With Cathleen Merkel

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration.”

Robin S. Sharma

with Cathleen Merkel

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration.” Robin S. Sharma

Wish you could create an impact while staying true to who you really are? 

Ready to ignite your passion and make a real difference?

The Better Leader Academy Shows You How

As a leader there are so many different things you have to take care of, and they’re all competing for your attention, energy and focus. Whilst you can keep them moving for a little while, before long there’s one thing that will quickly fall by the wayside: YOU. When this happens, everything else stops.

 

My role is to show you that when you stop, invest in yourself and really focus on YOU, you will soon see results that you could never have imagined before. It’s about taking a holistic approach to leadership, leaving the clichés and textbooks behind, and focusing on where you want to go and why you want to get there.

 

A New Beginning

Your journey to becoming a Better Leader starts with the first step.

Why am I telling you this? Because the truth is that instant results and overnight changes aren’t going to create the long-term success every leader needs. Instead, we’ll focus on creating a whole new outlook that shows YOU that leadership comes from within. In fact, it’s a key building block for your entire life, not just your working life.

As you start to see the change that occurs when you grow yourself and invest in YOU, the results will speak for themselves:

  • More Energy because you’ll be investing in yourself, not just your career
  • More Passion for what you do that instantly energises the people around you
  • More Focus thanks to a holistic approach that touches every area of your life
  • More Growth now that you know how to make the changes that will change everything

More Self-Belief because you’ll be investing in yourself, every step of the way.

Diving Deep

Becoming a Better Leader isn’t about passing a course, sitting an exam or just working longer. It’s about stepping back, taking a break and realising that everything about your life feeds into how you’re able to lead others.

It’s why we’ll come together as a supportive, like-minded community to show you that every piece of your life matters. Your personal wants and needs, the way you structure your daily routines, those small self-limiting behaviours you never even realised you had — they all matter.

When you start to dive deep within yourself you come to realise that leadership really does come from within. It’s not just a cliché or something that sounds good on paper — it’s a philosophy that will guide you as you grow, progress and achieve more than you ever thought possible.

Developing a Growth Mindset  

Leaders need to grow, evolve and change so that they can continue to lead, and you’re no different.

Developing a growth mindset allows you to continually move forward whilst bringing the people around you with you on the journey. It’s about leading from the front, leading by example and leading your own life in a way that changes everything.

Here’s how we’ll come together to grow YOU:

Exclusive 12 – Month Programme that’s designed to promote real growth in your life

  • Designed For Busy Leaders & Leaders to Be with key topics delivered in monthly bite-sized chunks & accessible in your own time
  • 1 Monthly Group Coaching Session where you can connect with like-minded leaders
  • 1 Monthly Facebook Live Session: ask me anything and grow even faster
  • 4 FREE Bonus Sessions delivered one per quarter to accelerate your personal growth

When can I join The Better Leader Academy?

The doors to the Better Leader Academy are now open.

The Better Leader Academy is designed in a highly flexible way, so that you can start anytime without missing out on any previous learning modules.

How much is The better leader academy?

The monthly payment is £119 per person (organizationally sponsored) and £49 per person (self-sponsored).  An incredible 25% discount applies if you sign up for the entire 12-month programme (£1075 for organizations and £445 if self-sponsored).

You can cancel any time, but you won’t want to once you start seeing your life change.

What other people say about working with Cathleen

“Working with Cathleen came at the right time while I was transitioning from working for a global company to start as a freelance consultant. The modules were well thought through and were a perfect opportunity to focus on where I would like to go with my career. Cathleen is brilliant in creating a sense of community and support among the group and introduces very useful tools and techniques to unlock everyone’s potential.”

Kasia Sieczynska

Senior Director Content Operations and Strategy

“I had so many projects going on with my business, both in flight and future focussed, but I was just so stuck in the doing. I was finding it very difficult to find balance and clarity both across my business and my personal life (actually I hadn’t given my personal goals much of a thought for a while until Cathleen challenged me on it!). This was exactly what I needed to get me to realise everything that I had going on, how much I lacked focus and how I was failing to prioritise what I needed for me and my business. This was an amazing moment of clarity for me because things had been going well, I was just getting on with things. But the reality was I was just drifting and not necessarily in the direction I wanted! I decided I would enrol on Cathleen’s Leadership programme, to continue with the momentum I now had. I completely enjoyed it, and I felt supported and challenged and motivated to get the focus I needed for all aspects of my life, to be more in control of the direction I was going in and to be working towards achieving my longer-term goals. During the few months of my coaching programme I achieved some amazing results and I achieved many goals that I had thought were ambitious when I first set them. I have established good habits and now use tools that actually work for me. Both my family and my business are benefiting from my coaching experience…”

Lisa Brennan

Owner and Director of Career Ambitions

“Having had the opportunity to take part in Cathleen’s programme, I’m feeling super motivated and inspired. The course was really eye-opening and challenging but what really set it apart from other programmes was Cathleen herself. She helped us apply each of the modules to our own individual contexts, rather than keeping it generic, and has a keen sense for when people need more or less from her or the group. I consistently felt supported and comfortable speaking openly as a result of Cathleen’s coaching style and love the community that has been fostered as a result.”

