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Introductory Coaching Session

A 1 hour online coaching session. Your time, your space, your transformation. This session is not grounded in the Values in Action framework and remains an entirely non directive introductory session.

Strengths Orientation Session

What’s Included:

1 hour session (online)

Your free downloadable VIA 24 Character Strengths Profile (this does not label who you are but offers insight into what motivates you).

By the end of the session you will:

  • Understand the science of Character. Focusing on the universal concept and practical implementation of the Values in Action Character Strengths.

  • Have identified your core Character Strengths and how these have shaped who you are today.

  • Start to explore how you can use your unique super powers to drive you forwards with focus and impact.

  • Take away core tools and strategies to practice implementing your Signature Strengths in new ways.

  • Have increased self awareness whilst starting to understand your blind spots

Strengths Orientation & Onward Journey

What’s Included:

Three 1 hour sessions (online)

Your free downloadable VIA 24 Character Strengths Profile (this does not label who you are but offers insight into what motivates you).

By the end of the sessions you will:

  • Understand the science of Character. Focusing on the universal concept and practical implementation of the Values in Action Character Strengths.

  • Have identified your core Character Strengths and how these have shaped who you are today.

  • Start to explore how you can use your unique super powers to drive you forwards with focus and impact.

  • Take away core tools and strategies to practice implementing your Signature Strengths in new ways.

  • Have increased self awareness whilst starting to understand your blind spots

  • Have practiced applying your Character Strengths in real life scenarios

  • Explored the ‘Golden Mean’ (under use, over use and optimal use of your super powers).

  • Experimented with ‘strengths coupling’, anchoring your lesser used strengths to creative positive outcomes

  • Gained insight into the power of your hidden leadership capabilities

  • Understand how enhanced self awareness can support you through challenges and help you seek positive impact.

Strengths, Orientation, Onward Journey and Impact Review

What’s Included:

Six 1 hour sessions (online)

Your free downloadable VIA 24 Character Strengths Profile (this does not label who you are but offers insight into what motivates you).

By the end of the sessions you will:

  • Understand the science of Character. Focusing on the universal concept and practical implementation of the Values in Action Character Strengths.

  • Have identified your core Character Strengths and how these have shaped who you are today.

  • Start to explore how you can use your unique super powers to drive you forwards with focus and impact.

  • Take away core tools and strategies to practice implementing your Signature Strengths in new ways.

  • Have increased self awareness whilst starting to understand your blind spots.

  • Have practiced applying your Character Strengths in real life scenarios.

  • Explored the ‘Golden Mean’ (under use, over use and optimal use of your super powers).

  • Experimented with ‘strengths coupling’, anchoring your lesser used strengths to creative positive outcomes.

  • Gained insight into the power of your hidden leadership capabilities.

  • Understand how enhanced self awareness can support you through challenges and help you seek positive impact.

  • Have implemented new habits driving you towards your desired destination and outcomes.

  • Draw on your progress reflecting on positive change and leadership capabilities.

  • Reviewed the tangible progress within your journey, reflecting on your development and impact.

  • Set further intentions for your onward journey with support and accountability.

Small Online Group: Your Best Self Coaching Programme

Five 1 hour sessions (online)

Explore your values and Character Strengths with a small group. Working together you’ll consider ways to put these into action to make lasting changes.

Please enquire for upcoming dates.

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  • "Cate encouraged me to look beyond the 'wall of no other choice' I was banging against. I feel liberated and lighter.”

    –  Leadership Programme participant

  • “Fantastic inputs on Values In Action (VIA) utilisation for both team & Frontline Leadership participants. 'Genius overlay' with CVF wheel & VIA symbols; really resonated & demystified the relevance . Golden Mean ; thank you so much!”

    – Steve Jackson, Performance Coach

  • “Thank you so much for that workshop, was incredibly insightful! One of the best sessions I have had in a long time. I think all our teams could really gain something from that session. It's made me reflect a lot on understanding people a bit more and not take things too personally “

    — Beth Creswell  

  • “Cate is a very energetic and engaging speaker with fantastic knowledge in colour profiling and how that translates into the workplace. After the session my delegates gave immediate positive praise for the session and commented Cate was the best speaker of the course. I would not hesitate to recommend Cate’s services.”

    – Richard Bazley, Manager for National Graduate Leadership Programme

  • "Coaching with Cate has significantly improved my emotional resilience and stress management. The nature of detective work – investigating violent crimes, dealing with victims and confronting moral dilemmas – can take a serious toll on mental health. Cate’s coaching has provided a confidential space to process these experiences, develop coping strategies and build emotional strength, ensuring I can maintain my peak performance without burnout.”

    — Former Counter Terrorism Fast Track clientere

  • “The sessions with Cate helped me to feel confident in tacking my new leadership role. I was very keen to support my new team and talking through that process with Cate really helped me to understand this new role and dynamic that I would now be in with my colleagues.”

