Leadership Testimonial
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Irial O'Farrell has a real understanding of the nature of Business Leadership and how to help organisations build effective leadership teams, and because of her background and experience, can add particular value to organisations with deep technical specialisms. As a training provider, she establishes credibility by listening to clients but also by bringing to bear her own knowledge of industry best practice.
- Patricia Wade, EirGrid, HR Training and Development Consultant
"Before my Business Coaching sessions with Irial, I had no clear understanding as to the importance of understanding how my own personal values affected the values of my business. By identifying these, I was more clearly able to identify what drives my business. More importantly, I was better able to communicate these to my team.
As a small business owner, I was used to developing the business organically and in isolation. With Irial's expertise, I was more able to identify the dual role I play as both Leader and Manager. The coaching was very practical, leading to more flexibility, greatly appreciated by my staff. This flexibility led to the incorporation of ideas from staff in how things are done on a day-to-day basis, which has led to greater efficiency.
As a personal benefit, I no longer feel I am solely responsible for the direction and energy of the business and feel less isolated as "the boss".
Now that change is around every corner, I still use the skills developed during the coaching with Irial. Identifying the Leadership role in a small business has helped with clear thinking and improved communication. "
- Dr. Dilis Clare, Consulting Medical Herbalist and General Practitioner, Health & Herbs, Galway
Health and Herbs
"Forced me to stand back from daily fire-fighting and do some strategic planning. Got others involved in the strategic planning process as well. Gave us the incentive to act on these plans straight away and follow them through. Without your meetings, we would have at least prevaricated for a time or maybe not acted at all. Helped us clarify our roles and improved communication."
- Michael Knight, Managing Director, Donite Plastics, Lisburn
"Feedback received was that it was the best "Managers and Directors" meeting we have had to-date and I think a lot of this was due to your facilitation and ability to get people to engage. So, well done."
- Madeleine Clarke, Human Resources Director, Focus Ireland
"Evolution Consulting is set to become a leader in its marketplace, it seems to be in the right place at the right time, with a robust and value-added product. Irial O'Farrell is a professional, focused, and business-like mentor and coach. Her mentoring is unerringly towards higher performance and standards. She was excellent at identifying latent business opportunities in my portfolio. She had the skills to clear away the business distractions and "noise" and clarify the issues and values which are the most important to me at this time. I have no hesitation in recommending Irial as a Business Coach and Mentor. I can confirm that she has added significant value to my organisations and myself."
- Penelope Kenny, Partner, Socialmoneymatters.com
"Our company values have been established for
several years, however I find it can be difficult to make connections
between the values and the role of my team. Irial facilitated a workshop
with my team where we reviewed the company values and what they meant to
us, and identified how we rated these values in terms of priority. It
showed us that the team have a strong common view on our prioritisation
of the values. It also showed us that other teams have a different view
on the prioritisation of the values, and that this can be a source of
conflict. We built on this exercise with a follow up workshop with Irial
on defining a mission statement for our team based on the prioritised
values. Both workshops helped to define a common view within the team on
how the values influence our day-to-day decision making and the mission
statement helped us give context to the values for our team. One of my
team described the whole learning experience as "enlightening". Irial was
excellent at facilitating sessions with my team to help us get a greater
connection between the work that we do and the organisational values. It
has put much greater context on our role within the organisation."
- Claire Kane, Customer Relations Manager, EirGrid Plc
“Irial has delivered a very professional, effective facilitation and training service to Focus Ireland Executive, management and leadership teams. She comes well prepared. She has been well received as her style has quickly put people at ease and ensured active engagement.”
- Joyce Loughnan, CEO, Focus Ireland
"Irial has helped us to define and implement real change in our organisation. We needed to ensure that our message and promise to our clients was delivered on the ground. With Irial's help, we identified the means to do this and ensure that all our people understood the relevant of their work to the needs of our clients."
- Gerry O'Reilly, Managing Director, Newmarket Partnership