Leadership and Life Coaching for Executives

Feeling stuck? I get it. Sometimes we get stuck - stuck in overwhelm and exhaustion. No doubt you know how to execute - you are an executive and that didn’t happen by accident. But you know your decision making could be more strategic. You need to set better boundaries, build a more powerful network, run your calendar instead of having your calendar run you, and truly prioritize your self care. I will empower you to free yourself from fear, mediocrity, and dissatisfaction so you can step into your greatness. (And yes, sometimes mediocrity looks like executive management).

I don’t just help you with your problems. I help you to transform your understanding of what’s possible and guide you as you step into your new reality. Learn More

Corporate Engagement: Consulting, Workshops and Facilitation

How do you nurture, motivate and retain your high performers? How do you secure, nurture, and retain high-performing BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) executives? How do you enable them to shift more deeply into their own awareness and power so that they are bringing their best to the company? Let Catapult Change be the thought partner to help you figure out the individual and organizational changes that are needed to secure and retain top talent.

Catapult Change has worked with titans in industry e.g., Nike, leaders in the nonprofit space e.g, AARP and wellness organizations e.g., the Medical Society of Washington D.C to provide advisory services, thought partnership, coaching, workshops and group facilitation that enhance the wellbeing, productivity and connection of their people.

Let Catapult Change be the thought partner to help you figure out what’s going on and the interventions that would be most helpful. Learn More

CEO and Founder Patrice Ford Lyn

Professional Background: Patrice Ford Lyn has B.A. in sociology from Yale University, a master’s degree in non-profit management from Harvard’s Kennedy School, and advanced certification as a professional coach from the International Coaching Federation.

Her leadership in business spans more than 20 years and her guidance as a coach for personal transformation and wellness spans more than a decade. In addition to guiding the start up of three national-level organizations, as a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, she has worked with corporate, government and nonprofit leaders to build their organizations while supporting them through their own personal growth. 

This background coupled with her training as an energy practitioner and yoga instructor means that she knows how to support you powerfully - mind body and spirit.  In fact, she became a certified Yin Yoga teacher to deepen her understanding of the mind body connection so that she can help you to deepen yours. Patrice has a depth of experience, passion for helping people thrive and commitment to guiding transformational outcomes.

Patrice shows up and coaches you fiercely - like your life depends on it, because it does. She creates a safe space for you to explore your truth and move forward in a way that feels right for you. Whether you are feeling stuck in your personal or professional life, she can help you to thrive.

Special Note: As a bisexual, black, immigrant woman, Patrice brings a deep appreciation of the ongoing pressures faced by marginalized groups and the ways these truths can manifest in their lives.  It is important to her that members of marginalized communities, those working with marginalized communities and/or in trauma- rich environments have safe spaces for reflection and rejuvenation. 

Clients

The vast majority of Catapult’s 1-1 coaching clients are women of color who work in corporations, national nonprofits, multilateral organizations or as business owners and entrepreneurs. They are high-achievers who want to enjoy life and do work that matters. Yet, they feel a disconnect between the lives they have and the lives they want. Something is telling them there is more, there has to be more.  It can be different. It must be different. Does this sound like you?

You are right.  You can live your deepest truth. It’s okay for a good life to not be good enough. It’s okay to want your life to be great.  And, it’s okay to need support in figuring out how to do that. What clients say about their experience.

To be clear, the disability community; immigrants, people of color and various nationalities;  LGBTQIA and gender non-conforming individuals: members of religious minorities; and members of polyamorous and non-monogamous communities have a safe space here.

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Patrice was recently interviewed by Dr. Thema on The Homecoming Podcast. Listen HERE to hear more as they discuss the qualities of a good leader, ways to handle those who are resistant to change, and unique challenges and solutions for leaders with historically excluded identities, including those who are BIPOC, Queer, and/or women.