions. I work with leaders and managers as well as entrepreneurial founders who appreciate the level of both support, challenge, idea generation and accountability that coaching offers.
“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, Operations Director.
How do I work with you as your coach?
First we meet online to discuss what you’re looking for and to get clarity on the outcomes you’re wanting from coaching. This conversation is confidential and free of charge. This is an opportunity to ask me questions and see if you feel you can work with me. Then I’ll suggest coaching programmes, timescales and cost. Working with a coach can bring perspective and is an invaluable opportunity to take time out and ask yourself what you really want.
If you have any questions about individual or team coaching, email me or call 07785 996917.
“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, Head of, Higher Education
I also run workshops for leaders and managers on communication, influencing, prioritisation, performance. See below an excerpt on influencing.
Facilitation and training for teams
Developing people and leadership skills
I facilitate programmes to develop leaders eg Aspiring CEOs programme and the aspiring Executive Directors Talent Pool for NHS Wales / HEIW 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.
‘Catrin MacDonnell has been a great asset to Academi Wales over the last 3 years. 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.
Relevant, engaging delivery and content that participants enjoy with a focus on taking away the learning for lasting change. As an ex-teacher I enjoy engaging with teams and enabling them to contribute and generate ideas. I’ve designed and facilitated workshops for leaders and emerging leaders in NHS Wales, government, memberships organisations, recruiters, banks, higher education, consultancies, ethical investment companies etc.
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 / 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.
I’ve loved our sessions together! They’ve been so valuable and you’ve taught me so much so a huge thank you.
Anon. Government Department.
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 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 me or call me on 07785 996917 for a chat about coaching or training.
