Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Catrin MacDonnell Coaching & Training Executive & Leadership Coach & Facilitator ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-business-inspiration/) - Coaching conversations bring up all sorts of challenges and I have written about many here in my coaching blog to bring inspiration - [Influencing others and being seen](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/influencing-others-and-being-seen/) - At work do you sometimes get frustrated with how difficult it is to get your ideas hears, to get people on side, to make things happen? Getting good at influencing could help. You're working hard, doing a good job, going above and beyond (and beyond that sometimes) but you still feel you're not being seen - [How to disagree agreeably](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/disagreeing-well/) - In my work, I often am asked to facilitate conversations between people who disagree or are finding it hard to get on. This can have a negative impact on the wider team and organisation and reacting quickly, getting the people together helps reduce this. These days, it has become more difficult than ever to disagree - [Not sleeping well?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/do-you-suffer-from-interrupted-sleep/) - What keeps you awake at night? Things you haven’t done? Things you’re dreading? Running through stuff you said to someone and how you might have upset them (but in the light of day, there’s little or no evidence of this) Thinking about a presentation you haven’t prepared for (even though it’s in a month’s time) - [They're winding you up?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/theyre-winding-you-up/) - How to deal with someone trying to wind you up We’ve all experienced this. Someone in our lives, be it family, colleagues or friends even, who just seems to know which buttons to push. It feels like they derive joy from seeing you get wound up. That smirk on their face! They know exactly what - [The Power of Trust: Building strong relationships](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/the-power-of-trust-building-strong-relationships/) - Trust is the invisible ingredient that creates stronger relationships. At work, it’s the foundation of effective teamwork. Without trust, people are less collaborative, less open, less prepared to commit to the team and others. Think about someone you don’t trust and consider how you might behave. You may be more guarded, less generous, less likely - [How you communicate internally...](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/how-you-communicate-internally/) - Your internal comms (inner narrative) impacts your external comms - so taking time to consider and develop new communication styles can be transformative. What do I mean by internal and external communications? When you think about internal and external communications you may be thinking about those within an organisation - the internal communications that keep - [Who am I? And why does it matter?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/who-am-i-and-why-does-it-matter/) - Finding out who you are and why this is important for you. (listen to my podcast if you prefer to listen) Have you ever wondered who you are deep down and what you stand for? If not, you’re not alone. Taking time to dig a little deep and work through some questions to find out - [Mediation / Facilitating conversations at work](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/mediation-and-facilitating-conversations/) - As an experienced coach and facilitator, I am used to listening deeply and making every effort to make people feel heard. I work hard to take a step back from the detail and imaging how things are from other people's perspective. And these are two things which really help when there are challenging conversations to - [Unleash Your Coaching Potential with Coach Success](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/set-up-the-right-coaching-business/) - Are you a newly qualified coach ready to embark on a rewarding coaching journey? Congratulations on taking the first step toward making a positive impact on people's lives! To ensure you set up for success, there's one essential resource you won't want to miss: the Coach Success Online Programme. Why Coach Success? Starting your coaching - [The Sedona Method - personal growth book reviewed](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/the-sedona-method-personal-growth-book-reviewed/) - Self help books - can you do it yourself? There are so many self help books out there. From strategies for assertiveness to how to get the job you want and being successful, there is a book that claims to help you to do it. As a coach who's into self development, I decided it - [Don't put it off any longer](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/dont-put-it-off-any-longer/) - Procrastination - why do we put so much energy in to it! I have yet to meet anyone in my personal life or amongst professional coaching clients that is not a polished procrastinator in some field or other. Whether it's a difficult conversation with an employee or colleague, tackling those expenses or simply clearing the - [What is executive coaching?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/what-is-executive-coaching/) - The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as "partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership." There are many types of coaches from health to executive or nutrition, marketing etc and - [Quick tips for self confidence](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/self-confidence-and-coaching/) - How do we become confident individuals? In my work as a coach, be it with senior executives in all sorts of organisations, managers, company directors or sole traders, no matter how successful they are, most lack self-confidence. Outwardly, these people often seem self-assured, with a healthy dose of self esteem. They seem to know what - [Coaching for Coaches](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-for-coaches/) - Newly qualified and new to the business of coaching? You may have recently finished your coaching course, or be coming the the end and realising it's time to think about how you're going to make your new business a success. Being an excellent, intuitive, well trained coach is super important. As is being able to - [Your beliefs are not facts](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/your-beliefs-are-not-facts/) - This is all about the beliefs that we carry around with us, all about who we are, what we are, what we are capable and not capable of. And how coaching conversations can help challenging the less helpful ones. Beliefs formed from early years can become rules that we live our lives by. Maybe a - [What do you want?