Katie Clinton
Katie is a Chartered Occupational and Coaching Psychologist who partners with senior leaders to navigate complex, high‑stakes challenges. Combining psychological rigour with deep organisational insight, she helps leaders achieve clarity, build confidence, and perform sustainably in demanding environments.
Katie believes that the most meaningful progress comes from creating space to think clearly about the challenges that are often hardest to confront. She works with leaders to deepen their understanding of how both personal patterns and organisational systems shape their experience. Her coaching aims to build clarity, confidence, and self-awareness, enabling leaders to perform at a high level without compromising themselves in the process.
She brings a calm, perceptive and highly curious style, helping clients access their own insight and make sense of complex situations. Katie works particularly effectively with leaders navigating pressure points such as role transitions, difficult team dynamics, and unresolved decisions. Clients can expect thoughtful challenge, deep listening, and a focus on unlocking personal insight that translates into sustained behavioural change and improved performance over time.
Katie works primarily with senior leaders across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, legal, professional services, pharma, energy, defence, and aviation. Her work spans executive coaching, leadership development, and organisational culture, with particular depth at senior levels.
Katie is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Certified Principal Business Psychologist with the Association of Business Psychologists. She holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology and is currently completing her Coaching Psychology chartership.
She is accredited in a range of psychometric tools including Hogan HPI & HDS and Wave, and holds additional qualifications in coaching and organisational development, including an EMCC Accredited Coaching Certificate, NTL Certificate in Organisation Development, Appreciative Inquiry, Conscious Business Coaching, and recent training in Coaching in the Age of AI and Acceptance and Commitment Coaching. She maintains regular supervision to support her practice.
“Katie has been instrumental in my growth and how I view myself as a co-worker, colleague and mentor within my organisation.”
“Katie has been a fantastic support and tremendous pleasure as I look to navigate significant upcoming personal and professional life change. She has been energised, engaged and thought-provoking, challenging me to think not just about the immediate challenges but the broader implications of these changes.”
“Katie frequently acts as the catalyst for epiphanies and pushes me to understand my behaviour better. Katie is an incredible listener and knows exactly what questions to ask and where to support me to understand the intricacies of my personality and behaviour.”
“I’ve gained insight into why things happen in the workplace and what I can do about them. There was real value in getting thoughts together and able to be honest about them which helped me to come to the right conclusions myself.”
“I had the space to say out loud how I feel without fear of judgement and it helped me to identify a particular mindset shift I need to operate so I can learn to co-create.”
“Katie frequently acts as the catalyst for epiphanies and forcing me to understand my behaviour better. Katie is an incredible listener and knows exactly what questions to ask and where to support me to understand the intricacies of my personality and behaviour.”