Helping leaders make, not break, their teams.

Catherine Harrison helps leaders sustain high performance and build psychologically safe workplaces.

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Catherine Harrison, Founder and President of Revelios
  • Official Music Industry Mental Health Partner, 2026/2027 JUNO Awards
  • Lead researcher, Soundcheck: 1,200+ Canadian music workers
  • Author, Leading in Stereo
  • A performer on stage in front of a cheering concert crowd
  • A team meeting around a table in a brick-walled loft office
  • Workshop participants laughing together
  • Two musicians talking as they walk through a guitar shop

Clients include organizations in music, entertainment, pharmaceuticals and the non-profit sector.

Meet Catherine

Catherine Harrison is a human-centred leadership expert with more than 35 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience. She holds a master's degree in applied psychology focused on leadership and workplace mental health and is a certified executive coach.

Her work connects human behaviour to business results, showing leaders how psychological safety, care and accountability make teams perform better.

She is also an award-winning Canadian musician, which keeps her work grounded in how creative, high-pressure work actually feels.

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How Catherine works with leaders

  • Speaking

    Keynotes and executive briefings for leadership teams, boards and conferences.

  • Workshops and leadership programs

    Tailored, evidence-informed sessions and multi-part programs for people managers at every level.

  • Executive coaching

    One-on-one and team coaching for senior leaders.

  • Consulting and psychological safety audits

    Assessment, advice and practical recommendations for leadership teams.

We will not solve the mental health crisis if we do not solve the leadership crisis.

Catherine led the Soundcheck Research Project, the most comprehensive research on mental health and workplace culture in the Canadian music industry, drawing on more than 1,200 music workers across the country. 84% said their current work environment does not support their mental health and well-being. What it reveals applies to any high-pressure workplace: how people are led shapes whether they thrive, and leadership is a skill that can be learned.

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What clients say

  • At short notice, Catherine joined us to design and deliver multiple sessions on leadership for a select group of university student leaders. Her talks were not only dynamic and engaging but insightful and impactful, anchored in her lifetime of diverse personal experiences, sound scholarship and deep personal reflection. She inspired students to reflect on who they are, and who they aspire to be, not only as leaders but as human beings.

    Dr. Paul WilsonAssociate Dean, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs, Carleton University
  • Working with Catherine has been a truly transformative experience. She helped me shift my mindset around what leadership can look like and gave me tangible tools to lead in a way that feels authentic, intentional, and aligned with my values.

    Alicja StasiukMarketing Director, Luminato Festival
  • My organization had embarked on a new strategic plan and many of the staff were reluctant to change; morale was down and staff departures were up. Catherine worked with me and my leadership team to engage with staff in a more reflective, collaborative way so that they could embrace the change rather than be fearful of it. Leveraging both the art and the science is what makes Catherine's work so powerful and, ultimately, so successful.

    Mary Ellen IskenderianPresident & CEO, Women's World Banking
  • Catherine Harrison speaking at a Soundcheck music industry event

Books

Leading in Stereo book cover

Leading in Stereo

Catherine's latest book uses the music industry as its case study and the Soundcheck research as its evidence, and makes the case for human-centred leadership in any organization.

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Three Colors, Twelve Notes book cover

Three Colors, Twelve Notes

Catherine's collection of essays on curiosity, creativity and human-centred leadership, drawn from stories in her personal and professional life.

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Most of Catherine's work comes through referral.
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