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Meridian Prime - Testimonials

"Chris brings a high level of energy, experience and innovation to her work in implementing the mission of Meridian Prime. Business, government and NGOs can all benefit from her professional executive coaching and her commitment to developing practical solutions to sustainability challenges." Paul Holthus, Executive Director, World Ocean Council

"Chris is a highly professional and easy to work with facilitator, mentor and coach, with deep content knowledge in her chosen expertise. She has always been generous with her time and contribution to The Environment Council and adds a great deal of value to our partnership work."Winsome MacLaurin, CEO, The Environment Council

Coaching

"It had not been part of my game plan to become chief executive but I took that role on at very short notice, and initially on an acting basis, when there was an unexpected vacancy in the charity for which I work. I certainly needed some back-up and Christina was the ideal coach at a time when I was facing huge challenges. She soon encouraged me to realise that I could succeed as a leader by playing to and developing my own strengths rather than trying to emulate someone else's style. Through our sessions I gained clarity, perspective and confidence. She helped me to focus on the most important things and choose strategies for dealing with them that made sense for me and for the organisation. After a few months as acting chief executive I was enjoying what at first had been a rather scary position. I am sure that would not have been the case without Christina's insightful and empowering contributions. I subsequently applied for the post on a permanent basis and happily I was appointed. I am now looking forward to the next phase of development for the charity and for myself. Simon Carruth, CEO Medical Foundation for the Care of the Victims of Torture (Charity providing medical, psychotherapeutic and social care - 200 staff, annual budget ~8m)

"I started coaching with Chris when I'd just taken up a new role as Director and was looking for support outside of my work environment. Chris helped me identify areas where I could focus my energy to improve my performance and give me more confidence in my new role. Chris focussed my attention and questioned my thinking. This resulted in changes to the way I approach many issues and allowed me to put things into perspective. I believe my time with Chris helped ensure I settled into my new role at a much faster rate than otherwise would have been the case and helped me develop tools to deal with situations that may come my way in the future." Director, environmental organisation

Engagement & facilitation

"Chris supported the development of our strategic planning retreat. We found her work to be insightful and easy to implement." Patrick Mallet, Technical Director, ISEAL Alliance

"Excellent facilitation - fantastic job, a challenging schedule, but outcomes achieved." CEO, conservation organisation

Sustainable development

"Chris is a terrific person (and provider!) to work with. She is thoroughly professional in terms of timing, contractual details and deliverables, and a lot of fun to work with. More importantly though, she knows the subject matter deeply, both academically, practically from her own experience and through keeping up to date with best practice. This is particularly in the areas of fisheries management and marine conservation and the cutting edge management approaches that can deliver change for the better." Katherine Short, WWF International

"The development of a global network position on any contentious issue is a real challenge - this definitely applies to "Rights-Based Measures in Fisheries Management" and Chris delivered an excellent piece of work on this. She handled everything highly professionally and with profound knowledge and commitment. I'm very much looking forward to working with her again!" Karoline Schacht, WWF Germany