About Catherine Palin-Brinkworth 
As a CSP - Certified Speaking Professional - Catherine is one of less than 500 speakers in the world to have earned this international designation. That means she not only knows what to say, but how to say it with impact, with integrity and authenticity. She'll always develop a professional brief, with commitment to an agreed message, and if her clients' aren't happy, she won't accept payment. That's never happened.
Clients say that Catherine has an amazing ability to bring out the best in people, to improve performance and to stimulate positive change.
In her corporate career, Catherine built a substantial reputation in sales and marketing, building and managing teams of outstanding performers in the competitive financial services industry as well as consumer goods. Her achievements have included:
- Building a sales team to triple product sales in the wine and spirits industry
- Developing a legendary team in Australia's financial planning industry to create a $+60 million business in 7 years
- Launching a highly speculative new division for an established financial services organisation with excellent results
- Expanding a national service company's representative network from 3 to 22 in one state in one year
- Taking her own training and consulting business from one person to a successful national and international licensing enterprise
- Helping countless teams and organisations to grow in revenue, profit and reward.
Catherine has also achieved
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20 years in a successful business consultancy
- Constant demand internationally as a speaker, facilitator and seminar leader.
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Leadership of organisations such as the National Speakers Association of Australia and Business SWAP Australia
- Former Chairman of Horwath Brisbane, a prominent chartered accountancy firm.
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Global President of the International Federation for Professional Speakers.
- Owner and author of BEST Training Systems
- Masters Degree in Applied Science, Graduate Diploma in Social Ecology, Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Master Certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming. (NLP)
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Her empowerment of others has been recognised by the highest awards from her peers - and she is continually asked back by her clients.
Since 1988 Catherine has been in constant demand as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter.
Her early sales and marketing background gave her the skills and presence to captivate your audience, to drive her message through with lasting impact, and to leave people wanting more. Her accountancy training also ensures she thinks bottom line!
She's a thought leader, challenging convention while respecting tradition - and she'll get your people to challenge their own thinking and respect any opportunity for change and improvement.
Her strong business background and her life’s experience guarantee you that she speaks from real-life learning with practical solutions.
Mix that with continual research and a love of learning and you have a speaker who will open minds, build confidence and ensure a strong return on your investment.
From years of training in the corporate environment Catherine has also developed extraordinary facilitation skills, which she uses in workshops and master classes to bring about lasting behavioural change.
She likes to undertake extensive pre-briefing, including talking with your people directly and her work is always customised for each presentation, with a themed title and content.
Through survival of lymphatic cancer and single parenthood, Catherine personally models the responsibility and the resilience she encourages in others. Committed to self-development, she sees a great life and a wonderful world; her hallmark delivery style delivers high value content with warmth, wit and wisdom.
Her clients, amongst many others have included:
Century 21 Real Estate - PricewaterhouseCoopers - Sheridan Australia - AMP Society - Toyota Motor Corporation - IMAX Panasonic Heritage Office NSW - Lend Lease Corporation - UTAG Travel - RAMS Home Loans - Coca Cola Amatil - Resource Finance Corporation - St George Bank - Reserve Bank of Australia - Wella Australia - Express Data - Niagara Therapy - John Fairfax Holdings - Deloitte - FH Faulding - and many more
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