Services
Cathleen offers a number of services to individual clients as well as organizations and groups. Please contact Cathleen for further information on any service, for fee information or to schedule an appointment.
Business Consulting
>> Small Business Creative Development and Marketing
Whatever business you are in or trying to start Cathleen can help you concretize your vision, develop your message and provide marketing content for websites, brochures or speaking engagements. By uncovering your personal mission and values coupled with discussion of options and action steps, Cathleen’s business mentoring is centered around achieving clarity of purpose, expectations and viability. As a freelance writer Cathleen provides, if needed, cogent, integrated, focused marketing content that reflects your personal philosophy, values and goals for success.
Mentoring Services
The word mentor has its roots in Greek mythology, referring to a character in The Odyssey, in whose guise Athena served as guardian and teacher of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus. Whether or not the original Mentor was a wise advisor, today the term is generally defined as a trusted advisor or wise counselor.
The difference between a mentor and a coach is subtle but significant. As a mentor my focus is on inspiration, encouragement and insight, helping you to get clear about who you are and what you want in life so you can develop to your full potential. It is a whole person approach that always keeps the ‘self’ at the center; a highly creative and collaborative process where we discuss, illuminate and clarify the issues and then brainstorm together the path forward. If you have been looking for someone to:
- ask the right questions
- encourage you to access your own inner wisdom
- support you in your personal and professional growth
then focused mentoring might provide just what you need. Mentoring services are offered in the following areas:
>> Unleashing Creativity
Our lives are creative adventures; each one an expression of originality and talent. Whether you are an artist, writer, performer, or someone who just wants to find more effective ways for self-expression, Cathleen can help you identify and overcome creative blocks and increase self-confidence, while crystallizing your own unique perspective. Unleashing creativity is an empowering experience that moves us from re-acting to life to being mindful, purposeful and intentional in our thoughts, feelings, and actions. If you would like to discover and uncover your creative center, Cathleen’s experiential mentoring can get you moving.
>> Woman to Woman Executive Mentoring
Using her 30 years experience in corporate management, Cathleen works with women in business to fully express their unique gifts. Her mentoring approach emphasizes assisting women in business in finding their own voice and in developing effective techniques of leadership and management which naturally flow from who they are. If you are a woman executive wondering how to be successful as well as authentic in the business world, Cathleen’s creative, focused, and compassionate mentoring can help.
>> Work/Life Balance
Using her innovative five-point plan for balanced living, Cathleen works with women and men from all walks of life to understand how to achieve a fulfilling life that acknowledges the challenge of balancing demands of others with one’s own needs. If you feel you are teetering on the brink when it comes to having a balanced life, Cathleen can help you discover how to recapture those aspects of life that fill you with joy, enthusiasm and energy.
Sessions are available in person or by phone. Phone sessions can be recorded upon request. Package discounts are available for multiple sessions booked in advance. Please inquire when booking the appointment if interested.
Mentoring Fee schedule: $125/hour.
Speaking
>> Keynotes; Speaking Engagements
If you need a speaker for your event or organization, Cathleen is an inspirational speaker on subjects relating to spirituality in life, work/life balance, corporate culture and women’s issues. Her talks are humorous, touching and motivational. Cathleen is happy to discuss your organization’s specific needs with you in order to craft a talk that meets your particular needs.
Testimonials
Cathleen embodies true self-confidence and teaches what she knows from her own heart.
—Nancy Rosanoff, PhDauthor, Knowing When It’s Right
Cathleen has a wonderful ability to lead people through the maze of emotions as they travel the road of both personal and professional advancement. Her mentoring is both focused and compassionate giving real results.
—Stuart DavieCIO, Novartis
Cathleen is a caring and insightful counselor. She is respectful, warm, supportive, and gently humorous. Her intuitive interpretation of dreams is astonishingly perceptive, and integrates well with her approach.
—Nancy HealyPomona, NY
Cathleen O’Connor is a dynamo. I have witnessed facets of the many gifts she brings to the world. Teacher, motivational speaker, author, writer, organizer, coach, listener, promoter and artistic creator all executed with love and brilliance. She has assisted me in business contracts, extensive writing projects for college and bios for promoting my practice. We are currently working together to upgrade and design my website. I highly recommend her. P.S. – she is the fastest typist I have ever experienced!
—Kia AbilayWoodstock, NY