Cathy Lasher, Business Coach

Cathy is a highly experienced Business Coach and personal development specialist with over 15 years experience as a senior coach. She works with people to enhance business and personal performance through a process of supported self-awareness and self-development.

A dually qualified chartered accountant (USA and England), and MBA, Cathy has worked extensively as a Coach to many businesses.

Her clients include SMEs - particularly businesses in growth or transition - as well as blue chip corporate and professional services firms, and public sector organisations.

Cathy has particular expertise with large Corporates. She has worked extensively with large international firms, such as KPMG, at partner and director level across Europe (conducting 1-to-1 coaching, leadership development programmes, preparing for and achieving promotion’s to partnership, coach training and action learning sets) as well as medium sized professional services practices, financial institutions, insurance companies and Finance Directors in other blue chip firms.  Particular highlights in the corporate sector include being involved in a major change programme at a large professional services firm  and coaching the Eurpoean Finance Director at an international automotive manufacturer  supporting him in making the transition from being simply the director of the finance function to increasing his general business expertise and oversight of the business.

For many years Cathy has had a coaching relationship with an HR Director who has had various roles, including at a large public utility, a large private motoring organisation, and a large international automotive manufacturer. In addition to working as his business coach, Cathy has also been involved in working with his Boards of Directors in a team context as well as one to one, helping them with team communication issues and strategy development, as well as specific business challenges.

She has been involved with major change programmes, at both individual and team levels, as well as coaching the leaders of these programmes, including 1-to-1 coaching and team facilitation and training around the change agenda.

Cathy has also run a number of training programmes for corporate clients on change management and personal change in regards to mergers and acquisitions, downsizing, redundancies and promotions.

Cathy is highly sought after in the Public Sector where her work is extensive. She has conducted a number of programmes within government departments of all levels. Most recently this work has been with senior civil servants (Grade 7 to Permanent Secretary) in organisations such as Defra, Dft, ODPM, (now DCLG), DCA, a number of regional Government Offices and senior members of Birmingham City Council.

In addition to being a recognised coach, member of the Association for Coaching and the International Coach Federation, Cathy holds Supervision qualifications with the Center for Development, Coaching Supervision Academy and the Centre for Supervision Training. She has been an accredited Supervisor for 10 years. Over this time Cathy has lead coach training programmes for over 300 coaches and has personally supervised over 200 coaches. She is now one of the most highly experienced coach supervisors in the UK.

Cathy is also a UKCP accredited relational psychotherapist who maintains a private psychotherapy practice alongside her organisational work. She is accredited to administer MBTI and other psychometrics. An understanding of people and the psychological underpinnings to transformational change are part of what makes her coaching so successful.

American by birth, Cathy has been in the UK for nearly 30 years. Many people still ask her what time her plane arrived at Heathrow – her accent is still very much from ‘over there’. She combines the best of American directness, challenge and enthusiastic support with the best of British depth and subtlety.

 

If you would like to schedule a no obligation ‘chemistry’ session with Cathy either:

Call the office today on 0845 456 8217
or
Email her on: ContactCathy@notionltd.com

You can also download a Pdf version of Cathy’ Lasher’s Biography

 

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Cathy’s Clients include:

Numerous SME’s plus:
AmGem
AON Consulting
BAA Lynton
Barratt Homes
Birmingham City Council
Cabinet Office
Castrol
Department of Transport
Highways Agency
KPMG
Magna International
Ministry of Justice
Proctor & Gamble
Stolt Nielsen Ltd
The Freemasons’ Grand Charity
 

What Cathy’s Clients say about her:

Cathy continuously receives glowing testimonials from her clients. Below are some examples of specific quotes that her clients have said about her.

Please note, we are always happy to supply specific references should you require them.

SME’s and Business Owners:

“Cathy's a rare talent. Her unique blend of personal development and entrepreneurial business expertise has been instrumental in helping me to envision, design and realise professional and personal growth that now complement – and no longer conflict with - each other. It's very liberating to be so focused on growth.” Leslie Boscheratto, start-up entrepreneur

“Cathy’s business experience and challenging methods as a coach helped me to make some realistic business decisions. I particularly liked her style of making me think through the options rather than her sowing the seeds of decisions I should take.” Jon Levin, MD, Levin & Derhammer LLC

Corporate and Senior Executives:

“Cathy has a great ability to see through the fluff and really get to the heart of the issue, and she is not afraid to confront that with you and support you in working through it. I found the time I spent working with Cathy to be one of the best investments I have made professionally, and I’m glad to say I achieved my promotion.” Debra Glenaway, Director, KPMG

