About Collette
Collette is passionate about people understanding what motivates their behaviour and the impact they have on others. She believes, with every fibre of her being, that working to your strengths and truly understanding your personal growth opportunities is the road to success. Using various coaching tools, Collette assists individuals and groups with Coaching4Clarity, Personal Development & Growth, High Performance Team Dynamics, Stepping into your Leadership Style and Goal Setting.
Collette’s coaching approach is practical and non-judgmental, providing a space of infinite possibility, with a healthy dose of growth and accountability. Feel free to read the testimonials below or the reviews on Facebook Reviews
In her spare time, she writes romance novels under a pseudonym.
There are so many beautiful quotes that Collette uses often in her work, but the one that inspires her greatly is by Rumi, the Persian Poet [1207 – 1273] … “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
Collette lives in Cape Town with her phenomenal husband of 23 years, their two daughters and two particularly ADORABLE, pampered felines.
Collette’s focus is all about working with individuals and teams to move them from surviving to THRIVING!
“You can’t enjoy art or books in a hurry.” ~ E.A. Bucchianeri
Testimonials
With the many changes which took place in 2020, I needed some external perspective on situations both in my personal life and navigating the new world we all found ourselves in last year. I wanted to realign my thinking. Colette’s insightful knowledge and calming manner during our coaching sessions provided tools and changed perspectives to view outcomes differently. She leans into looking at things from a positive place.
I had the opportunity to have a few sessions with Collette. I didn’t have any expectations but after the first session the lights were already switching on. I figured out more than I thought I knew about myself with some comfortable prodding questions from Collette and uncomfortable answers from me. There was no judgement and you really feel the passion and experience coming through. Collette – thank you for helping me on a journey that I didn’t want to take but so glad I did. I am slowly moving back on the right path of my life with much more clarity and confidence than before.
“It’s almost 8 months ago and been the most amazing, growing, stretching, loving, beautiful 8 months yet of my life! So grateful for the Lord bringing us together and His perfect timing. Thanks for all your help in helping me get unstuck/unblocked and forgiving my Dad.”
“THANK YOU Collette for the journey you have so safely guided and walked with me in growing a little further.”
“Recently I had the pleasure of working with Collette in a professional capacity. She is not only a friend but my go-to person when I need impartial guidance and suggestion around my personal development, and how that affects my business. I had a recurrence of similar work experiences and while talking through the events and learning opportunities, she recognised the repeat elements. This was a big AHA moment for me and we discussed ways I could Identify, Amend and Grow from this experience that had returned for my development. In a direct but non-threatening manner, Collette was able to walk me through the experience to recognise certain areas which needed to be re-framed, when dealing with different personality types in my business world. Collette is a true professional, articulate with a dash of humour on the side. Highly Recommended.”
“You have changed my life and even my boss raised it this week in our meeting. he admitted that more of us need to do this.”
“Hi! I have been stalking your FB live Wednesday sessions for a while. I love them, and what’s great is so does my hubby, he doesn’t like self-help [stuff] so much.”
What a joy it is to work with Collette Merritt! I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed our session this morning. I contacted Collette specifically in her capacity as an Enneagram coach. I have studied the Enneagram for over a year and yet still remained confused around which type I fell into (having taken tests with varying results). The one-on-one coaching around the enneagram was such a fun and insightful process. I gained an understanding not only around my own type, but also started to see how the enneagram presented itself in my friends and family. I felt really comfortable with who I am by the time I left the session. Thank you Collette for a truly amazing session!
“Collette is simply amazing. Genuine and very approachable. Her insightful and full of passion approach for her profession in helping others promotes many light bulb moments. We attended her workshop which was really insightful. Thank you for a fantastic session Collette – we look forward to many more with you 👌🏻”
“The day I met Collette was the day my life changed!!”
“From the moment we interacted, her warmth, passion and vibrancy were palpable.”
“Collette has a very warm, non-judgmental manner about her … she gives very honest & objective perspective … in a loving way!”
“Collette really opened my eyes to ways in which our team
could work together more effectively. I was fascinated by her colour analysis of all our personalities, and how she accurately pinpointed what I needed from my team in order to run my business. Really highly recommended.
“Hi
Collette, I just wanted to Thank You so much for meeting with me this morning
[On Zoom]! I found it so incredibly informative not only about my TEEN [who you
are working with] but also about me, hubby and our other child. I chatted to my
TEEN this afternoon about what you had suggested for me and it just felt like
our journey to understand each other better and supporting each other has begun
and I am really excited about it. Thank you for being so understanding and
supportive.”
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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