Patrick Cattin

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Coach & trainer - Personal and professional efficiency and productivity at Indépendant

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Overview

Patrick Cattin is a corporate productivity trainer who helps teams improve performance without burnout. A former Partner at BDO and Manager at PwC, he leverages over 20 years of experience in the demanding financial services sector. He holds a Masters from HEC Lausanne and is a certified Swiss Chartered Accountant (Expert-Comptable).

Based on his professional focus and stated mission to combat workplace stress, he is passionate about creating healthier, more efficient work environments. He advocates for intentional work, clarity, and calm to drive meaningful results over mere activity.

His career pivot from a BDO Partner to a productivity coach was triggered by a personal health scare: recurring, stress-induced heart palpitations.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Tough To Convince

Unexpressive

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Topics They Care About

Corporate Productivity
He trains corporate teams on his "4 Pillars, 12 Habits" system to build high-performing, efficient teams and deliver measurable ROI.
Workplace Wellness
His personal experience with burnout and focus on helping professionals avoid it shows a deep commitment to mental health and well-being at work.
Effective Delegation
He actively posts about the importance of delegating outcomes, not just tasks, as a method for developing new leaders within an organization.

Media Appearances

Patrick has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2025
Coach & trainer - Personal and professional efficiency and productivity at Indépendant
2011 - 7-2025
Partner, Head of Financial Services Suisse Romande at BDO Suisse
2006 - 2010
Senior Manager / Director - Head of Financial Services Suisse Romande at BDO Suisse
1998 - 2006
Manager - Financial Services at PwC Switzerland

Education

1992 - 1994
Master from HEC Lausanne - The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne
Expert-Comptable from EXPERTsuisse

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Exp : 28 Location : Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Job Level : N/A Designation : Coach & trainer - Personal and professional efficiency and productivity at Indépendant
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Insights For Selling To Patrick

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • First of all, focus on building their confidence by sharing examples, case studies etc.
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision

DONT's

  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Don't be very accepting if that is your natural style, stay firm

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Patrick is

  • Low-risk, adoption by others are very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Patrick

  • They don’t say no often, they push out the decisions or keep going around in circles.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Patrick move?

  • They do not like to rush and therefore can be quite slow in their decision-making.
  • Can Patrick take some risk or not?

  • They have little risk-appetite and prefer to take measured decisions.

You And Patrick

Personality Compatibility


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