Dr Kate Mirfin
Coach list: Chief executives and system leaders, Mid-level leaders of leaders, People and thought leaders
Email: kate@cerno.co.nz
Phone: 027 534 8617
Website: cerno.co.nz
Location: Wellington
Face to face delivery:
Locations without disbursements: Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt
Locations with disbursements: Please enquire.
Virtual delivery: Microsoft Teams (preferred) and Zoom
Kate is a Director of Cerno Ltd, which specialises in assessing and developing leaders.
Previously she managed the Army Psychology Service and consulted to a range of
organisations.
Kate is a registered psychologist. She has a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology and a
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology.
For over 30 years, Kate has coached, developed, and assessed hundreds of leaders at all
levels. She also has expertise in counselling and debriefing people after challenging
situations.
Kate knows what good leadership ‘looks like’ and can assist leaders to develop across the
breadth of leadership functions. She has an ability to identify and address barriers at their
root and encourage enduring behaviour change. She draws from various coaching and
psychology models and can offer useful tools to provide further insights and practical
advice (including resources she has developed around inclusive leadership, managing
neurodiversity, and supporting people through redundancy).
Kate is an empathetic and curious coach who focuses on understanding leaders, their
drivers, and goals. She easily ‘fits’ her style to their specific needs and development
areas. She encourages leaders to master new skills through rehearsal and reflection and
will leave people feeling empowered and confident.
Areas of specific leadership coaching expertise:
• Executive presence, leadership style, self-awareness, leadership agility
• Inclusive leadership
• Interpersonal style, influencing, relationship management
• Resilience, wellbeing, managing challenging situations
• Career coaching and supporting people through redundancy
• Strategic skills
• Managing neurodiversity