Catherine Andrews
A qualified executive and team coach, Catherine draws on over 25 years as a leader and CEO. Catherine coaches individual leaders and their teams, working with organisations undergoing complex change. Partnering with leaders to develop their capacity to reflect and engage, she enables coachees to lead organisational transformation, influence key stakeholders, inspire collaboration & high levels of performance.
Responding to the needs of clients, Catherine enjoys supporting leadership development at all levels of the organisation from executives to middle managers and governing boards. Her deep leadership experience informs her work in creating and delivering innovative leadership programmes. Committed to inclusion and diversity, Catherine combines empathy and challenge, creativity and humour.
Holding the coachee’s resourcefulness at the forefront of the relationship, she creates a safe, non-judgmental space where closely held beliefs can be explored. She is patient and rigorous, able to shine a light on limiting assumptions and respond with creative questions that will enable teams to gain new perspectives and generate actions. Whenever possible Catherine takes the coaching outdoors to reconnect clients with the regenerative value of nature.
Change management, Coaching & mentoring, Facilitation, Team building
Community development, Education & employment, Environment & climate crisis, Health & social care, Infrastructure organisations, Social enterprise
Clients
Catherine works with teams and organisations undergoing significant change – changes in their people, culture, business strategy, vision & mission. She enjoys working with organisations at all scales: ranging across local community development trusts to global ngo’s; and organisational stage: from fast growth start-ups through to enduring organisations that have sustained their success for decades.
She has developed and run leadership development programmes for CEOs of purpose led organisations, designed and delivered governance programmes for Executive and Non-Executive Boards and created bespoke inhouse team development programmes.
Current & recent social sector clients include: Centre for Climate Engagement; Prostate Cancer UK; Save the Children; Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi); IIED; Living Wage Foundation; Social Investment Business; Myeloma UK; The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network (TERN); Centre for Ageing Better; Clore Social Leadership; FareShare; Voice 21; Newlon Housing Trust; Groundwork UK; Windmill Hill City Farm; On Purpose; Greater London Authority (GLA); The Labour Party; NHS England; Feedback Global; Lightful; Wilton’s Music Hall; St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
Qualifications
A seasoned leader herself, Catherine has held a variety of roles across the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors, as CEO, Chair, Trustee, coach, consultant, trainer and facilitator.
A certified team coach and accredited executive coach, Catherine holds advanced qualifications from leading coaching organisations.
Alongside her exceptional coaching experience she brings a unique perspective as a geographer & Fellow of the RGS, with an MSc in Environment, Science & Society from UCL.
