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Psychologically informed Executive Coaching 

and Leadership Development

coaching with catherine jacobs, psychol

Hello!

As a Chartered Research Psychologist, I have an extensive  background  bringing research into practice for local authorities, charities and in education and corporate sectors.  As a leadership development  coach, my main focus  is working with individuals in challenging leadership roles, or with those about to step into them, both in the private, public and third sectors.


Today’s fast paced, complex workplace environments can leave leaders feeling overwhelmed, stressed and isolated. Psychologically informed coaching with me provides a safe and reflective space to develop and understand what’s going on 'beneath the surface' in your role and across your teams and organisation. Common and costly issues than our conversations help with including stopping stress and burnout and finding solutions to difficult team dynamics. 


My typical coaching contracts are for six one-to-one sessions of ninety minutes each, taking place at monthly intervals, giving us time to  work together on  leadership goals, with new insights or 'beneath the surface'  themes often emerging  during our conversations. 


Starting with a free discovery call, we work together to set goals addressing your current specific challenges, identify your areas of strength, social support and growth opportunities, and to develop actions and plans to make measurable progress toward those goals. We pay attention to what emerges in our conversations that wouldn’t necessary have predicted, bringing new and productive ways to lead and increased value for stakeholders. 

leadership development & executive coaching

  • BUILDING RESILIENCE: Working with limiting beliefs for greater resilience and less reactivity in leadership roles. 
  • IMPROVING  WORK RELATED STRESS: Working with overwhelm, long hours/improving work life balance, time management and burn out prevention.
  • EXPLORING SOCIAL SUPPORT & PATTENS OF RELATING: Increased understanding of  patterns of relating, gaining and providing social supporting  and achieve better relationships.
  • IMPROVING CONFIDENCE & PROMOTIONAL GOALS: Working towards particular promotional goals and future proofing. 


  • EXPLORING ROLE BOUNDARIES & WIDER SYSTEMS: Looking at the organisational contexts, wider systems that effect our ability to   take up  authority and lead effectively.
  • IMPROVING CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIPS: Better understanding of challenging dynamics and ways of improving team and task management.


about me

I am a Chartered Research Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological society,  and am now also working as Leadership Development and Executive Coach. I'm currently completing the internationally recognised Senior Practitioner accreditation with the European Mentoring Coaching Council (EMCC) on Tavistock Consulting’s Executive Coaching Programme and work strictly to the EMCC codes of ethical practice. I am a member of the British Psychological Society's Division of Coaching Psychology.  

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underpinning My contracting & coaching conversations are:-

Ensuring clear boundaries & communication

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Are present in the contracting of the coaching terms and conditions and throughout our work together.  Communicating with transparency and clarity 

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Working together to develop your self-awareness and work towards your goals in the context of often complex workplace dynamics. Consistently locating your individual experiences within your  leadership role,  and the wider organisation.

Making sense of underlying issues

Creating a secure and generative learning environment

Making sense of underlying issues

Helping you make sense of emotions and patterns that are present for you. This includes exploring the unconscious processes and the ‘below the surface’ feelings, which can be better understood and contained by talking together.

Careful listening

Feedback & reviews

Making sense of underlying issues

Working in the ‘here-and-now’ of our sessions. Offering well timed, accurate and authentic reflections of your thoughts and feelings to further develop your understanding.

Feedback & reviews

Feedback & reviews

Feedback & reviews

Incorporating regular review conversations, especially when developmental goals or organisational contexts change over our time. This leads overall to the greater integration of your thoughts and feelings into clear actions and a shift in focus from the presenting issues to solutions and new ways of working.


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