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/working-out-what-you-want/) - This is a good thing to do at the beginning of a new year, as many of you feel it’s a new start and helpful time to focus the mind on what changes you might want to make during the year. However, any day is a good day to make changes and plan, so whatever - [Is fear of the unknown holding you back?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/is-fear-of-the-unknown-holding-you-back/) - Fear of the unknown can paralyse you into staying stuck and never living to your full potential - try these ideas out to over come this - [Coaching and celebrating success](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/make-sure-you-celebrate-achievements/) - We all have a tendency to criticise ourselves for not doing enough, but it's so important to celebrate the good things too - [You can rise above it - don't let them wind you up!](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/rise-above-it-with-coaching/) - From looking at my podcast analytics, I see that the most popular, most listened to episodes are those around people - whether it’s worrying about what people think or how to work harmoniously with others and be able to manage more challenging individuals without letting it affect you personally. And this would make sense as - [Want to avoid conflict & misunderstandings? Keep talking.](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/want-to-avoid-conflict-misunderstandings-keep-talking/) - As a coach working with people in all sorts of fields from CEOs and senior managers to entrepreneurs, I am present in a wide range of conversations covering many specialised topics. There are many, many commonalities which I guess is no surprise as we are all human facing similar challenges. One common theme is communication. - [Get out and happen to things!](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/get-unstuck/) - It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.Leonardo da Vinci I love that quote by Leonardo da Vinci. It really makes me ask myself if I’m being too passive and expecting things to happen to - [9 tips to make sense of managing people](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/tips-for-managing-people/) - Listen to this on my podcast You might find this useful if you're a business owner managing people, have responsibility for managing teams as well as if you’re part of a team and want to get the most out of others and yourself. Working with people is rarely straightforward - and at times it can - [What is impostor syndrome and can coaching help?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/impostor-syndrome-and-coaching/) - Do you suffer from impostor syndrome? You can listen to this on my podcast. A number of clients that I work with say they feel like a fake, an impostor at work. They dread the moment when they will be found out and everyone realises they shouldn't be there. These feelings, beliefs and behaviours have - [Becoming self employed - don't know where to start?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/becoming-self-employed-dont-know-where-to-start/) - If you're thinking of becoming self employed or setting up as a freelancer, this will help you make sure you've got good foundations in place - [Taking the plunge - into self employment.](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/taking-the-plunge-into-self-employment/) - Becoming self employed - listen to this interview with Lorraine Cairney who recently became self employed. - [Questions about coaching](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-questions/) - Coaching Q & A You might have got as far as thinking that working with a coach could benefit you, and you might have started doing a bit of research. There are many coaching services on offer and so many different titles, terms and descriptions, it's easy to be confused about what might work - [Fear](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/fear/) - Fear of so many things can hold us back in business and in our personal lives. Coaching is a way of challenging these fears. - [What's the AIM of this?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-find-your-aim/) - Cull those tasks that don't align When coaching and training, I so often see clients struggling to bring focus to what they're doing and finding their workload stressful. Asking what the aim is of all the work and the mountain of tasks and meetings, makes a huge difference - see what you think. Ask yourself... - [Coaching case studies: Entrepreneur loses confidence on buyout](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/entrepreneur-coaching-case-study/) - Use to working in his own way, an entrepreneur found he lost confidence when he sold his business and sought coaching - [Training as a Resilience Practitioner](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-training-resilience/) - Resilience is something that can be learnt, and such techniques are extremely useful at work and home - [Case study: stress and impostor syndrome](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/case-study-stress-impostor-syndrome/) - Carrying the fear of being found out or accused of not being able to do the job at a high level is common and is called Impostor Syndrome - [Are you listening?