We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

Live an integrated life...

• Positionally (“Executive”)
• Professionally (“Career”) 
• Personally (“Life”) 
• Purposefully 

Leading others = Leading Oneself, first.  

Whether within the context of a team and the development of it—or an individual coaching engagement, Cat-Strat is by your side.

We invite you to ask yourself a few additional questions:

• Are the top to-dos on my to-do list activities that help me Learn, Grow and Improve?
• Do I feel that I have time to Reflect and Regroup--or do I find myself jumping to that next thing that "needs to get done"? Never enough time.
• Would I like to improve the Adaptation Skills required to lead my team toward the desired results?

The questions are not intended to judge in any way. Rather, they are part and parcel to the process of Reinvention.

Why would I need a Coach? Why should I Reinvent?

1. The times. If there's ever a time for Reflection and a Regroup--it's now. Reflection is the lightning preceding the thunder of Reinvention. 
2. As Seth Godin says in his The Coaching Paradox, "At the top tier of just about any sort of endeavor, you’ll find that the performers have coaches... And yet, in the world of business, they’re seen as the exception... The paradox is that the very things that hold us back are the reasons we need a coach in the first place".
3. Self-Reflection and Reinvention are not signs of weakness... but rather, are signs of Strength. In today's business climate, there is far less lead-time for reinvention than ever before: 
4. Time. As Reinvention Academy leader Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva points out, decades ago companies had 75-year life cycles (and thus plenty of time to prepare for reinvention). Not true today. Companies and individual Leaders within organizations need to be on a constant path of Reinvention (or risk being left behind). Reinvention is not a singular event. It's an ongoing process and journey.

Cat-Strat was created in 2001.

In 2014 Executive Coaching was added to the firm's repertory thanks to the inspiration of friend and former client Jim Smith (The Executive Happiness Coach). 

Cat-Strat co-founders Craig James and Sue James incorporate custom coaching in every Executive Coaching relationship. Coaching is not therapy. It's not about "fixing" anyone. It's about Growth, Expansion and Betterment. International Coaching Federation concepts and Codes of Conduct are respected and embraced--but Cat-Strat has its own special brand and approach.

The wisdom is within you, the Client. Sue or Craig, as your Coach, guide you toward Self Discovery and Advancement.

"Coaching was offered to me as a means by which I could grow in my career and in the organization. As part of a small organization, and being at a top position, it was a necessary supplement of reflective conversation and mentorship. As a young executive, much of my role was uncertain, expectations were not always clear, such that having an outlet to confide was a great asset."

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