Cathy Owens
Cathy has 20 years of international experience in the fields of sales and learning & development. She spent 16 years in Learning & Development at Google, based in Sydney and Dublin.
Today, Cathy helps organisations, leaders, and teams unleash their potential as an Organisational Development Consultant/Practitioner, a certified Leadership Coach with the Association for Coaching, and a certified Gallup Strengths Coach.
Working with senior execs and managers across Google's enterprise, and beyond, Cathy has helped countless organisations, leadership teams, and individual leaders realise their potential by transforming challenges into opportunities for growth and improved performance.
Cathy has worked in 5 different countries doing very different jobs. Exposure to different places, people and cultures continues to be a crucial part of her development and something she greatly values. She hopes to pass on the love of exploration to her two little girls.
Cathy is a certified Clifton Strengths coach who is trained to help you flourish by encouraging you to focus on doing more of what you naturally do best. She works with individuals and teams to understand strengths and weaknesses and how to manage both more effectively.
Cathy areas of interest include Facilitation, Training, Team Building, Change Leadership, Resilience and Well-being, Career Coaching, Return to Work and Team Effectiveness
Alison Watson
Senior HR Business Partner Google
Cathy and I worked closely together on several projects where she provided her expertise on organisational development, leadership effectiveness and change management. I couldn't have asked for more in a partner. Cathy is an absolute expert in her field but her true skill is in being able to really understand the business, their specific needs and her incredible adaptability to identify the underlying issues and address those in the moment.
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Irene Carroll
AIB Relationship Manager - Conduct of Business Advisory Team
Working with Cathy helped me to determine my personal goals given the new stage of my career I was entering, and how I could work to achieve them. I highly recommend Cathy to anyone looking for some guidance on their career direction.
Lyn Savage
National Development Manager, LGFA
We worked with Cathy for our inaugural The Resilient Leader series for our county secretaries, chairpersons and members of management. This series was designed to provide them with the tools to lead their counties and our Association for the coming year. Cathy was extremely knowledgeable and professional and tailored the series directly to the audience. We would highly recommend her and look forward to working together again in the future.