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/listening-skills-coaching-training/) - Being stressed or overwhelmed can mean that we don't listen properly. Listening properly is key to clear communication, saves time and brings focus. - ["We do not see things as they are....](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/prejudice/) - We tend to see things according to our own beliefs and this can lead to prejudice. Coaching can challenge these beliefs. - [Managing people](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/managing-people-bristol-coaching/) - Learning how to manage yourself is the first step to being a successful manager. If you can achieve this, managing is more enjoyable. - [What would you do if you weren't afraid?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-face-fear/) - We all fear certain outcomes, but often these fears are based on beliefs than can be challenged fairly easily. Try this technique to overcome fear. - [Building Resilience Skills](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/building-resilience-skills-with-coaching/) - Coaching and training to build resilience skills for you and your team or business. Ask about resilience coaching and training. - [Delegation - what gets in the way](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-delegation/) - Delegation helps us focus on the bigger, more strategic tasks as a Manager, Director or Business Owner. It's not always easy and coaching can help. - [What's really going on for them?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-fewer-assumptions/) - For better relationships, it's important to avoid making assumptions about others and to seek to use coaching strategies to really find out what's going on. - [Actively seek out the good stuff](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/actively-the-good-stuff/) - We can choose to notice positive aspects of work and life by "hunting the good stuff" instead of always being drawn to the negatives. - [Unknown to known : making change easier](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/making-change-happen/) - "Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change" Mary Shelley. Change is all about moving from unknown to known - [Change your limiting beliefs](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/change-limiting-beliefs/) - Are your limiting beliefs holding you back? It is possible to rid yourself of them using three simple steps - Notice, challenge, switch - [Are your limiting beliefs holding you back?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/challenge-your-limiting-beliefs/) - Your limiting beliefs can hold you back from achieving what you want - so it's important to see that they are just beliefs and not facts - [What it's like working with a coach](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/working-with-a-coach-made-all-the-difference/) - What is it like working with a business coach? It's thought provoking and helped me find clarity and focus around work and life - [Saying yes to everything? You should seriously stop.](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/saying-yes-to-everything-you-should-seriously-stop/) - Saying yes to everything and being afraid to say no can leave you feeling seriously overwhelmed and not very productig - set boundaries now! - [Worried about what people think?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/worried-about-what-people-think/) - Coaching can help you stop worrying about what people think, something that can really hold you back in business and life - [Making things happen](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/making-things-happen/) - Action coaching will get you the motivation and drive to get out and start or grow your business and really make things happen - [Why Inclusive Leadership?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/why-inclusive-leadership/) - With a diverse workforce, it is essential that leaders and managers practise inclusive leadership styles. Coaching is useful to support this. - [Don't forget you do have choices](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/dont-forget-choices/) - Choices - We can choose to remain passive and let things happen, or choose to do something about it. Coaching can help you choose. - [Time to change the script?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-to-change-the-script/) - Are you running unhelpful scripts that hold you back and give you a hard time? Have you thought about coaching to change the script? - [Goal setting for business or career](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/goal-setting-for-business-or-career/) - Goal setting makes achieving what you want in your business or career so much more realising. Get clear on your goals now with GROW. - [Self confidence - how to build it](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/how-to-build-self-confidence/) - Self confidence is yours if you set your mind to it - here are some tools that will help you increase your self belief from coaching - [Is worrying what others think holding you back?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/stop-worrying-about-what-others-think/) - Worrying about what others think can hold us back - but others' judgment can be overcome with coaching and mindset changes - [Relationships - what to do when things get difficult](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/relationships-turn-around/) - Relationships can transform your world and they are better when you put some effort in - read more to learn how - [Dread difficult conversations? Think about responding differently.](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/dread-difficult-conversations-think-about-responding-differently/) - We can't control the behaviour of others in difficult conversations - we can however control our own response - [How do you set boundaries?