My Executive Coach blog

Today, 8th March, is International Women’s Day.  A global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.  Whether it is deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to achieve the recognition they deserve, whether this is from their managers, peers, colleagues or society.  This year is even more poignant as news […]

I’m delighted to have completed my Mental Health First Aid re-fresh course with Mental Health First Aid Ireland.  I originally completed my First Aid course last year and felt that it enabled me to understand the background factors to be aware of when discussing mental health along with increasing my ability to helpfully discuss this topic […]

The twelfth and final day of Christmas, January 6, was known in Ireland as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas.  Traditionally it was a day of reward for women’s hard work over the Christmas season, and was a day off from all house work as traditional roles were supposed to be reversed in the […]

If we have a compass, it’s easier to find our way In my experience, people engage in coaching because they are seeking to change something and that is why coaching tends to focus on our client’s goals.  However, as a coach, I experience how difficult changes are to make and to sustain for my clients.  […]

Exploring the links between purpose and impactful leadership What is the value of defining individual leadership purpose and how can we get clarity on how to translate this into actions that creates significant impact… The links between purpose and impactful leadership is an intrinsic part of every leadership course and something that I come across […]

Engage with EMCC Global Research At EMCC Global we believe in the power of co-operation, and as a volunteer organisation we build on the contributions of our members and supporters. There are a number of different ways you can engage with research, all of them benefiting both you and the community.  If you’d like to […]

When a coach works with a client, guiding them through the conversation with powerful, exploring, open-ended questions, and uses the client’s own language to reinforce their goals, outcomes, plans, this is what it referred to as active, or “Level Two”, listening. The art and science of active listening is listening with intention to truly understand what […]

Welcome to my blog, where I hope to share with you all the events, books, topics, questions and trends that I experience in my role as an Executive Coach. Lovely to have you with me on this journey!