The Catalyst Team
| Profiles: | ||
| Nick Horan | Mike Loyns | Piers Thurston |
| Cémanthe Harries | Elaine Wilkins | Paul Tran |
| Placida Acheru | Sharon Nelson | |
| Rita Jeffery | Saheed Adekunle Adegbite | |
| Nick Bolton | ||
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.
Mike Loyns - Catalyst Coaching Associate
After successfully setting up an International Coach Training Organisation that saw over 400 externally accredited (OCN) coaches graduate within three years, Mike decided he wanted another challenge.
With a real passion and flair for building value and desire for goods and services in competitive sales and marketing environments as well as a strong belief in the coaching process Mike decided to join Catalyst Coaching as Coaching Skills Director.
Mike has been instrumental in developing training seminars and workshops for business coaches and independent practitioners. He has 5 years experience within the Coaching sector and is regarded as an Ambassador for Coaching among his peers.
His primary role with Catalyst is to promote best practice and raise awareness around the benefits of implementing a coaching culture within the workplace.
“Coaching is fundamentally about change. Positive change. I firmly believe that managing and developing people through coaching is the key to enhancing the performance of individuals and organisations alike.”
Elaine Wilkins - Accredited Coach and Personal Development Trainer/ Catalyst Coaching Associate
Elaine’s career has encompassed the transition from successful business owner to Corporate Trainer and Success Coach. A move from Lecturing in Communications, in Further Education, led her to gain extensive international experience in the Corporate sector with a global American company in Sales Training, mentoring and Personal Development.
Her training style is dynamic interactive, thought provoking and always individualised to the delegates needs. Elaine is in great demand as a trainer and mentor of Coaches. Her passion is Empowering Others, Her great strength is her ability to put delegates and clients at immediate ease while inspiring them to confidently stretch for and achieve their personal goals.
Elaine Wilkins BA Hons P.G.C.E
Elaine is a columnist for Women’s Fitness. Magazine
Testimonial
Life coaching has been fantastic and made a huge difference. It has got my life back on track & has resulted in me no longer putting myself under so much pressure.
The thought process’s Elaine has taken me through the way we have worked through things together, and by having a list of tasks to take away & work on have been really helpful and thought provoking.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect, or to be honest what I would gain from life coaching, but I feel I have achieved loads, emotionally & mentally. Now I feel as if I am more in control of my life & finances rather than them controlling me. I would highly recommend life coaching to anyone-it certainly helps get your life back in perspective & Elaine has been great the way she has guided me through everything. I have never once felt criticized or scrutinized just helped along. I feel great it was fab!
J. Mercer. Sussex College
Profile: Sharon Nelson- Catalyst Coaching Associate
Sharon Nelson is a highly respected, professional coach, endorsed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) having achieved a distinction in coaching practice.
After many years performing management and leadership roles within blue-chip companies in the Financial Services and Pharmaceutical sectors, Sharon set up her own personal and business coaching practice called Make It Happen. Alongside personal, business and team coaching, Make It Happen provides training on coaching skills to organisations or companies looking to promote a coaching culture within their environment, mentoring services to individuals currently seeking or going through an accreditation process of their own, and guest speaker services: taking your audience on a journey of self-discovery to find out how balanced their life currently is and provide them with the tools to self-coach.
Testimonials
“Since embarking on coaching with Sharon everything has changed. She helped me to clarify my reasons for wanting to write this book and even more importantly tapped into my true motivation... Thank you, Sharon. You are a truly inspired professional coach.” Successful Coach and Columnist
“Most importantly, I believe this: I am not sure that I would have arrived at the decisions I did and have the confidence to carry them out without your coaching. Having thought about the sessions, I think if you are going to make changes in your life you need to talk to people who can have empathy with what you are trying to achieve but who are also independent and, therefore, objective. The two things are not, I think, easily reconciled but I think you did it brilliantly. Overall, I would go so far as to say, it was a joy to work with you. It’s not often that you make significant changes in your life and you actually enjoy doing it! Thank you so much for helping me.” Entrepreneur
“In a world where fewer things are certain I could always count on Sharon to be there for me at the specified day/time. Her ability to grasp the issues was second to none and her memory recall was such that time was never wasted on going over and over old ground. You have passion and vision ... Thank you. New Business Start Up
“I felt the passion and the enthusiasm... It was a great experience, very empowering. Thank you.” Audience memberProfile: Saheed Adekunle Adegbite – Management Consultant / Catalyst Coaching Associate
After an extremely successful career spanning 15 years as a Management Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Oracle, GE and independently working for numerous blue chip fortune 500 clients both in the public and private sector, Saheed knew it was time for a new challenge.
