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Kitty Haylock
Kitty is a friendly and approachable coach who is passionate about supporting people to reach their full potential, and to make decisions that are right for them as individuals.
Although Kitty has a particular passion for positive psychological approaches that focus on strengths, wellbeing, and resilience, she has experience in a wide range of coaching techniques and takes a person-centred approach, adapting to meet the needs and preferences of the individual or team she is working with.
Kitty is an Executive Coach, Coach Supervisor, Trainer and Facilitator.
She works with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and seniority, from teen mothers and career starters, through to senior leaders and executives.
A series of coaching sessions with Kitty allowed me to unpack and rationalise my aspirations and opportunities and explore my fears and uncertainties. She prompted me to address some key questions I had subconsciously been avoiding. Kitty spent time exploring my interests, values, concerns and aspirations – she helped me in understanding their interconnection – and what I was not deducing from them or was backing away from addressing. It was a very useful process – both comforting and challenging.
The ultimate test has been in the value to me of its outcome – taking me in a direction which I might not have rationalised for myself as one which I had the courage and ability to take.
Executive Director
Before coaching I had been totally focused on my weaknesses. There was always something more I could improve and I always felt like I wasn’t good enough. Instead Kitty used exercises to help me recognise my strengths and we found ways in which I could maximise these at work. It was hard at first to let myself think in these terms, but now I feel confident almost every day. Since then I feel that I have really demonstrated my worth and have progressed from a maternity cover post to a substantive post.
Ward Manager
Key skills
Leadership development; coach training and development; executive coaching; leadership coaching; career and transition coaching; team development; network development; collaborative working; engagement; talent management; managing change; continuous improvement; resilience and wellbeing; assessment centre design and delivery; facilitation and action learning.
Style
Kitty takes time to build rapport and trust with her clients, creating a safe space for challenge and self-analysis, leading to personal insight and growth. She works with her clients towards a space of self-efficacy and self-reliance, enabling them to leave the coaching relationship with a sense of confidence and capability.
Professional memberships
Member of the Association of Coaching (AC); Full Member of the British Psychological Society (FMBPS)
Career background
Kitty is a business psychologist, with a background working with public and third sector organisations. She has over 10 years’ experience working in and for the healthcare sector in learning and development, organisational development, and consultancy.
Kitty has been coaching for over 15 years, during which time she has also designed and delivered coach training programmes, acted as strategic coaching lead, led coaching CPD and supervision programmes, and developed and led intra- and inter-organisational coach networks and coaching strategy networks.
Qualifications and training
BSc Psychology; MSc Occupational Psychology; Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring in Management (ILM); Psychometrics: WAVE, Hogan, NEO PI-R, Insights; Healthcare Leadership Model 360 facilitator.
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We are
professionally and experientially qualified, regularly supervised and have appropriate professional memberships. CBC is a corporate member of the Association for Coaching.
We offer
individual coaching to executives, and leaders and managers of various levels as well as group and team coaching
We follow
professional guidelines, principles and competencies including the Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors and Supervisors