The Sandler Lanz Launch Party

• On the evening of 8th March 2007, over 170 current and past clients, colleagues and close family joined the coaching team at the Wallace Collection, just off Oxford Street, to celebrate the official launch of Sandler Lanz. The Wallace Collection's newly-remodelled Sculpture Garden provided a really stunning venue for this special occasion.
• For the past 10 years Catherine has lead Sandler Consulting while Kate has run her own successful international coaching business. Since 2003, Catherine and Kate have worked together very closely in leading the team and expanding the client base. Their official partnership marks a new and exciting stage in the development of this thriving practice.
• Andy Street, Managing Director of John Lewis, the department store division of the John Lewis Partnership, briefly addressed the guests. He gave an exceptionally warm and generous endorsement of the work that Catherine, Kate and the team have done with John Lewis over the past few years. Referring to them as 'honorary Partners', he highlighted the value added to his business by Sandler Lanz' work with senior individuals and teams, particularly at Board level.
• Catherine and Kate briefly shared some of their thoughts and feelings about the new partnership and the future of the practice.
• Catherine emphasised how fortunate she felt in being able to earn her living through engaging in such rewarding and stimulating work. To be invited to enter the internal and organisational worlds of successful leaders and to help them achieve constructive change was a real privilege. She also underlined her delight at having such a high-calibre team of coaches as well as superb support staff.
• Catherine described meeting Kate at INSEAD in 2003, where they were both working, as the greatest possible stroke of luck, describing Kate as 'an outstanding coach and a wonderful colleague and friend'. They had immediately been drawn to each other through a mutual recognition of a shared approach. The common hallmarks of their work was the combination of psychological and business insight with clarity, pace and practical value.
• Catherine then recalled Kate's 'baptism of fire' when she took on her first case for Sandler Consulting in 2003 - an exceptionally challenging one - and how effectively she was able to help the client and his organisation. Since then, working together has continued to be a hugely enjoyable and productive experience.
• Kate shared with the guests her pleasure in having 'come home'. Kate left the UK in the early stages of her international corporate career. Leading multi-cultural teams in different countries fuelled her interest in psychology and, after several overseas general management roles, she trained as a psychologist and coach and established her practice in Latin America and later in continental Europe.
• '15 years, 6 countries and 3 and a half languages later', Kate has returned to the UK. Describing Catherine as 'the best executive coach she knows', she felt that, in combining forces with her and the team, she has finally come home in every sense. Kate finished by echoing Catherine's sense of appreciation at the opportunity that coaching provides to work closely with so many talented and inspirational leaders.