His natural personable nature, listening, communication and diplomatic skills led him to begin a career in Life Coaching. His vast experience working at board level within multifaceted organizations made Executive Coaching an obvious path to follow. He has since been working in various areas such as Leadership, Career Change, Organizational Change and Work-Life Balance amongst others.
Saheed has a strong passion for using his skills in coaching, project management, change management and information technology in empowering businesses, nations and individuals and gets a real buzz from watching the ‘impossible’ happen.
As an executive corporate and business coach, he works with
- middle management and senior executives improving performance by working on areas such as strategic planning, budgeting, establishing direction, aligning people, team development, motivating, inspiring, promoting change etc
- teams within organizations by coaching for change
- individuals one to one on numerous personal and life challenges like decision making, communication,risk taking, building relationships etc which directly or indirectly influence their career and business aspirations
- entrepreneurial individuals starting new businesses
His work has given clients an improved sense of direction, self awareness, ability to influence, motivation, personal effectiveness, resourcefulness and resilience to name a few!
Nick Bolton - Catalyst Coaching Associate
It is a cliché that we all have just one life and that we should make the most of it. Like all clichés, this statement is born form an obvious truth yet a quick look around will show that most people delay making the choices that matter to them and stay in a comfortable place of inaction. It is my passion to help people realise their greater potential in all aspects of their life through understanding what they really want and taking the decision and actions that get them there.
My own background is varied. Having achieved a first class degree in Philosophy (yes, one of those useful degrees so beloved of newspapers!) I strangely ended up a bank manager. To say this was a wrong turn would be an understatement yet it offered me the chance to develop skills which would prove invaluable in later life. The difference in how I felt studying something I loved compared to doing a job I was not truly interested in clearly showed me at a young age, however, that in life there are things you are passionate about and others which we do with little joy. I, for one, was determined to find the first of these again. From there I became a financial advisor before, having been poached by one of my clients, I embarked on the work that led to my own company. I have now run my own company researching and organising conferences on social policy for the last eight years. My latest projects will see me develop my coaching work to enhance what I have always looked upon as a natural aspect of my character and also start a new company which will combine travel with life-change for groups of clients.
Whilst I have always felt the strong desire to make the life I want happen, I would say that in reality this began to take shape once I started my own company and as such I have a special interest in helping realise their ambition to work for themselves. My interest in helping people achieve the life they want, however, is not focused on any one issue and I have worked with people who wish to expand their business, find a partner, develop a more active social life, gain new interests and skills; indeed, the range is endless as is the choices we can make in life if we choose to take control of our own destiny.
Piers is an established and successful and 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.
Testimonials:
This weekend, was definitely a positive life-changing experience for me your presentation skills, over these two days were absolutely mind blowing to say the least. Thank you so much for being real at all times. - Bobby L. Trainee Coach
I just wanted to drop you a line to thank for a truly inspirational weekend of coaching training. I found it very interesting, motivating and positive and I am very excited about my future as a coach. I have found new determination to take control of things in my life and to succeed. - Will, a Trainee Coach
Working with Piers turned out to be a fantastic, enjoyable experience which proved life changing. - Lotti K
Paul's diverse career has spanned the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, with a common denominator of effective communication and success with clients at all levels, from long-term job seekers to managers and business owners.
Paul's experience in sales and recruitment led him to develop his interest in personal and management development. After qualifying as a coach in 2000, he then mentored Coaching Academy trainees and acquired Principal Coach status, before setting up his own consultancy practice in 2002. As well as coaching many individuals on a personal basis, Paul has a successful track record coaching within a range of industries, including telecommunications, employment and film.
Paul's coaching empowers and encourages individuals to have a greater belief in both themselves and their workplace. This enables clients to find the clarity and purpose to achieve their desired results. The added value they give to themselves will be transferred to their colleagues, clients and customers.
Paul is a Principal Coach of The Coaching Academy, Master Practitioner of NLP, Associate of the Institute of Leadership and Management and a BA(Hons) graduate.
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“I have no hesitation in recommending Paul to you. He demonstrates an ability to deliver work focused on developing goals, interpersonal skills and confidence.Feedback is always positive. Paul has a knack for dealing with people of diverse backgrounds, cultures and levels of expectation. He also has a special sense of integrity and will not compromise on his commitment to create a meaningful and positive impact on the people he works with.” - Richard Johnson, Chief Executive, Work Directions
“Paul's dedication to get the best out of people is inspirational and I would highly recommend him as a trainer, consultant and coach.” - Dee Lomas, Delivery & Development Manager for People & Development, Working Links
It is rare to be able to be advised by and speak with an impartial listener who has no fixed ideas about who you are and what your past is, but is there to help you exercise your own powers of reason and understanding and point you in the direction of developing your own resources, self-reliance and inner strength. This is what the sessions with Paul tran have been about.” - Alex Woods, Redwood Film