Kathryn Jackson
FRSA, FCIPD, EIA EMCC, MA | Learning & development coach – careerbalance
Kathryn is the Content Lead for Kite Support.
A Christchurch based Learning & Development Coach with over 20 years of HR consulting and coaching experience, Kathryn’s employment in corporate UK included Andersen’s, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland.
Kathryn’s business careerbalance Ltd has been providing coaching, facilitation, career transition and outplacement services to New Zealand businesses for over 10 years, with most of her work based on long-term partnerships to deliver significant and sustainable change. She specializes in supporting professionals and leaders to enhance their leadership style and the wellbeing and culture of their teams.
Kathryn has a first-class honours degree specialising in HR – with a subsequent master’s exploring motivation at work. She trained with the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring in 2005 and since then has completed additional training as a Career Coach. She was accepted as a Fellow with the CIPD in 2015 and awarded a Senior Practitioner Accreditation with the EMCC in 2017
Her latest book, Resilience at Work; Practical Tools for Career Success (Routledge, 2018), was a finalist in the Top Six Best International Business Book at the Business Book Awards (London) and the Australian Career Book Awards 2019. She has also authored Essential Questions to GROW Your Team, a practical leadership coaching resource which is used by organisations and business schools around the world.