Our Managing Director, Lily along with her husband James, is planning a trip of a lifetime to Africa this summer which will incorporate 3 weeks voluntary work in Malawi and afterwards a holiday in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia. James worked with Deloitte in Malawi 30 years ago and is looking forward to revisiting the country […]
Forbes Business Magazine recently quoted Pricewaterhouse-Coopers study (commissioned by ICF) which found that professional coaching clients reported the following 3 benefits:
80 percent improved self-confidence.
70 percent improved work performance.
67 percent improved life/work balance.³
These results are not unique. The following case studies demonstrate the benefits experienced by 3 Blue Heron Clients
Stephen – as senior health care manager worked […]
What stops Women taking on leadership roles?
Mary manages a dedicated team of highly professional and effective workers. Together they have created a clear understanding of where their Department wants to be in 5 years time and teams are actively working on the key projects that will ensure they achieve their Vision.
Rather than micro manage […]
A recent survey revealed that 76% of female respondents in Sligo businesses want to focus on expanding their leadership role in 2015.
This is great news at a time when highly qualified and competent women are still not well represented at senior management tables. Cherly Sandberg suggests that women need to ‘lean in’ and take […]
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In a very interesting study by Kieran Snyder in Fortune 100 male and female bosses in the tech industry are shown to equally judge women more harshly.
While women were accused of being abrasive some men were told to be more aggessive.
What needs to happen to ensure that women in the workplace are judged on […]
When women channel their unique gifts and talents organisations thrive according to Mc Kinsey
Blue Heron Coaching is offering a unique Leadership development programme for women who are ready to embrace and expand their leadership potential.
Between Jan 13th and March 24th 2015 this 4 session exclusive programme will provide you with specific tools to explore […]
I’m looking forward to the Irish Forum for Global Health Conference next week on the topic of partnerships for health. http://globalhealth.ie/events/ifgh-international-conference-2014/keynote-speakers/”>
I’m really interested to explore how Coaching can support the achievement of Millenium Goals – particulalry in the area of empowering women to develop leadership skills
I’d be delighted to hear your thoughts about […]
One Senior Engineering Manager reports a minimum of 8 meetings per month…weekly meetings with the senior management team, weekly meetings with the Manufacturing leads. The cost of these meetings is staggering when the goal is to contribute 100K to the bottom line each month.
Simply improving meetings can contribute significantly to the bottom line […]
Isn’t it funny that executive coaching is still a bit of a guilty secret…while people readily boast about spending large amounts of money on staff training, MBAs and such like.
My expereince is that when a Client is Coachable ….i.e. they have decided that things need to be different and they recognise the need […]