Catalyst Coaching Community
| Profiles: A-Z | ||
| Rita Jeffery | Pushpa Vaghela | |
| Claire Hills | Sylvia Williams | |
| Danelle Hattingh | Piers Thurston | |
| Heidi Cooper | Charlotte Meynen | |
| Sonia Henry |
Profile: Rita Jeffery- Head of Mentoring and Learning Support
Rita has worked primarily in financial institutions, spending the last 10 years of her career in learning and development. Her previous roles have included managing over 70 staff in a customer services environment, design and delivery of Learning and Development for 750 staff across 21 sites. During this time she has coached individuals at all levels in their careers from trainee managers to senior directors
Working now as a consultant, she is the Head of Mentoring and Learning Support at Catalyst Business Dynamics, responsible for the students working towards coaching accreditation. She is a practitioner in the use of both the Myers Briggs type indicator and The British Psychological Society (level B) personality questionnaire which she uses as an aid to coaching and developing individuals. Rita is also a qualified teacher of adults in further education and is currently running various Life Coaching courses for Bromley Adult Education College
She has lived in Hayes, Kent for the last four years having been brought up in East London. She is married to Shaun and has a eight year old son, Patrick.
Claire has a first class honours degree in psychology and over 20 years experience in the field of learning and development. She is a professional coach endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) having achieved a distinction in coaching practice.
With significant experience within the education sector working as both a senior lecturer and manager of a large team she has an understanding of both people and organisational dynamics. Her passion is supporting others to become all they can be both personally and professionally.
Claire uses a multidisciplinary approach drawing on her scientific psychological knowledge combined with a strong intuition to produce a powerful coaching experience. Claire has trained in a range of coaching techniques and approaches such as GROW and NLP.
Claire’s style is warm and supportive to encourage her clients to have the confidence to reach towards change and empowerment. She helps people identify where they want to go and supports them in achieving their goals. Her passion is in facilitating others to grow and develop their self-awareness to maximize their learning and achieve their potential.
‘Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve’. Napoleon Hill
Testimonials
‘I found the experience of coaching with Claire to be very positive and rewarding. I was interested in how talking to her allowed me to see options and find solutions I hadn’t discovered from discussing the same issues with friends and family. I think I’m a nicer person to be around now – calmer and more in control of my life. I’ve also become more self-aware and been more willing to take responsibility for my ‘stuff.’ Being coached by Claire was a fantastic journey and I really felt I learnt a lot, it made me look inside and find my own answers. ’ Helen – Manager in a City of London bank.
‘My coaching sessions allowed me to put areas of my life into focus – I moved from blurred to clear. In every area I have gained by taking small steps with surprising results. The coaching made me feel more empowered in practical ways and I feel less stressed and more balanced. Working with Claire really worked for me. I would look forward to the next session but never felt dependent. It really challenged my thinking and helped me stay committed to my big goal. I no longer feel that I short-change myself in my personal and professional life’.
Beverley – Senior Creative Associate - International Marketing and Communications.
Piers delivers a number of modules within the Catalyst Coaching Pathway and has worked with Catalyst since 2006.
Piers is an established personal development coach, NLP trainer, and facilitator. He regularly designs and runs workshops across the world for Unilever and Mars. He works as both a life, and executive coach, also mentoring and training other coaches. After reading Law at Durham University, Piers worked with large FMCG companies in marketing, before running his own team building company. Piers has certification from GHSC (hypnotherapy), The Coaching Academy and NLPSoc as a Trainer and CCC Reg as a counsellor.
Born in South Africa, Danelle moved to London after completing a B.A. Psychology degree. Before starting up her own personal and corporate coaching company, “Black Box Coaching,” she taught Psychology for 9 years in secondary and tertiary institutes whilst gaining Qualified Teacher Status through the Graduate Training Program. She has also been a tutor and mentor in Initial Teacher Training Partnerships, in Essex and London, and continue to do so. Danelle gained valuable management experience during the seven years she acted as Head of the Psychology and Sociology Department in her last school. After successfully coaching A-level Psychology students to achieve in the top 17.5% nationally for three consecutive years, she was ready for a new challenge and became a student again herself! Danelle gained a distinction in a coaching qualification accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), the UK’s largest management body, and started coaching full-time. She has a professional, no-nonsense approach to coaching and prides herself on being a coach that “walks the walk, not just talks the talk!”
In addition to her professional experience, Danelle has also done voluntary work for charity organisations in South Africa, India and the Philippines – presenting workshops on a range of topics, counseling adults and teaching both children and adults.
I have a Bachelor in Human Resource Management (BHRM) and I am a qualified Life Coach. For years I have been working as a job counsellor /job coach with a variety of people, from homeless and kids with learning difficulties to the high potentials. This has all been in my hometown Amsterdam.
My move to London in 2005 has been a challenging time, but the phrase "what does not break you, makes you stronger" is certainly the case. As an expatriate myself I do understand both the challenges and opportunities of living abroad. This is very useful in working as a Life Coach with the cosmopolitan citizens of London.
I am committed to get the best and most out of my clients, because I think everyone deserves the best possible life. Being a Life Coach is like a synergy of my background, my sincere interest in people and the desire to bring them future in life.
Having worked in the financial industry for 17 years, The Royal Bank of Scotland for 8 and Man Group Plc for 9, I decided I needed a change but didn’t know what. I knew I wanted to help people and wanted a rewarding career but I couldn’t see how to make the transition. It was then that I heard about life coaching and Catalyst and everything fell into place.
I have now been studying hard since June and having had four practise clients have learned a great deal about life coaching and it’s dynamics. It has also proved that this is the direction I wish to take and that by coaching clients, I can help them live their dream and achieve their goals. By doing that I am achieving mine!
