testimonials

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!
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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.

Catherine is an incredible connector, bringing people around the table together by utilising their unique strengths. She practices what she preaches and blends a wholly unique style of leadership with a compassion for others and a desire not just to grow, but also to conserve. She was a pleasure to work alongside and I have learnt so much being led by her.

Catherine has a unique style of leadership. She leads the way with wisdom, compassion and energy and has an ability to spot people’s potential and strengths and then quietly build their confidence. She brings people together and brings out the best in her team, inspiring them to achieve more and be better! I have learnt more about leadership from Catherine in two years than I learnt in the previous decade.

I was extremely fortunate to be given executive coaching when I stepped up in to a senior role in my business and this is where I had the pleasure of meeting Catherine.
I had no idea what executive coaching would achieve but I soon realised that Catherine has the unbelievable skills to relax you, open your mind and enable me to see who I am. It was like opening a book about me and enabled me to understand me more. Catherine’s methods made the whole process very enjoyable, albeit challenging at times, but with great results.
The whole process was far better than I had expected, I understand emotional intelligence so much more clearly now and the close out session was more powerful than I anticipated. The whole process was worthwhile and I wholeheartedly recommend Catherine.

Fresh out of university and flung into the corporate world of work, Catherine mentored myself whilst I was a Graduate at Halfords.
It was clear from day one why Catherine was our mentor, immediately making me feel at ease – like she had known me forever!
7 years down the line, I still find myself applying the lessons learnt during mentoring to my every day work. Whether its dealing with change or being self reflective .. it’s helping!
Thanks again Catherine.

I feel very fortunate to have been coached by Catherine. There’s rarely a span of time where I don’t hear Catherine’s words in my ear. It’s hard to describe the journey but be sure that Catherine will leave no rock unturned, no matter how far buried. I’ll forever be grateful for Catherine’s contribution to my professional and personal growth. Eyes on the prize, Violet, eyes on the prize.

Thank you so much for all your help and support Catherine, it has been invaluable. The energy you bring to your training is incredibly infectious and the insights into the strength assessment results brings so much value, along with self worth. Thank you again and I am sure we will catch up soon.

My sessions with Catherine came at a time of much personal soul searching. I had some rather straight laced options – or Catherine! I’m very glad I chose to go with Catherine, she uses her quirky approach and her own personal lessons to be be able to build trust so you feel able to open up which is so vital to maximising the value. The strengths based approach is great and has helped me with how I view myself and also how to help others. The reading material was carefully selected and a great complement to the sessions too. Recommended!

I had the privilege of working with Catherine on my Executive coaching program, which was one of the most insightful journeys that I have ever been on. Catherine has a hugely infectious energy and completely tailored my needs in a very flexible and adaptive way. Catherine has a wealth of knowledge and through her library of Film quotes, personal anecdotes or professional learnings keep every session fun, challenging and intriguing.
Catherine has an eccentric style and managed to break my poker face and discover who I am, how I truly think and operate. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to work with Catherine.
Moving forwards I now understand my Superpowers and how to use them! I would highly recommend Catherine and would love to be fortunate enough to work with Catherine again.

Wow or should I say Woo? Catherine is an exceptional professional woman who goes above and beyond for her clients.
Her strength to adapt her style coupled with her natural ability in emotional intelligence allows her to get the most out of every coaching session.
Not only did I get a coach, I got a friend and a true inspiration into the type of woman I want to be.
I’m privileged to have Catherine come into my life and I’ll be forever grateful.
My only regret is that it we didn’t meet earlier in my career. If you are thinking of engaging with Catherine do not delay, reach out to her right now.

Being coached by Catherine Williamson is an incredible learning experience. Yes, we did some diagnostics and identified my strengths and weaknesses. Yes, she recommended some books that made me think differently about leadership. But alongside that, we had some fantastic conversations where we shared our stories, laughed and cried (well, maybe that was just me. She did talk to me about managing my emotions). And the learning that I still carry with me comes from the wisdom and observations that Catherine shared with me during those conversations that still ring in my ears well over a year later. So, in addition to being an expert in her field, able to provide in-depth analysis, interpretation and recommendation, Catherine is an amazing human being (slash force of nature) whose inimitable approach was, for me, life-affirming and inspirational.

If you need a coach, call Catherine. I feel astonishingly lucky to have had 7 months of coaching with Catherine, which has been transformative, professionally & personally. Working with Catherine didn’t feel like work – you can’t help but warm to her generosity of spirit, quick wit, and sheer energy. But what really makes the difference is her insight: her ability to grasp what you really mean and reflect it back to you in a different light, to guide you to recognise your strengths and build on them and to help you chart a path that’s right for you, whatever the challenges. I really think Catherine could coach anyone, anywhere, but if you are at an inflection point in your career, looking to make big changes and need someone to help you see the wood for the trees and boost your courage, go for it, she’s amazing.

I really enjoyed and benefitted from Catherine’s Executive Coaching. Catherine is professional, while also being her natural flamboyant self, which creates an open and honest environment. She was great at coaching, using her own life experience to develop insightful observations. Thank you.

Catherine you are a phenomenal person. Your intelligence and gift is humbling and your personality is second to none.
Anyone that gets a chance to work with, or be in Catherine’s company will surely enjoy their time with her.
Catherine is a super force who loves to listen and impart her wisdom in life and business. She is an absolute joy to learn from.

Quick-witted, sincere and benevolent all immediately come to mind when I think of Catherine.
A talented and accomplished Executive Coach with an insatiable hunger for her pupils to succeed and feel fulfilled in all aspects of life.
I feel incredibly privileged to have been introduced to and coached by Catherine – it’s a standout point in my career which I’ll continually reflect upon with great fondness while also recognising the pivotal impact the enhanced insight discovered throughout the journey has yielded.
An impressive, impactful and all round great lady.

What an inspirational woman to be around! Catherine’s unique style of personality, deep expertise and wonderful insight into the world of strengths and development made the whole personal improvement experience a pleasure. I had the privilege of spending 12 months with Catherine, exploring new ways of working, new ways of thinking and developing a deeper understanding of myself, what makes me tick and how to use this in a positive and harmonious way.
Very talented!

I was fortunate enough to enjoy a 6 month coaching programme with Catherine She had the most profound impact on my professional life.
Unquestionably, having spent over 20 years in FMCG commercial management, with all the development that brings – the work she does, the professional and personal journey coupled with the result that is delivered, is the best I have ever had. Catherine is insightful, sensitive yet tough. A delight to work with and I would highly recommend her to anyone who is contemplating personal development.