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/how-do-you-set-boundaries/) - Being clear about boundaries improves relationships, reduces overwhelm and helps you achieve a better work life balance. - [Confidence : first tame the saboteur](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/gain-confidence-tips/) - To be confident, you need to carry a supporter, not a saboteur around with you - so work on taming that critical voice. - [Good at Decision Making?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/improve-your-decision-making/) - Decision making is required all the time. Many struggle with making decisions, questioning themselves and procrastinating - [Is fear of failure holding you back?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/is-fear-of-failure-holding-you-back/) - If you want to start a business, make changes to your current job or business, a fear of failure can often hold you back. Coaching can help - [Would you like to increase your impact?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/like-increase-impact/) - When did you last consider how you come across? There is a lot you can do to increase your impact and gravitas - [Tools for resilience - the pearl and the oyster](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/tools-resilience-pearl-oyster/) - When training as a resilience practitioner, we learnt that resilience is not something we are, but something we do through using a variety of tools - [Strategic Thinking](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/strategic-thinking-coaching/) - Strategic thinking is vital if you want to move forward successfully. It's not always easy to do and coaching can help focus the mind . - [What makes someone a good CEO?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/ceo-skills-behaviours/) - What makes someone a good CEO? There are qualities and behaviours that help you be a better CEO and be less stressed, by honing your skills - [Flourish - feel better](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/flourish-feel-better/) - If you can find ways to flourish in what you do, there will be less resistance and less stress. Coaching can help identify what this is. - [Coaching for a new manager?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/new-manager/) - Are you a new manager looking to make a great start? Or have you been managing people for a while? - [Choosing a Coach](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-coach/) - Read on for useful tips on choosing a coach - start by getting a feel for them online and always set up a conversation before deciding - [Coaching and the saboteur](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-and-the-saboteur/) - Does your inner critic act like a saboteur and stop you being successful? Coaching can help address this and give you confidence. - [The Entrepreneur Myth and starting a business](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/the-entrepreneur-myth-business-startup/) - Thinking of starting a business? Thorough planning is essential if you want to ensure success and reduce stress when you grow - [Listening better to improve relationships](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/listen-better-improve-relationships/) - Sounds so easy doesn't it? Listening to one another. But how well do we actually listen? And are we really hearing what is being said? - [Learning from your story](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-narrative-story/) - Coaching can help you consider the story that got you here and where you would like to go next. Your story is important and helps you plan next steps. - [Develop a positive mindset](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/develop-a-positive-mindset/) - A positive mindset can be developed with practise and coaching can help bring a focus to what is positive rather than the negative - [Case study - planning for further, more focused business growth](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/planning-focused-business-growth/) - When a business has grown successfully it's good to take time out for coaching to identify a plan for further business growth - [Choose to do something](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/the-choice-of-doing-something/) - Once you make the choice to do something rather than nothing and stay the same, you will notice changes start to happen. Coaching helps with this process. - ["Stress makes us stupid"](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/stress-makes-us-stupid/) - It is now widely known that stress seriously damages our health. Working with a coach will help you with stress. - [Do you need to change your script?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/do-you-need-to-change-your-script/) - From childhood we all run scripts that dictate how we think and behave. Working with a coach can help change the script - [Success makes us happy. Or does it?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/success-makes-us-happy-or-does-it/) - We constantly read about success and successful people and how this is the route to happiness. Here I consider that reality of this in notes from the coach - [The Last Word - from Bristol Business News](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/the-last-word-from-bristol-business-news/) - Bristol Business News runs a Last word column every week and this week is Bristol coach, Catrin MacDonnell - [Stop focusing on the negative!](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/stop-focusing-on-the-negative/) - We are programmed to notice negative things rather than the positive. But it is possible to change this tendency through working with a coach - [A balanced diet is important and so is a balanced life](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/a-balanced-diet-is-important-and-so-is-a-balanced-life/) - We read so much about being careful about eating well and diet , but what about living well and finding a balance between work and play? - [Coaching - an indulgence or investment?