Kathryn Jackson is a leader ship coach, facilitator and author who uses a blended approach of coaching and consulting to influence change. She has over 20 years of HR consulting and coaching experience with former corporate employers including Andersen’s, Ernst & Young, and the Bank of Scotland. She has a first-class honors degree specializing in Sociology, HR, and Organizational Behaviour – with a subsequent master’s exploring Motivation at Work. She trained with the Oxford School of Coaching & Mentoring in 2005 and has completed additional training as a Career Coach with the award-winning team at Fuel50.Accepted as a Fellow with the CIPD in 2015 and awarded a Senior Practitioner Accreditation with the EMCC in 2017.
Kathryn’s company: careerbalance Ltd has provided Coaching, Training, Career Transition and HR Consulting Support to NZ businesses since 2006, with most of her work based on long-term partnerships to deliver significant and sustainable change. Current clients include: BDO, Orion, McKenzie& Co, Downer, and the MBA students at Canterbury Uni.
Her contributionto building better workplaces include:
Book: Resilience at Work–Practical Tools for Career Success(Routledge, 2018).Shortlisted for Best International Business Book(Business Book Awards, London) and theAustralian Career Book of the Year this is an essential resource for anybody wanting tolearn strategies for better navigating stressors at work.
Workshop Series: Let’s Talk Resilience at Work. Building on thesuccessof the book,workshop programme brings to life thekeymessages of thebook inhigh energy,interactive eventsthat can be delivered live or viaZoom. Withworkshops for teamsand leaders, andoptions to traininternal facilitators, this programme directly supports theNZ Red CrossPsychological First Aid programme.
Book: Essential Questions to GROW Your Team(DIY Publishing, 2017). With anintroduction by Graham Alexander (co-inventor of the GROW model),this is a workbookofConversationGuidesthatis used bybusinesses around the worldto support leaderswho are learning to coach.
Workshop Series: GROW Your Team(The Wellbeing Edition, The Feedback Edition,The CareerEngagementEdition and The Pure CoachingCultureEdition).Interactive andpractical workshopswhich combine coaching skillsand the scienceofconversationwith some of the most commonleadershipchallenges at work.
Online Learning: The Crafted Career Programmes.Theworld needsnew ways to findhope, strength, and a plan for the future in an environment of disruption, uncertainty, andchange. This self-directed learningcombines science with practical, ease to use resourcesandsmall group coaching clinicsto shape more meaningful careers.This programme is fullycustomizable for businesses and/or career coaches.
Kathrynregularly supportssporting events to raise money for charitiesincludingNZ Red Cross,Guide Dogs for the Blind,Riding for theDisabledand McMillan Cancer Support(UK).
