Being coached by Catherine is life changing. Catherine seems to effortlessly help you understand yourself and your strengths and arms you with new skills to maximise your potential. Every ‘chat’ really resonates and ‘makes sense’ and you find yourself growing professionally and as a person and operating more effectively without even realising it. The sheer magic is that the skills seem to become a natural part of you and you wonder why you never got taught these things earlier. And it’s so much fun. I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to be coached by Catherine. Thank-you.

Having been coached before I went into the first session with Catherine expecting the usual coaching routine adopted my many. However, I quickly realised before the session was half way through that Catherine was different than the rest, it was a fun, relaxed and rewarding programe to have been part of that has made me think differently about many things in both my work and personal life. Having recently stepped up to board level Catherine mostly helped me in working out the dynamics and politics of the board room including those of my colleagues, we often found ourselves pulling situations apart and putting them back together having learnt from the good and bad, it’s this experience and learning that I will take forward and will benefit me for the rest of career. I have been trained for many years in my organisation but this has been by far one of the most beneficial parts of my learning.

When I chose Catherine to be my coach it was because her personality was so different from mine and I was looking to give myself a challenge.  Her vibrant personality and up-front style were a world away from the fact-driven, technical world of engineering, or so I thought. 

What she has shown me with considerable wit, charm and earthy common sense is that my challenge is to be myself and to share that with others.  On the way she has shared her own experiences both successful and otherwise, authentically, engagingly and humorously.  She has been challenging but also supportive, insightful and compassionate and left me ‘happier in my own skin’.  It has been both an enormously rewarding and enormously enjoyable experience.  If you have the opportunity to work with Catherine I would strongly suggest that you grab it with alacrity – and hold on!

I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to embark on a life-changing, 6 month Executive coaching course with Catherine Thompson. Catherine loves people and has a great gift for guiding them along the rocky path of self awareness, maximising personal potential and learning to bring the best out in others. Her gentle but firm, insightful and grounded approach is disarming, refreshing and highly effective. Anyone fortunate enough to be coached by Catherine will not look back.

Catherine’s style of coaching, her honest, forthright and good-humoured approach has created both a supportive and on occasions challenging environment which has enabled me to achieve considerable personal growth. I would recommend her to any executive who is at the top of their game but wants to get better.

I have had the most exceptional journey with Catherine I  over the past six months, a truly amazing individual and an outstanding coach. Whether you are looking or personal or professional development, or just some direction in life, Catherine will be on hand to support and encourage you along the way and ensure you reach your destination.

Catherine was my Executive Coach for about a year. It was, without doubt, one of the most satisfying career & personal development opportunities that I have ever have had invested in me. Trust me, there have been many courses of “HR Sheep dip” that I have been subjected to over the years, this was not one of them.
Catherine’s process was a breath of fresh air, exciting but very challenging – there was no hiding place! Great to work with, and she has an electric humour, but can grip reality.

So if you really want to make a change and make a difference to yourself, I could not recommend highly enough. Go on you owe it to yourself…

Catherine is wonderfully skilled at cutting through the mental clutter and identifying the core of any personal or professional challenge. It is at the source, that Catherine is so adept at cultivating significant and lasting personal change. She is someone that I trust implicitly and a coach that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone or any organisation in search of excellence.

If you get the opportunity to work with Catherine as a coach or mentor, then my very strong recommendations is that you should grab this marvelous opportunity with both hands and don’t let go. I originally thought our time together might be just about being more effective, more productive and even feeling happier at work, but that’s just the icing on the cake, with Catherine you get so much more. For me. our time together was one of the most amazing journeys of self-discovery and personal growth that I have ever experienced.

Perceptive is not the word, Catherine is just plain spooky in her ability to understand people and almost appears to know what you are feeling and thinking before you even speak. She is just incredible and I don’t know she does it. One of the many things which I really valued is that Catherine doesn’t shy away from difficult or challenging conversations and looking back I wouldn’t want it any other way. She helped me see life and people with a new perspective.

Catherine is always full of energy and creates a safe environment for you to relax and drop those barriers so that you can fully benefit from what she has to offer. Always full of fun, her positivity is inspiring to make you want to get out there and make the most of your talents and enjoy life. I feel so grateful that I have had such a life-changing experience working with Catherine. She has helped me become a better person and I never imagined before we started work together that I would feel this way.

This is by far the hardest recommendation I have ever written, largely because it is hard to do this amazing woman justice in such few words. Catherine is a rare and extraordinary person who possesses the gifts of warmth, intellect, experience and charm. Having had the privilege to work with Catherine in her Coaching capacity, I was blown away at her skill and ability to skilfully manage the growth and transition of her clients. A rare find and a true friend!

Catherine is a real inspiration and over the time we worked together she really allowed me to reprogram my thinking and really get to understand how I tick. She is so smart, and really understands quickly what is going on and what are the root causes. It’s quite amazing. I can only highly recommend her and thank her for her input into my life.