    –  Melony Gannon, Physiotherapy Team Leader 

  • “As part of a leadership coaching program, I was recommended to Cate to work specifically on issues I had identified as challenges in my future promotion process. These focused on my own wellbeing: emotional resilience, establishing boundaries, and accepting my limitations. The mindset shifts as a result of ongoing coaching are even more obvious to me now and I can see how they will gradually take hold and become part of my arsenal to meet future promotion ambitions as well as balance within my working and personal lives.”

    –  Acting Police Sergeant, Metropolitan Police

  • “A key benefit of my coaching with Cate has been the leadership development and interpersonal skills development. Detectives can often work in teams, interact with diverse communities and collaborate with other law enforcement agencies. Coaching has helped me strengthen communication, conflict resolution and leadership abilities, which enables me to inspire the teams I work with, build trust with the public and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics effectively.”

    Description goes here– Former Counter Terrorism Fast Track client

  • "Cate really supported me with reflective thinking and considering what is important and relevant in relation to my career development/career boundaries. Overlapping these considerations with my wider life was key, considering how my career focused mentality interacts with, and comes into conflict with my social life and life outside of work.”

    – Former Counter Terrorism Fast Track client

  • “Coaching with Cate has made me reflect more on what is important to me, both in work and my wider life outside of work, considering what motivates me and why I am motivated in the specific ways I am, for the specific objectives I am. Since our sessions I have internally reflected more on what drives me and what I want from life outside of work which is a particularly important skill given the high intensity and stress levels of the job that I do.”

    – Former Counter Terrorism Fast Track client

  • “Cate Gunn is really good, never believed in coaching, she’s actually great, brought a lot of clarity to me and helped me recontextualise my thoughts.”

    —Fast track counter terrorism client

  • “Coaching was a huge benefit to me in adapting my skills from my professional sport background to fast track into the Detective Constable role within two years. I do not believe this transition would have been possible without coaching with Cate.”

    –  Former Trainee Detective

  • “Cate worked with me to identify where things were going wrong and how to access the support I needed. I built on sessions with Cate from just surviving in the role to progressing to a specialist department and goal setting for the future.”

    –  Former Trainee Detective

  • “Cate has helped me to identify my strengths and areas to develop, and how I can apply them to perform the role to the best of my ability.”

    Description goes here–  Former Trainee Detective

  • “Cate’s positive attitude and approach was a highlight of my programme, helping me to step out of the day to day stresses of the job and reflect positively.”

    –  Former Trainee Detective

  • “I found the sessions with cate very enjoyable and inspiring. The environment was comfortable and I felt I was able to speak open and honestly to Cate. She challenged my thinking and encouraged me to come up with solutions and strategies to navigate through my new role.”

    –  Supervisor, NHS

  • "I (and others) took a lot from your session. Your delivery style was engaging, informative and easy to understand. I heard people talking the rest of the day about their colour profiles – it was lovely to see the interaction across people who don’t necessarily work together in their day-to-day.”

    – Cat Moughton, HR Manager

  • “Cate is a great listener, enabling you to understand your strengths when most people focus on weaknesses. Cate has kept me on track with my goals and helps me consider how I have progressed.”

    –  Flo, former client

  • “Cate creates a really friendly atmosphere which allows for the discussion of a range of issues and developmental areas to great effect. She really tailors themes to meet my needs.”

    — John, former client

  • “Cate has massively helped in my development and confidence and has supported me in decision making about career progression with helpful reflections and practical information.”

    — Former Trainee Detective client

  • “Cate is like a ray of sunshine, I can really rely on Cate to be there to help me think positively about how to improve my outlook and perspectives.”

    — Megan, former client

  • “Cate really tuned into what I needed to help me see and move forward whether it was looking at pictures and images to try and help me verbalise how I was feeling or using apps to help keep me on my coaching path and move forward from where I was. I honestly believe without Cate's positive and friendly coaching style I would not have made it through my training.”

    — Former DC

  • “Even if I started a coaching session crying uncontrollably by the end I knew what I had to do to move forward mentally, emotionally and physically, always ending the coaching session feeling uplifted and refocused.”

    —Former client

  • “Cate helped me work through my Character Strengths and which parts of my character I might not use as often and how I can develop these parts of my character and try to use them to elicit different responses. Allowing me to rely less on humour often used to deflect or hide from emotions. Cate coached me through different ways to approach difficult conversations and gave me confidence in my own strengths.”

    — Former Detective client

  • “Cate always gave me time and space to think of my own solutions, giving me confidence in my own thought processes and ways to deal with things. I want to say Cate's coaching has not just helped me inside of my work performance but in my personal life helping me create a better work life balance.”

    —Former Client

  • “ I felt Cate was knowledgeable in the leadership development field and she was able to provide me with constructive feedback. I took a lot from my time with Cate and still use many of the tools we discussed. She was an excellent coach and I would recommend her highly.”

    – Former client, NHS Team Leader 

  • “Thank you for the input you delivered and the great way you delivered it. I found it personally really beneficial, and you completely engaged the group. It really linked nicely to an earlier session where we had asked participants to consider their leadership styles and helped to set up some really good conversations in 121s. You will definitely have some people seeking out further sessions and it’s also raised some discussions around culture and awareness in policing around coaching which will feature as a further discussion.”

    —Denise Booth, Training Manager

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