I had the pleasure of working with Catherine at Halfords. We first got to know each other when she coached one of my senior leadership team. I was hugely impressed with her understanding and balance of both the individual’s needs and the business requirements of developing strong leaders.
Catherine then worked with me again leading our graduate programme, alongside our People team. I’m a real believer in grads developing not only their technical competencies but also a sense of understanding their ‘whole self’, since their early careers are so formative for their future.
This is most definitely Catherine’s forte. She has a real skill for finding the hidden talents in people and bringing them to the fore that is insightful and thoughtful yet challenging for the individual. Her warm, encouraging and enthusiastic style is unique and she has positively influenced so many of my team to enable them to become much more rounded and self aware leaders, which has paid dividends to the business.
I highly recommend Catherine.