Testimonial
The fact that Heidi was impartial was of great importance, as I felt I could discuss any matter with her and she wouldn't judge me. She was always supportive and extremely happy for me as I achieved what I wanted. In terms of what I wanted, Heidi helped me realise these things, gave me realistic and achievable targets and talked me through each step. I came into contact with Heidi at a difficult time, having just left university I had 'the whole world at my feet' but rather than being exciting this turned out to be more daunting than I expected and Heidi helped me find direction and realise what I wanted. As well as coaching me, Heidi helped me emotionally and more than anything listened to all my worries and helped by responding positively. Without Heidi's help I’m not sure I would have reached my goal of finding my dream job. I would probably still be in the student mode plodding along in life rather than focusing my energy on my future!
Helen Barrett (coachee)
Pushpa Vaghela ACCA, FMAAT, Author, Accredited Coach and certified NLP practitioner, Hypnotherapist and Time Line strategists, trained by The Society of NLP programming and The American Board of NLP strategists.
Before I started my coaching career, I worked as a Chartered Certified Accountant, within Practice, Private sector, Charities, Local Government and Central Government. What attracted me to becoming this successful dynamic coach was through the work I did in charities and the numerous amounts of contribution work I do. I became a mentor for children who were at risk of developing anti-social or criminal offending behaviour, a mentor for trainee Coaches and also work with individuals/teams and organisations from all differing environments, to empower them to believe.
Imagine for a second "showing up" in your own life at a level you only dreamed was possible? How would being your best impact those close to you? What are the new possibilities in your relationships, business, physical health, etc.? It's time to find out......
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Through her integrity and genuine delivery of serving me, enabled me to tackle the whole of my issues easily. She gave me the tools and techniques to move forward. I would highly recommend Pushpa to any one that wants to reach their dreams!- L.Parmar (Teacher)
Pushpa’s sessions were caring, quick, professional, and fun. I left my coaching with a clear plan and with the desire to put it into action. I was amazed at how simple it was to create the life I always wanted.- Sharon (Accountant)
Sonia Henry is an accredited life and business coach. She trained in London with Catalyst Business Dynamics gaining a distinction in her final results. Her coaching qualification is endorsed by The Institute of Leadership and Management. She is the Principle Consultant of her own company SHIP Coaching. SHIP specialises in helping small to medium organisations to improve individual and team performance relations. She also works with individuals in her private coaching practice. Her career started in health and social care in 1980. She trained as a nurse and later moved into local government to follow her ambition to work with people in the community. She quickly moved into management after realising that her gift was to work with teams and individuals mainly in the area of personal development. Her management career in the public sector spans over twenty years. She is highly experienced in working with local authority and public sector teams.
Sonia is warm and engaging. She enjoys the challenge of trouble shooting and helping to find solutions to personal and workplace conflicts. She brings with her years of experience and passion for working with people and teams of all diversities. She spent the last five years of her management career as a management consultant and interim manager for some of London’s most challenging local government teams. She empowers people in a dynamic and graceful way that makes change seem easy. She has been involved with and seen profound results and changes that even in her humble perception of herself would have to agree were astounding.
Sonia is a family orientated woman who manages to get the balance right with her career. She is the mother of three grown up children. She enjoys having four grandchildren who she adores. She is currently working as a coach with senior managers and acts as a mentor to trainee coaches.
Sylvia is a Catalyst/ILM accredited coach and a mentor coach at Catalyst. She has a Master’s degree in French and qualifications in teaching English as a Foreign Language and translating and interpreting. She has also undertaken studies in Management, Law and Distance Education.
Sylvia’s career has been predominantly in higher education management, and she has lived and worked in several countries, including Australia, France, Germany and the United States. She has worked in large and small organisations in the public and private sectors and currently runs her own antiques business in addition to her coaching practice. She has also taught French and English to adult learners and been a technical translator and an estate manager.
Soon after starting her training it became apparent to Sylvia that she had actually always had a coaching and mentoring management style. Particularly when she was director of a post-secondary college, coordinating strategic planning, financial management and staff appointments, her approach was to lead by example and encourage staff to find their own solutions and ways of achieving their goals. She was particularly keen on staff training and motivation programmes.
Sylvia has coached on a wide range of issues including those which are personal and those which are more specifically work-related. She is very comfortable with both one-to-one coaching and team coaching, or a combination of both. She finds face to face and telephone coaching equally effective and leaves the choice to her client. Issues such as professional development, career change, job-related stress, self-esteem, time management and life balance are among those Sylvia has worked on recently. One of her current projects is as part of a team of trainers, a nutritionist and a physiotherapist in a fitness and weight management programme. She has also participated in coaching projects in prisons and the police force. Below are some extracts from testimonials received from satisfied clients.‘My sister asked me the secret of my complete turnaround in a matter of weeks – now she wants coaching too, please!’ Marta
‘I feel like the part of me that has been dormant for years has suddenly had some life pumped into it, all thanks to our coaching sessions’. Ian
‘Through meeting you I have learned how to think things through when faced with difficult challenges, observe how others work, and use various communication techniques to get my desired results. By making small changes I have noticed big results. I don’t feel as stressed as I did a month ago, I’m enjoying coming in to work every day and I feel more confident in my abilities’. Leeanne
‘I feel that I now have the tools to help me in any similar (difficult) relationship in the future. I no longer dread sessions with my supervisor and understand better where she is coming from. It has helped me to deal with criticism constructively and as a result I have learned a great deal about myself and enjoy my job much more’. Phillipa