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Sean Magennis
YPO member
Past CEO YPO and Coaching International
Catherine, virtually single handedly, created, designed, and launched the YPO Mentorship program and not only delivered the initial trainings but ensured that execution and improvements were established and followed through on.
She has a warm yet professional manner and is highly organized and diligent in everything she does. Her evolved self-awareness and high EQ stand out for me as the key behaviors behind her success. Catherine also takes responsibility, confidentiality and integrity very seriously.
In my role as President and COO of YPO, we worked closely for many years and I could always count on Catherine to shoot me straight and provide sound and strategic advice from her own extensive business, YPO and personal experience. In a word she was exceptional to work with. I developed a deep personal regard for Catherine over those many years.
Kavit Handa
YPO Dubai Integrated
I had the honor of serving with Catherine on the International Learning Committee of YPO between 2016 and 2018, where she was oversighting and strategically guiding the roll out of Mentoring across the organization. Her passion and drive for YPO and mentoring are still examples that I share with incoming members about servant leadership delivering rewards to both our community as well as those who take on leadership roles.
During our time on the learning committee, we engaged in numerous forum style activities, and I always found Catherine to be present, authentic and willing to share her experiences for the whole group to benefit.
Her great success in business, raising two wonderful young ladies who have followed in their mothers’ entrepreneurial shoes and her ability to find a life balance where her and her husband spend months at sea indulging their passion for sailing speak volumes of the credibility, diversity and gifts of wisdom that she would be able to share with fellow YPO members. That she is already a highly revered mentoring facilitator only goes further in demonstrating how her magnetic personality would extend to and benefit many forums.
Of course, with all these positive attributes, there must be something that would make her a better candidate, and I think that if we could clone Catherine and have someone like her in each region that would be the improvement that I would seek.
Justin Taylor
YPO Singapore International Board of Directors 2017–2020
International Vice Chairman 2019/2020
I came to know Catherine through our service together on the International Networks Committee and then the International Education Committee (as the Learning committee then was). I subsequently had the privilege of leading Catherine when I served as the Chair of the Learning Committee. Catherine’s willingness to serve on these International Committees reflects a very strong desire to broaden her experience beyond her Chapter and Region, and too be of service to our Members and the YPO Organization. Throughout the time I worked with Catherine, I found her to be passionate about YPO and its ability to make a positive contribution to our members’ lives. She honours her commitments, and was tireless and inspirational in the work and effort she put in to serve our Members.
She’s very personable, open, authentic, willing to be vulnerable and also frank and honest in a positive and respectful way.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Walter Frey, YPO Durban
Thank you Catherine , it’s wonderful to see your passion , talent and tenacity combined in action .
Brandon Chia, YPO Singapore
Thank you once again for conducting a stellar workshop. You have energised our region and imparted not just knowledge, but also infused the mentoring spirit in all of us. It was such a privilege seeing yourself in action. Haji and I are super inspired and hope that you will always be in touch to guide us and support us.
Terry Bantock,
CEO Unitrans
That was amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I owe you from the company perspective and as much from a personal perspective. Your slides, the participation, etc - you are amazing!
Jianying He, YPO Sea Dragon, China
Extremely relavant. Well organized, well orchestrated, and balanced lecturing and practicing
Sala Price, YPO Chapter Manager
You provided our membership with such great insight and take home value which was a huge inspiration to all. Your time and efforts was greatly appreciated and it was a privilege to have had you as our Resource.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Greg Nieuwenhuys, YPO London
Today has been the best event I've joined in a long time!
(Greg joined the YPO London Mentoring Masterclass Live Virtual event )
Pavel Streber, YPO France
Fabulous clear complicated thoughts put in elegant ways. It pushed me to think more deeply. There was personal growth which I didn't expect
Shirley Santoso, YPO Indonesia
Many thanks again for the great session with lots of learnings and insights! It was really wonderful to see the level of engagement and interaction throughout the session. Thank you very much again for generously sharing your time and experience! I found the session really helpful and exciting.
Abhijeet Khadilkar, Mentorcloud
Catherine conducted another fantastic Mentoring Masterclass, this time for a customer Merck Applied Solutions. The challenge was to condense it into 45 minutes and she did that so eloquently.
Merck, Applied Solutions participants
" Thank you, fantastic presentation and slides! Your case studies are very helpful too."
"Very good and your level of Energy is just exceptional."
From Marriott Hotels participants:
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Thank you for a really positive session with concrete guidance. The listening in particular was a real eye (ear?) opener
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Thank you so much for such a wonderful session
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Thank you, Catherine, was great session very insightful
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Thank you so much, beautiful session.
From Empowr Mentee session: PREPARING FOR YOUR MENTORING SESSION
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This presentation was so wonderful. Lots to take away and ruminate on and apply to mentee/mentor relationships both. Thank you Catherine!!
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Thank you for walking us through your guidelines for mentorship Catherine, it helped me realize how much more of an active role I can take in making my mentor/mentee relationships stronger,
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Thank you Catherine, It was all really interesting, especially the Catherine Wheel methodology, I did not know about it, thank you
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Thank you, wonderful session!
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Thank you for sharing your wisdom C!
From Empowr Mentor session: IS ANYBODY LISTENING?
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Such an eye opener!
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Super helpful, thanks so much Catherine.
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Thank you so much for your time and knowledge transfer, it was really helpful!
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Such an insightful session!! I feel I need to listen before I feel anything :)
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Thank you Catherine for an amazing session, I have learned a lot!
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Thank you Catherine ! Keep up the good work. Love to be a participant.
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It was very informative session today. Please convey a sincere Thanks to Catherine. I look forward to revisiting that presentation a few times per year, just as a refresher.