Testimonials

Training for Organisations

Crowne Plaza Hotel Group

It has made me more positive, more motivated to do a better job, gave me more confidence as a Manager and it brought the team closer together…Great workshop, got a lot more than I thought from them and Niamh did an excellent job, she is a leader in her field – which is not easy!

Management Team, Corporate Creativity February-April 2010

Enterprising Women’s Network

We’ve invited Niamh to speak at a number of Enterprising Women’s Network business network events, most recently she delivered an excellent session for us on Resilience in business. Niamh has a great way of delivering a presentation, coupled with expert knowledge which is a winning combination for our members. On leaving the session I genuinely felt I had a new perspective on the future development of my business and attendee feedback was excellent.

Catherine McGinn, MAC PR & EWN Board Member

Women’s Support Network

Niamh has carried out consultancy assignments with the Women’s Support Network Board.  Niamh has carried out these assignments in a professional and confident manner; and her work is always produced in timely and accurate fashion.

Patricia Haren, Director

Coleraine Women’s Aid

Found the training very beneficial, Niamh is so easy to listen to and great presentation skills…I would definitely be interested in any further coaching/advanced coaching courses available…Would really love to do more.

ILM Endorsed Coaching Skills for Key Workers September 2010

Coleraine Women’s Aid

Very useful and enjoyable programme with positive outcomes of increased clarity in our priorities, increased motivation for whole team through supporting their development and more clarity in roles and support needs.

Senior Management Team Development Programme, September-December 2010

Newtownabbey In Touch

Niamh is an inspirational and an enthusiastic speaker – her talks at both the Women on the Move and at the Enterprising Women’s Network that I attended were energetic, engaging and very practical for local businesses. They were based on the core issues that business persons and individuals are currently facing. She is a fantastic and easy to listen to speaker that I can truly recommend.

Susan Gilchrist, Owner

Sensei Learning and Performance

Niamh’s session at Newtownabbey Business Network was both informative and relaxing, due to her confident delivery. What worked especially well was the structured guidance through a series of coaching stages, without it feeling forced. Experiencing a mini demonstration of Niamh’s coaching technique has made me more lively to refer her services than all the PowerPoint in the world. Niamh is clearly a truly skilled professional.

Dawn Baird, Partner

Police Rehabilitative & Retraining Trust

Thank-you for your input – thought provoking, enjoyable and informative.

Board Level Strategy Session – February 2010

Personal Coaching for Individuals

Councillor Carol Black, Banbridge District Council

“I came to Niamh for advice and guidance through a difficult time in my Political career. Niamh built my confidence, improved my delivery on speeches and most of all made me believe in myself. I am now very positive in my direction and this is through her help, patience, professional ability and her gift to achieve remarkable outcomes. She is a true inspiration to our most Powerful Women in our society.”

Senior Manager, Voluntary Sector

Due to a heavy work load, I found myself very stressed and full of anxiety over the smallest of issues at work, never mind the big issues. Niamh taught me the tools to deal with the anxiety and stress and through this I began to re-gain confidence and self belief. After only a few months, I feel like a completely different person at work and really enjoying being successful in my role once more.

Private Executive & Business Coaching

Deirdre O’Rawe, Regional Director, ACCORD Catholic Marriage Care Service

Niamh has been my mentor for the last 2 years. Niamh is an attentive listener and can quickly come to the core issues. To have someone who is familiar with my work and very much involved with the voluntary sector has proved an immense support for me.

Patricia Haren, Director, Women’s Support Network

I Coach with Niamh on a monthly basis and she is a great coach with excellent communication and mentoring skills. She motivates me to achieve positive results. She also has a great insight into what will work best for me. Her work rate is always consistent and reliable and I have always found  her to be loyal, interested, trusted and most importantly, experienced in areas I am not.

Sara Dalzell, Specialist Online Marketing Manager

“I have received business and professional coaching from Niamh over the course of the last 3 years. Niamh has a positive but realistic approach along with expert knowledge of her field. After a coaching session, I always leave with a clear vision of my professional goals along with the confidence and motivation to achieve them, no matter what obstacles arise. Highly recommended.

Career & Interview Coaching

Sustainability Manager

“I contacted Niamh to gain advice on how best to sharpen up my application writing and interview skills. Niamh’s advice on how to approach competency based applications and interviews was invaluable . Niamh also transformed my CV into a very professional document. I believe that the confidence and experience gained from attending mock interviews with Niamh and my new and improved CV was key to my success in gaining employment. I am now working within a role which I wanted to be in for years! I would certainly recommend Niamh as she is very approachable, professional, positive and knowledgeable person.

Kinesiologist

I heard about Niamh from my sister while struggling to write up my CV. From the moment I contacted Niamh I relaxed. Niamh’s professionalism and experience was obvious. The communication through emails felt personal and encouraging creating a real positive energized sense of focus. I felt I was working on more than just my CV. I got my position 40 minutes after they received my CV. A very big thank you!

Senior IT Professional

My experience of working with Niamh has been very impressive. She helped me to re-write my CV and to prepare for competency based interviews.  Based on my experience I found her to be “a safe pair of hands” and her Career Coaching services to be great value for money. Niamh has well-honed listening and analytical skills which form the platform for her incisive, investigative and questioning skills. I found the latter so useful in helping me to re-examine my skills base and how best I might communicate my abilities to potential employers. Not only do I consider my time with her as well spent but the overall experience was most enjoyable as I always came away from our meetings feeling refreshed and in a more confident mind set.

Training Manager

I contacted Niamh for advice on how to sharpen up my application writing and interview skills. Niamh’s advice on how to approach competency based applications and interviews was invaluable . Niamh also transformed my CV into a very professional document. I believe that the confidence and experience gained from attending mock interviews with Niamh and my new and improved CV was key to success in gaining employment. I am now working within a Training role I’ve wanted for years! I would certainly recommend Niamh as she is a very approachable, professional, positive and knowledgeable person

Business Executive

I met with Niamh and she very quickly pulled from the job description the main aspects of the role that she believed were key and would be the central focus of any interview questions. She then gave me a very good insight into what a typical interviewer is looking for and how I needed to alter my mind set to give me more confidence during an interview. Following on from the first session I had a practice interview with Niamh which was a fantastic preparation aid.  It highlighted weaknesses in my answers and Niamh gave feedback into how I could  improve. I secured the role I applied for following 2 sessions with Niamh, and this is testimonial to the help she gave me as I previously had 3 unsuccessful interviews.

Graduate Surveyor

Niamh has helped me immensely over the last few weeks in putting together my CV and covering letters to apply for my first “career” job. The work entailed compiling all my relevant work experience for the post I was applying for, sifting through it and extracting the critical relevant information. My CV was a key issue, Niamh quickly realised that more needed to be added to it and put into a format that was easily read and easily understood. The covering letters where very important, I would do drafts of letters detailing all the information that I thought was necessary for the post, Niamh would then sift through it and put into a format that flowed, she also changed and added key worlds that would make me as a candidate stand out. This work was all done via email, Niamh was very quick to reply and ask any questions that I had. I would highly recommend her.

Senior Manager, Public Sector

Having been unsuccessful in several interviews in the public sector, I decided to get professional help in mastering competency-based interviews. I found expertise in the person of Niamh and her company. It was money well spent – in just two sessions she identified my strengths and weaknesses, provided me with the skills of analysing the requirements of the job, and in designing and practicing behavioural questioning. She gave me the tools and confidence for a large jump in performance and I ultimately got that promotion I wanted. I would recommend her services without hesitation.