Rachel Forde

HOW DOES THE BETTER LEADER ACADEMY WORK?

We’ll work together to explore the key themes that will make you a Better Leader in every aspect of your life. Here’s what that looks like:

It starts with YOU

Learning the lessons that enable you to become a better leader of yourself.

  • Become Your Own Coach by learning to let go, listen to yourself, ask powerful questions and tune into your intuition
  • Explore Your Potential by clarifying your core strengths and identifying your sweet spot
  • Build a Strong Relationship With Yourself and see how it impacts how you lead your team
  • Care For Yourself through mindful activities that set you free to be who you really are.

Once you start to look within yourself and see that’s where leadership begins, you’ll have the foundation you need to grow.

 

Continuing Your Growth

Learning the lessons that keep you moving forward.

Being a leader is about having the belief that you can make changes, conveying that belief to others, and giving them the confidence that you’re the one who they can always turn to. To make this process automatic, we need to really focus on the power of growth:

  • Empower Your Communication so you can instantly inspire and influence on all levels
  • Develop Rigorous Courage and make change happen boldly, openly and in the right way
  • Tell Your Leadership Story and develop a personal approach that starts with YOU
  • Practice Super Thinking and enhance your brain power with unique mental workouts

Leading Into the Future 

As you reach the final third stage of the programme you’ll focus on the key skills that will allow you to continue to lead for years to come:

  • Accelerate Your People’s Growth by accepting responsibility for being their leader
  • Define Your Future Self through goal setting, visualisation and habit creation
  • Deploy Emotional Management so you can strike the right balance between passion and focus
  • Restore Yourself so you never lose your confidence and self-belief, and never fall victim to Imposter Syndrome and limiting beliefs

 

Is the better leader academy right for me?

The Better Leader Academy is for you if you are ready to make an impact.

No matter your age, experience, or the industry you work in, you have everything you need to start becoming a Better Leader.

How much you participate is up to you. You can simply watch the videos and coaching calls and complete the worksheets to experience your personal transformation.

Or choose to complete the worksheets, join the live calls, study the programs and get coached each month. If you want to go all in, then you are in the right place.

The Better Leader Academy is the solution for anyone who is tired of just passively consuming self-help and wants to start doing the work for real change.

Why wait to lead?

Get these 4 exclusive bonus modules:

  • Optimal Health & Wellbeing
  • How to Work Smarter
  • Nurture Your Community
  • Become a Visionary

WHO TEACHES THE BETTER LEADER ACADEMY?

As a Thought Leader in the Mindset & (Self-) Leadership space, Cathleen supports high achieving, but worn-out women create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their well-earned success. Following a simple 6 step framework, she helps you not only reconnect with your inner feminine side; Cathleen also supports you to rediscover your REAL YOU!
 
Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps you to turn your careers, your social connections and personal life around so that you will start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the days to come.  
 
At the end of the process, Cathleen’s clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future.  With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a female leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development initiatives within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations.

Only by deeply experiencing her very personal life challenges – ‘hitting a wall experiences’ –Cathleen was able to redefine her own purpose, deciding to bring ease and content to as many women as possible on the planet!

When does the Better Leader Academy start?

The Better Leader Academy will go live on October 4th, 2021. However, you can join on a quarterly basis (January, April, July and October), and you will be receiving instant access to the next module. The Better Leader Academy is designed in a highly flexible way, so that you can start anytime without missing out on any previous learning modules.

HOW LONG IS THE PROGRAMME?

The Better Leader Academy has been designed as a year-long programme. However, you can join for as many months as you would like. Many members create such amazing changes that they may decide to stay in The Better Leader Academy for years. Others decide to join for just a few months. There is no minimum enrolment time, but we know you will find so much value, you won’t want to go.

CAN I RECEIVE COACHING ONE ON ONE?

Yes, you can receive one on one coaching as an upgrade of your membership. The value of these weekly sessions alone is incredible. This VIP package offers 12 monthly, self-led learning modules, 4 top value bonus modules, 1 monthly group coaching call, 1 monthly Ask-Me-Anything Live Session & 1 Monthly 60-minute One On One Coaching Call.

What’s the investment?

The monthly payment is £119 per person (organizationally sponsored) and £49 per person (self-sponsored).  An incredible 25% discount applies if you sign up for the entire 12-month programme (£1,075 for organizations and £445 if self-sponsored).

You can cancel any time, but you won’t want to once you start seeing your life change.

Simply click ‘enrol now’, fill out the form and let’s get you started.

“The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.”
Sheryl Sandberg

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