Performance Under Pressure Approach

Why do your skills disappear under pressure?

You are newly promoted, leading organizational change, or more visible.

You have the skills. But under pressure, you don’t show up like you know you can.

The Performance Under Pressure approach addresses automatic patterns that get in the way of how you communicate, connect and lead.

We address:

Overthinking. Overexplaining.
Anxiety without a reason.
Emotional reactions that aren’t you.
Imposter syndrome. You shrink.
Self-doubt from a new role or more visibility.

What I offer

Who I work with.

One-on-one executive coaching

For Executives

For newly promoted leaders, board presentations, communications challenges, or those ready for their next career step.

Executive Presence & Influence → Communicate Under Pressure → Career Accelerator →

One-on-one coaching

For Individuals

For adults where communications, emotions, overthinking, chronic stress drain you.

Stress & Performance Coaching →

Organizational development

For Teams & Organizations

For teams where uncertainty, pressure and emotions disrupt communications, trust, and performance.

Team Communications Under Pressure →

Why Catherine

Building human capacity to perform under pressure.

A senior communications, leadership development, and change professional and executive coach based in Zug, Switzerland.

20+ years supporting executive communications, organizational change, and business growth, serving on commercial and operations leadership teams. MBA.
C-suite and executive team coaching. 15 years of executive coaching, 40+ team transformations. Leadership development and performance management programs.
Television news anchor, media spokesperson, and crisis communicator. TEDx speaker coach. Keynote speaker. Panel moderator.
Since 2015, applying performance, nature, somatic, and nervous system tools to business.

More about Catherine

Client voices

What clients say.

"Her insights, creativity, and structured processes were key in enabling delivery of my business objectives, and in helping me grow as a leader. She is someone I want at my side as I go into battle."

Rob KaufmanGlobal Head Human Resources – Industrial Operations

"Catherine has a remarkable ability to see the bigger picture and understand entire systems at play. Her skill in connecting leadership development to business needs has made a significant impact on our organization’s success and has been invaluable to our team’s growth."

Thierry LaveR&D Academy Lead and Organizational Consulting Community Lead

"Working with Catherine helped me become more grounded and authentic in professional situations. I feel more confident in networking, more aware of how I communicate under pressure, and more comfortable showing up as myself. Our work together strengthened my executive presence and gave me greater self-awareness, which has had a positive impact on how I connect with others professionally."

Marketing DirectorFMCG, Zurich

"Our team struggled with communications and conflict. Catherine delivered a powerful workshop that helped individuals build self awareness. Together we created a new level of openness, trust and a deeper bond."

Head of Product MarketingDiagnostics, Munich

"Catherine accompanied me during a challenging time. Her body-mind approach was fresh. When I knew what I wanted, I went for it. We had fun too with laughter."

PhD, Head of Safety SciencePharma, Basel

"After my burnout, I needed more energy to return to work full-time. My activities were limited, and I was easily overwhelmed by the needs of others. Through our work, my relationships improved, including at work. I was able to stand up for myself and not collapse under conflict."

Head of Risk ManagementFinancial Services, Zurich

Performance Under Pressure.