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-an-indulgence-or-investment/) - Coaching for businesses and organisations. Accelerating change and bringing clarity to you decision making, a coach is on your side. - [Self help books - Feel the Fear...and Beyond](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/self-help-books-feel-the-fear-and-beyond/) - In my journey through the charity shop self help books, I came across Susan Jeffers' follow up to her successful "worldwide bestseller" Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. I had read this and can't remember that much about it to be honest. But, I do like the title and it sort of captures the - [Networking - are you clear about your message?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/networking-business-development-message/) - Networking brings results if you make sure your message is clear and you know what you want from it. - [Is being emotionally aware wearing you out?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/emotionally-aware-executive-coaching/) - It's hard to avoid articles and talks on being emotionally aware - it is the new big thing but sometimes it can paralyse us - [Are you holding yourself back?](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-can-help-challenge-limiting-beliefs/) - When you're working on what you want to achieve, ask yourself what might get in the way. Often your beliefs have a part to play ## Pages - [Leadership & Executive Coach, Facilitator & Mediator](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/) - Leadership & Business coaching can bring clarity, focus, ease, reduce stress and improve communication. - [Contact me](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/contact-me-about-coaching/) - Leadership and executive coaching If you are thinking about coaching for you or individuals in your team, I'm always happy to set up a call to discuss how I can help and discuss potential coaching programmes. Mobile: 07785 996917 or email me. Team coaching and facilitation I also work as a team coach and facilitator - [About my work](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/love-coaching-and-facilitation/) - Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Facilitation & Mediation Supporting Leaders, Teams and Organisations Across the UK I’m Catrin MacDonnell, an executive coach, facilitator and workplace mediator based in Bristol and working across the UK. For over 20 years, I’ve helped leaders, teams and organisations communicate better, navigate change and build healthier, more productive workplaces. My work - [Coaching testimonials](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-testimonials/) - Testimonials from clients from businesses and organisations that I have worked with as a business coach, leadership coach or trainer. - [Mediation and Relationship Facilitation](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/mediation-and-facilitation/) - Catrin MacDonnell offers coaching, facilitation, workshops, training mediation Supporting leaders, and teams to communicate better, navigate change and build healthier workplaces. - [Coaching for business owners](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-for-business-owners/) - Business owners see coaching as an opportunity to find clarity in business. It can be isolating and coaching provides ideas and support to bring ease & clarity - [Coaching and development](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-and-mentoring/) - Working with a coach or mentor is a process to bring about change, focus, clarity. First you identify what you want and then put a plan in place to get there. - [Coaching for relationships at work](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-for-relationships-at-work/) - We all have to interact with others at some point. And most of us have to on a daily basis. Whilst working with others can be satisfying, motivating and inspiring, it can also present challenges. Relationships, in all their glory, rarely remain consistent, there are usually highs and lows. ACAS states that conflict or relationship - [Coaching for decision making](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/coaching-decision-making/) - Decision making is not always easy, especially in a stressful environment. 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It is not easy to be clear about what is needed and coaching gives you the spaces to work out what you and your business / organisation needs. You are surrounded by opinions and criticism and working with a coach provides a place where you can explore ideas without criticism, without judgement. There is not pressure to perform. You can challenge any limiting beliefs which hold you back from being your best and your happiest. Coaching helps you identify what is needed and put a concrete plan in place, with a clear timescale and milestones, so that you increase your chances of success. Working with a coach is motivating and inspiring, where you can really feel like you’re moving forward, making the changes you want to gain the insight you need. Through consideration of coaching models and strategies from positive psychology, resilience studies, creativity etc you can increase your chances of finding success. Coaching can be face to face or via Skype. - [Think differently](https://www.catrinmacdonnell.co.uk/category/think-differently/) - Think differently – and get different results! If we continue to do the same things in the same way, we are likely to get the same results. Einstein apparently said something along these lines and he was absolutely right. It’s too easy to stay within our comfort zone and do the same over and over. There often comes a time when we become frustrated with the status quo but we are so far entrenched in our habits or repetition, of sticking to what we know, we cannot break out of it. This is where we need to think differently. Think differently – try something new. Ask yourself what someone else might do, what might your future self do, what might a competitor do? There are so many possibilities but in the day to day of business and stress, it’s not always easy to identify them, This is where coaching comes in extremely useful! 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