Meet Catalyst: Our Services coaching developing people food industry food safety human skills leadership Mar 28, 2024

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ?

People often LOVE our message and our mission to transform leaders to better take care of people; however, they may not know how we help people on this leadership journey.

Our people-focused approach to transforming technical experts into technical leaders delivers results that matter and change that lasts.

Helping leaders be more aware of their gifts, their team's gifts, and how to prepare for what's ahead to support the business. That's what Catalyst is...

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Meet Catalyst: Why that name? bettertogether business partner coaching Mar 26, 2024

Everyone asks: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—ฆ๐—ง?

To know why our company is named Catalyst, let's first start with the definition from Merriam-Webster.

DEFINITION: ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ·๐™–·๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ

1: ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible

2 : ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜?

1: ๐™’๐™š'๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š "๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ฉ"...

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Meet Catalyst: Our Mission bettertogether business partner coaching developing people Mar 24, 2024

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?

Then, you have to intentionally do things differently.

Helping leaders be more aware of their gifts, their team's gifts, and how to prepare for what's ahead to support the business. That's what Catalyst is all about.

That's why Catalyst is here.

We get you.
We understand you.

We know you're ready to do things differently, but the day-to-day rat race takes all your energy.

Our mission is to ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—›๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—™๐—ข๐—ข๐——.

You deserve it.
People around you deserve it.
Your...

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The Leadership Paradox: Why Culture Change Doesnโ€™t Stick coaching continuous learning developing people food safety culture leadership technical leadership Nov 26, 2023

You've heard it time and again: team members aren’t engaged and they want a better work culture. As a leader, you implement surveys, listening sessions, and food safety celebration days...only to have similar survey results from the next year. Leaders are understandably confused as to what team members really want.  Sound familiar? This cycle of failed culture change is what is called the leadership paradox.  What gives? ‍

The issue is that many leaders still do the same...

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How to Decide Happy in a Crazy World coaching developing people food safety culture human skills leadership values Nov 16, 2023

Join us for an inspirational show featuring the incredible author of "Decide Happy," Susan Hall!  In this enlightening session, Susan will talk about a transformative journey, showing how to instantly shift our focus from gray to grace. She'll share simple yet powerful tools to help you make progress and avoid the overwhelming feeling that life can sometimes bring. Discover the secrets to clearing the clutter in your mind, managing stress, and regaining a profound sense of calm and...

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Uncover Your Hidden Leadership Power coaching human skills leadership values Sep 06, 2023

In Food Safety and Quality, one of the biggest challenges affecting leaders is the challenge to embrace leading people instead of being the expert.  Unknowingly, this limits their impact, their ability to take care of their team, and their career opportunities.  Ultimately, it hampers their ability to realize their full leadership calling and influence to drive food safety and quality within and outside their organizations.  Join us and our amazing guest, Nicki Vo, Founder of...

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The Necessity of Sharp Left Turns coaching food safety culture human skills leadership mindset team dynamics Jul 28, 2023

Sometimes in leadership roles, we need to be able to pivot and change direction. That’s especially true when we work in the food industry!  The question is: how exactly do we regroup and change our mindset and attitude to ensure success?  It’s simple -by changing our questions, we can change our mindset, and get on the right path.   Learn how to change your questions and become a better leader as we talk with our special guest, Christine Alvarado!  

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One Size Does NOT Fit All coaching developing people leadership technical leadership well-planned programs Apr 05, 2023

In an era where Food Safety Culture is front and center, we need Technical Leaders that have effective leadership to guide and influence the journey.  Many food companies partner with consultants to deploy leadership concepts across their organization to build leaders, including food safety leaders, to have “one” philosophy and style of leadership for their organization.  While good in spirit, these attempts fall short.  Why?

A 2017 leadership training study shows...

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