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Cathryn is an independent Sales, Relationship and Stepmother
Coach and  Consultant. Whether working face-to-face, on the
phone or with groups, she specializes in helping clients
better understand and then change their behavior while gaining
insights and learning new skills to create immediate, positive
and lasting improvements in their business performance and
personal relationships.
Meet Cathryn
Looking back I can see how I have spent my whole life preparing
for the work I am doing now. I have always been a student
of human behavior. Believing that there is goodness in
people. This has enabled me to look beyond the anger, manipulation,
hostility and control of people’s behavior and get
curious about the underlying sadness, pain, loneliness
and that motivates their actions. How did I get here? The
following
is a brief bio for your review.
Business career:
1978: Graduated from University of Hartford, Magna Cum
Laude and joined IBM as a Marketing Rep for IBM DPD division
with
a banking territory.
1980: Became the Director of Electronic Banking for First
Connecticut Bancorp to start up self-service banking programs.
1984: Became an Entrepreneur to teach other bankers and ATM
networks how I was getting 60-80% of consumers to choose
self-service over manned teller stations without using bribery
or manipulation. In the 12 years I focused on retail banking,
I wrote many articles, gave hundreds of speeches, helped
develop marketing and sales training programs, coached executives
and sales people to communicate very effectively all over
the US and UK.
1996: Began to branch out and do more motivational speaking,
speech and presentation coaching and general sales and communications
training and coaching.
Today: M clients are from all walks of business and personal
circumstances. It is such a pleasure to have a client base
of courageous, growth-seeking people. People drawn to working
with me want to understand how to be more effective in relationships.
They want to be responsible for their impact on others and
refuse to settle for anything less than creating more joy
and success in their lives.
The foundation of my career is about helping people:
1.Understand the benefits of communicating more expertly
and having better people skills.
2. Learn the art of creative problem solving.
3. Understand the power that comes from creating and
then making choices.
4. Develop new insights and skills for embracing change
and handling the inevitable anxiety all change brings.
What can you expect from me? You can count on confidential
support focused on your goals and needs as a starting point.
My greatest strengths are my ability to see how to create
the pathway to the futures that clients want to achieve,
helping them understand how and what to change so they
can “make
it happen,” all the while giving them non-judgmental,
enthusiastic and optimistic support as they create their
new realities.
- As a coach, I work with the future, not the past. Growth
isn’t about right or wrong, it’s about what
is effective and feels right to each client. If people
are willing
to do things differently almost any situation can be
improved.
- As a communications trainer and coach, I work
with clients to help them understand what and WHY behaviors
are and
are not effective with others so we can talk about new
ways to
reduce discomfort or stress in their lives.
- As a sales trainer and consultant, I help people gain
new skills and insights they need to move forward in
their
lives.
- As a speech and presentation coach, I work with
people on “real
world” speaking assignments, from developing the
flow of content through dress rehearsals in my office
or the actual
venue. Speaking well is a skill that can be learned by
anyone willing to seek these skills.
- As a Stepmom, I’ve
learned that it’s virtually
impossible to imagine how it feels to be a Stepmom unless
you are in that role. I know that because I became a
stepmom in 1996, when my husband’s 5-year-old son
began to spend 50% of his time with us. After 18 years
of dealing
with adult behaviors and relationships, I found myself
faced with a new set of intense feelings and complex
emotions
situations.
After attending a few other Stepfamily support groups,
I became aware of all the attention on the anger and
the blame
versus the problem solving. In March 2000, I created
a group called "Stepmoms
on a Mission" to teach other
Stepmoms how
to thrive, not just survive.
As a professional, I honor the unique experiences of
each person and help them integrate his or her new skills
and
ideas into her or his own personality and life circumstances.
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