I was first introduced to Catherine as part of an executive coaching programme. Having experienced such programmes in the past, I thought I knew what to expect… Catherine’s unique style and skills soon corrected my assumptions. I can count on one hand the number of people who have had such a dramatic impact on my life as Catherine. Having worked her magic with some of my team, we then began the journey of self discovery. Catherine is insightful and has the gift of seeing beneath the surface, intuitively exploring paths and avenues that most of us didn’t realise existed. Over the year that I worked with Catherine, I was exposed to a rich and deep level of learning. I shared with Catherine my aspirations for the programme which we achieved and exceeded with great substance beyond my expectations. Over the programme, we explored many areas of self awareness and growth and then progressed into a deeper understanding self purpose and meaning. Catherine has achieved a lot in her life and is an inspiration to those who have had the pleasure of knowing her. She commits fully to her assignments with the genuine motivation of helping people navigate the challenges of life. Catherine’s influence goes far beyond those who she has direct contact with. I hear her wise words repeated in my team and more recently from my family. She certainly succeeds in making the journey of life, meaningful and rewarding.
Thank you.

When it was first suggested that I may benefit from an Executive Coach, I immediately recalled my 20 odd years of experience in HR and went through all the other “Executive Coaches” that I had come across… …but then I met Catherine.

She has an intuitive style that immediately realised that a tool box of tricks including the full range of either conceivable 4 x 4 matrix, probably wasn’t going to grip me with excitement. So instead we started our relationship in a very open way and it took off from there. Our sessions started with a “so how’s it going then” and then we went on a journey which was as flexible and as necessary, as I needed it to be for that particular moment in time, again Catherine’s intuition guiding me through what was needed.

It is only now when I look back that I realise the journey that seemed so natural, informal, enjoyable and fun, was taking me over some pretty, previously damaging “bumps in the road”. But the difference this time was my guide was able to help me over or around those bumps and keep going to a better more fulfilling place.

The place I am in today I do not believe I would have ever got to without Catherine as my guide and for that I will be forever in her debt.

Catherine’s coaching has had a significant impact on me as a leader, team member and as a human being. Catherine ‘pulls no punches’ in helping you identify what you need to work on to improve. I have been through a personal transformation through the process that I wasn’t expecting to have such a profound impact on me. I am happier, more focused and firing on all cylinders. I cannot recommend Catherine highly enough. She has been fantastic to work with and gets real results.

I thought I knew myself and all about life in the “corporate world” until I met Cath. Through our regular coaching sessions not only did I learn a great deal about my own personal beliefs, fears and ambition, I also learnt how to approach and best apply myself in the work and business environment. What use to feel like an uphill struggle to be effective in my role now comes easy, like second nature and the job is so much more enjoyable.

Cath has quite literally taught me how to be the best I can be, both in my personal life and in the working environment. She helped unlock my full potential by “flicking a switch in my mind” she  opened up a whole new world where I’m not frightened of failing, relish the challenges faced and love to succeed. She is a defining moment in my life’s journey and I will always be enormously grateful to her. She is a special person with a very special gift.  When you have a gift that helps people fulfil their dreams and potential, then to give it others is the greatest gift of all.

Thank you Cath

Catherine is excellent at what she does as she is real. Unlike coaches I have previously encountered, who often present as serene beings that always get it right and most of us can only dream about aspiring too, Catherine is open about the difficulties life has presented, the lessons she has learnt and the mistakes she has made.

In brief, Catherine is easy to relate too because she is authentic. Since meeting her, I have understood and begun to address many of my own self-limiting beliefs and, as a result, am now training for a new career, confident that I can deal with the challenges this will present and achieve goals I thought impossible just a few short months ago. Thank you Catherine.

Working with Catherine has been an overwhelmingly positive, rewarding, engaging, affirming and (in a positive way) challenging experience. She brings high energy, total dedication and great personal warmth to all engagements. She combines a strong theoretical foundation with down-to-earth practicality (and strong commerciality); effervescent joie de vivre with utter professionalism; a great ability to listen with an ability to challenge and guide. All this is underpinned by great personal integrity. I would recommend her without hesitation.

A lady with a truly unique skill set to provide a challenge to you from outside your typical viewpoint, and enable you to reflect in ways that you may not ordinarily do. Filled with humour, and genuine care it is a great privilege to work with Catherine.

To put it simply, Catherine is an amazing woman with a very special talent. Catherine’s personal approach to coaching is certainly what makes her so unique. Catherine’s warm heart and honest words combine to take you on a journey of discovery, about yourself and those around you.

I can only describe what Catherine does as taking all those things about yourself that are hiding away somewhere at the back of your brain and… WHAM! she has the ability to bring them right in front of your eyes, and most importantly, works with you to understand them.

I have never felt so comfortable about just being me!

Catherine has a very open approach and draws upon professional and personal experiences. This helped me understand who I am and why I do what I do. This has been an eye-opening, thought-provoking and all round life-changing experience that I will never forget. In fact, as I type I am wondering what wonderful conversations we would have about why I am writing what I am.

It was an absolute pleasure Catherine. Thank you so much and I look forward to keeping in touch.

I have never met such an extraordinary woman who not only possesses an endless amount of talent and intellect but also delivers it such a warm and friendly environment. After every session with Catherine, I could feel myself growing professionally, and left with a new set of skills to maximise my potential. Our time together really was a privilege. Thank you for everything Catherine.