Consultancy and Coaching experience
Kate is an executive coach, group facilitator,
and Organisation Development consultant. She combines her knowledge of
individual development and learning with her experience of organisations and
organisational change. Kate uses conversation and humour, and an appropriate
level of challenge, to help clients reflect on their experience, identify
learned patterns of behaviour or thinking that are no longer helpful, and devise
new strategies for the future to improve leadership impact, relationships, and
work performance. Kate has worked with a range of clients, including BG Group,
Royal College of Nursing, Diageo, Nationwide, and the National Policing
Improvement Agency. She also works with Yarrow, a small charity which provides
housing for people with disabilities, and private clients on their career
choices.
Current experience includes: Coaching
senior leaders in a global premium drinks business, working in-depth on their
purpose in life, how this supports their work, and the personal development path
that will lead to breakthroughs in their leadership capability Facilitating a
public sector leadership team to build a collective sense of purpose, role and
ways of working, and the behavioural changes necessary for organisational
success. Working with a wider team to develop a statement of purpose and a set
of organisational values, with associated implementation activity Coaching and
OD consultancy to a small charity seeking to bring about change in a
values-driven workforce Facilitation of personal development workshops and
follow-up action learning sets in a global energy company
Line management experience Kate has 15 years’
experience working inside organisations as a senior manager, and has specialist
expertise in organisation development, internal communications, and HR. At the
BBC, where she was Head of Organisation Development, Kate was involved in a
range of organisation-wide change projects, including culture change, and has
developed specialist expertise in Appreciate Inquiry. She has worked with senior
executives as colleague, consultant and coach. Background Kate has an MSc in
Organisation Consulting from Ashridge and is currently studying for a
Post-Graduate Certificate in Coaching through the i-coach academy, certified by
the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. |
