Kate Freedman

I believe in being present and partnering with every client to actively support the thoughts and feelings experienced in every coaching conversation so that they can respond to the transformation process and create a lasting change.

Focus of Work Experience
Kate has 20+ years’ commercial experience in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Sales, Retailing and Manufacturing roles. Up until July 2017, Kate led the Unilever UK’s commercial capability programme and was the UK’s internal executive and careers coach. She is also an experienced and accomplished facilitator and trainer and has supported assessment centre’s for key talent groups.

At Unilever, Kate worked on many Global programmes but her personal highlight was to deliver a Purpose in Leadership programme as an internal coach. Since its launch, she has personally supported hundreds of individuals to applying their Purpose statements to their personal development plans, leadership style and career decisions and remains connected with many of her coaches from that time.

Since setting up her independent business, Kate has coached in new sectors through associate contracts and via her strong network of Commercial Directors and Learning and Development professionals. Kate also works with the Academy of Executive Coaching as a consultant coach in helping organisations to create a coaching culture. This role enables her to put her selling skills into action combined with her sharing her passion for deploying coaching as a learning tool. Kate is also a qualified Supervisor and deploys programmes for coaches needing development support. Kate has also trained and qualified as a Systemic Team Coach and is supporting teams and organisational change.

Areas of Coaching Expertise/Specialism
Kate Freedman is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach. She has an in-depth understanding of the complexities, challenges and opportunities that corporate life can pose and she is passionate about helping people make empowered life and professional choices.

Her coaching helps people become “un-stuck”, progress and become action orientated. Kate’s coaching model draws upon a variety of tools and techniques developed though advanced study of executive coaching theory and application.

Her style is emphatic and engaging and utilises her experience of deep exploration of personal development plans through personal purpose understanding and storytelling.

Kate has coached individuals at various levels of seniority and who work in different disciplines in the corporate world. Kate has experience of working in many sectors including Financial Services, Petrochemicals, Hospitality and Software as well as FMCG. Kate works with key talent groups on their personal development and with Leadership teams and individual Leaders who require a deeper exploration of their Leadership, their personal purpose and its meaning to their leadership style.

Kate has worked part time for 10 years before being self-employed and she understands how exploring your purpose can shape and direct your life and career goals. She has a track record of applying her own purpose to her career choices and works hard to balance her business and family time.

Qualifications and Affiliations
• International Coaching Federations (ICF) approved Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching – AoEC 2019
• International Coaching Federations (ICF) approved Practitioner Diploma -AoEC 2014
. GTCI Systemic Team Coaching Practitioner
. Supervision Diploma
• Accredited Korn Ferry 360 Practitioner
. Hogan Tool Certified
• Accredited Discovery Insights Practitioner (https://www.insights.com)
• Level 6 Careers Guidance and Development Diploma -Prospects