Catherine Chen Gaolan, OKRs.com Certified Coach
About Catherine
Catherine is an expert in the field of Corporate Talent Development and Management. Her experience includes leading the Talent Development & Management program for a Fortune Global 500 company. Her achievement in Talent Development was rewarded by the Excellence of Education Awards of Life Office Management Association.
Many of Catherine’s clients had the busy-but-not-productive problem. People worked hard on work output but did not focus on work outcomes; they were not able to connect their work to the bigger picture of the organization. With this in mind, she explored how to enhance the alignment and execution within companies, and discovered OKRs in 2017. Recently, Catherine joined OKRs.com to focus on OKRs coaching to improve execution.
As a Chinese native, Catherine is fluent in Mandarin. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Master’s degree in Multilingual Information Management.
Areas of Expertise
- Integrating OKRs with performance management
- Distinguishing between OKRs and KPIs
- Coaching OKRs in Asia
陈高岚Catherine的早期职业经历主要集中在海外合资与并购、变革管理、企业战略执行和人才发展工作。 她的经验包括为全球500强公司计划人才发展和管理工作。 她在人才发展方面的成就曾得到了国际金融保险管理学院颁发的“卓越教育奖”。
陈高岚Catherine的许多客户都曾经被陷入纷繁复杂的事务中：过分关注任务，却忽视了价值和影响， 无法将日常工作与组织的蓝图关联起来。基于这一点， 她不断探索了如何增强公司内部上下同频的一致性和增强团队战略执行力， 在亚洲地区公司内将OKR进行落地实施。
陈高岚专注于使用OKR的教练技术，改善组织的执行力。她的专业领域包括：
OKR与绩效管理兼容,区分OKR和KPI,指导OKR在公司内的落地实施。
What Clients Say
“I’m delighted with Catherine Chen’s coaching service! The amount of effort and time saved driving results and accountability with Catherine’s help has been massive. We see increased alignment through focus on goals.”
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| Kelvin Choong CEO, Blacksire |
“What I love most about Catherine’s OKRs coaching is the part where she did not emphasize only the numerical goals but the qualitative goals that are far more important as it expands our team members’ thinking to understand the purpose and value of what we are doing now.”
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| Ken Chin Executive Director, Business Network International Malaysia KLSE |
“The value of Catherine’s OKRs coaching to us is that she gave us more purpose and clarity on what we should do. It really broadens our perspective. We dive deep into our goals which are aligned with our company mission.”
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| Marx Chua CEO, Rotal Group Sdn Bhd |
“Catherine transformed my team’s mindset from task-driven to value-driven by using OKRs. Through her coaching, we have figured out some directions and action plans to create and capture the “blue ocean” in financial solutions.”
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| Doulfer Lee Chairman, IFM Ehsan Sdn Bhd |
“We were glad to work with Catherine given her extensive experience with OKRs. Her coaching was informative and easy to understand. I recommend her to all companies looking to implement OKRs.”
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| Fang Kai Low Managing Director, VHR Consultancy |
“Catherine is an OKRs expert. She helped my company set 2021 OKRs. I like her coaching because she is both passionate and professional. I invited her to share OKRs on my Facebook live talk. Catherine received tons of positive and encouraging feedback from my audience.”
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| Penny Wong CEO, King Kong Diamond Academy |
“Catherine is a passionate coach with an impressive skill set. She patiently guides entrepreneurs like me through OKRs. She helped me clarify the direction and pinpoint the action plans needed for my company. I recommend that other CEOs try out her OKRs coaching to identify their company’s focus.”
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| Kenny Lam CEO, Polar Stomp Productions |