“Cathy Lasher has done a fantastic job working with Frontier senior economists. We have seen real tangible differences in terms of engagement and influence with clients and of positive leadership of teams.” Michael Ridge, Director, Frontier Economics

“It has been great to have someone external to my organisation to coach me, both by offering a safe environment in which to test ideas and also by being away from day-to-day distractions. Cathy has been instrumental in helping me to "hold up a mirror" to myself in order to see myself as others do. The sessions have been both challenging and very rewarding; the benefits of our work together have been rapidly visible.” Matthew Arends, Principal & Actuary, Aon Consulting

“Although I was slightly sceptical about the power of coaching to change fundamentally unacceptable workplace behaviour, I am delighted to be able to say that with Cathy Lasher’s help significant change has indeed been achieved. Cathy has the ability to say what needs to be said, and in an extremely supportive way. She was able to help a key employee see how his behaviour needed to change, and to equip him with the tools and techniques he needed in order to achieve that change. Her approach addressed the employee’s agenda whilst at the same time attending to the organisation’s agenda. This was extremely effective coaching.” Laura Chapman, Chief Executive, The Freemasons’ Grand Charity

Public Sector Organisations:

“Over many years I have experienced a number of trainers, educators and facilitators most of whom have faded into obscurity. This is not the case with Cathy Lasher. The lessons learned and the personal development I achieved has had a long lasting effect” Jeanette Clayton, Neighbourhood Manager, Staveley Neighbourhood Management

“Cathy possesses an adeptness at getting to the nub of (often complex) issues faced by group members and her ability to ask the right questions to help explore with the individual what is sitting behind the issue raised is a particular skill and strength of her approach and style. This has certainly helped me develop my leadership style over the past few years and I would have no hesitation in recommending Cathy for a role in other organisations.” John Faulkner, Head of International Networks, Department for Transport

“I was very impressed by the way Cathy responded swiftly and imaginatively to my specifications, taking on board the detail I had provided but also probing me to find out necessary detail. She commanded respect by her professional competence, encouraged positive interaction by her warmth, sensitivity and determination and elicited responses by a whole variety of means, many of which are too subtle for me to describe.” Amanda Finlay, Director, Legal Aid Strategy, Ministry of Justice

“I have worked with Cathy Lasher since 2004. During that time I have held a number or roles within two government departments and worked for an NGO overseas. Cathy's support has been invaluable in helping me to clarify my ambitions and prioritise my time. She has helped me to identify my strengths, address my weaknesses and ensure that I achieve greater balance in my life. Cathy has also provided practical support on specific work issues and in developing my CV, preparing for interviews and putting frameworks around my goals outside of the workplace, as well as putting me in touch with other contacts who have been able to provide input on specific issues. Cathy also facilitated a successful team building event for me at the Ministry of Justice. I have found my sessions with Cathy enjoyable as well as productive and she is a trusted confidant and mentor.” Senior Civil Servant, Cabinet Office

Supervisees:

“Cathy Lasher is an exceptional coaching supervisor and coach whom I trust and believe in. I would highly recommend her” John Fooks, PCC

“I have known Cathy Lasher as a professional coach and supervisor for over 10 years. We first met when she was facilitating and pioneering high level professional coach training in the UK.
During the months we worked together, Cathy supported me to review my coaching experiences with a view to deepening my self awareness and my range of choices as a coach. Our supervision sessions sometimes involved listening to my coaching on tape and discussing general coaching concerns as well as exploring my more personal patterns and challenges. All this was done in a spirit of openness, acceptance, generosity, curiosity and exploration. Working with Cathy, in this way, was deeply supportive for my coaching practice.” Janette Blakemore, Insight Coaching

“I am delighted to be able to recommend Cathy Lasher, as a coach and supervisor. Cathy helped me quite literally, transform my life. I particularly valued her ability to be completely present, and thus enable me to connect entirely with my situation, and thus move on.” Kate Graham

What Cathy says …

“If you want increased clarity about your goals and how to achieve them; if you want to more closely align your personal and business goals; if you want space to explore the decisions you are making regularly, to extract maximum learning from them; or if you want to understand more about yourself and the impact you have on others and on your business, then let’s meet.”

 

 

Cathy’s areas of Expertise:

• Coaching MD’s and/or Board Facilitation re Business Strategy and Business Growth
• Preparation for Promotion to Partner/Board Level
• Behavioural Change
• Coaching Supervision
• Training Internal Coaches – ILM7 Tutor
• Facilitation and Action Learning Sets

 

 

If you would like to schedule a no obligation ‘chemistry’ session with Cathy either:

Call the office today on 0845 456 8217
or
Email her on: ContactCathy@notionltd.com

You can also download a Pdf version of Cathy’ Lasher’s Biography