My Executive Coach blog

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 […]

As March is Women’s History month and today, 8th March, is International Women’s Day, take the opportunity to connect with events in your community, your company, your network to unlock even more of your potential for 2024 by being surrounded by all the amazing women who have moved beyond  ‘empowering’ and ‘celebrating’ women but who […]

A hugely influential mentor and coach once said to me that any sense of certainty, in coaching or in business, is an illusion.  This stayed with me over my career as I led global teams in various sectors, working with and for my clients.   Now as a coach, no matter what model I use, 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 […]

It was emotional and inspiring to watch as former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gave an emotional farewell to parliament last week.  She announced she was stepping down and retiring from politics earlier this year, after five and a half years in the role – a time that was turbulent and challenging as she […]

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 […]

Marshall Goldsmith’s axiom “what got you here won’t get you there” rings in my ears most days as I operate as an executive coach within a constantly changing business environment.  On a global level, the turbulence of worldwide crises – environmental, social, financial, conflict – is layering an undercurrent of anger, fear, grief and guilt […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I was working with my coach recently and the conversation landed on the power of trust within the coaching environment – and also within the broader organisational context.  The obvious place to start delving into trust models is with David Maister’s trust equation as it’s one of the most famous in the business world. It’s […]

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 […]

A recurring theme in my client work is the pressure of the demands of constant change in environments that are already challenging, where nothing remains static and what we believed we were good at, known for, now is no longer enough.  These beliefs are ideas we hold to be true.  These may be as a […]

This year so far has made one thing clear: we are more uncertain than ever of what the future holds. Geographically, socially, politically, environmentally – signs are everywhere of crisis and discord.  Organisations are also in flux, with flatter structures, global agile teams, remote and hybrid working environments, all added challenges for leaders and the […]

2025 “Whatever you choose to do, leave tracks. That means don’t do it just for yourself. You will want to leave the world a little better for your having lived.”Ruth Bader Ginsburg March 8th is International Women’s Day. Whatever your thoughts or beliefs about this ‘day’, why not take the opportunity to connect with events […]

This year we are headed to the beautiful venue of Warwick University in the UK for the EMCC Global Annual Conference, in partnership with EMCC UK.  Our theme Windows of Wisdom, Mirrors of Growth encourages you to take a look within and also without. Looking through different perspectives from changing viewpoints. We will start our […]