My Executive Coach blog

An area I’m particularity invested in, and supportive of, is supporting women entrepreneurs.  I work with a number of women entrepreneurs who are starting or developing their own business.  The decision to start, build or grown their entrepreneurial ventures is always a difficult path but one that is ultimately not a choice at all – […]

It’s been a while since I recommended a few books and seeing as we are slipping into the summer months, with the possibility of having more downtime, here are a few suggestions that may pique your interest.  ‘Why we sleep’ by Mathew Walker. This was suggested to me by a coaching supervision colleague and I […]

My sincere thanks to all my clients for your trust and confidence in the coaching process. May 2024 be a successful and fulfilling year for us all, I’m very much looking forward to working with you.

National Enterprise Day is today, 19th October and there are so many wonderful events being held today to promote, encourage and stimulate female entrepreneurship across Ireland.  As an entrepreneur myself, I am very keen to encourage and support women to claim their entrepreneurial identity and own how they want to be seen professionally.  The journey […]

We had an insightful and informative day at the Tech Connect conference today.  The events focused on the AI & Future Technologies and how this will trigger Innovation and sustainable Digital Transformation – for every industry.  The key takeaway for me was how AI and Chat GBT is influencing social media trends and digital marketing […]

EMCC Global Conference was hugely informative and reassuring, First face to face meeting since the pandemic, where Human Capital Development was our leading theme. So inspired by the discussions around team development in in the face of adversity, rapid change and business disruptions.  For me the key takeaway was trust: building trust, enhancing trust and […]

The topic of the moment seems to circle around how to build high performance cultures in today’s challenging business environment where performance is critical to individual and team success.  When I’m working with clients, this is one of their main concerns: how to drive success and achieve KPIs and quarterly targets while maintaining a culture […]

The EMCC Global Research Conference is nearly here, so book your place for 8th September 2022 for this virtual event where the theme is Celebrating and Flourishing: A Dialogue Between Research and Practice in Coaching, Mentoring and Supervision.  This promises to be an interactive, knowledge exchange dialogue with panel discussions, drop-in sessions and thought leaders […]

Congratulations to all who contributed and attended the EMCC Global Research Conference last week – what an amazing event, with phenomenal speakers that included Professor Jonathan Passmore, Alison Mitchell, Dr Riza Kadilar, Nathalie Lerotić Pavlik, Dr Lise Lewis, Dr Suzy Green and Professor David Clutterbuck, Dr Travis Kemp, Professor David Lane and Dr Michael Cavanagh […]

I am struck by how many times I have heard recently from my clients that they are struggling with being all things to their management team, their own teams and their clients.  These leaders are struggling with the expectations of all and commonly highlight feelings of personal failure in their performance.  One recurring concern is […]

After the last two turbulent years, as leaders continue to seek new mindsets and strategies to manage and transform their teams within a challenging pandemic, a volatile present and an uncertain future, adaptability and flexibility seem to be gaining visibility as the most valuable qualities for effective leaders within leadership programmes.  This is driven by […]

For many of us, January offers a chance to pause and reflect on the year we have left behind and to cast intentions and hopes forward to the year yet to be revealed.  We want to plan and shape our year to come, but we also have strong intentions on changes we want, and sometimes […]

Huge congratulations to EMCC Global for such a superb event at the 28th EMCC Global Mentoring, Coaching and Supervision conference this week! Fantastic networking opportunities with coaches from all over the world, and a huge thank you to all participants and presenters – especially our Research Development Advisory Workgroup – humbled and proud to be […]

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.  […]

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 […]

Reading an intriguing book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It by Oliver Burkeman that was mentioned to me by a client.  It’s a curious take on the thriving and expansive industry that has grown up around goal optimisation and productivity and how we all are part of the endless list making and […]

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 […]

A lot has been written recently about mindsets and how they influence our behaviour.  Each of us has a unique mindset, which although these may be deeply ingrained, can evolve as we grow and learn from our experiences. This concept of being a change agent in our own lives is key to my coaching philosophy, […]

National Enterprise Day is today, 17th October and there are so many wonderful events being held today to promote, encourage and stimulate female entrepreneurship across Ireland.  As an entrepreneur myself, I am very keen to encourage and support women to claim their entrepreneurial identity and own how they want to be seen professionally.  The journey […]