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EXTRAordinary Women Episode 9 – Fiona Doyle, An International Personal Stylist | Over 18 Years In The Fashion Industry Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 9 – Fiona Doyle, An International Personal Stylist | Over 18 Years In The Fashion Industry

Join us as we chat with the fabulous Fiona Doyle, an International Personal Stylist with…

Denise O'BrienDecember 10, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 8 – Hannah Wrixon, a Female Startup Founder | Women in Tech Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 8 – Hannah Wrixon, a Female Startup Founder | Women in Tech

This episode features Hannah Wrixon, CEO of KELLA, and a seasoned entrepreneur with over 25 years of…

Denise O'BrienDecember 10, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 7 – Joanne Begley, an End of Life Care Practitioner Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 7 – Joanne Begley, an End of Life Care Practitioner

Welcome to Episode 7 of the EXTRAordinary Women podcast! This episode features Joanne Begley, an end of…

Denise O'BrienDecember 10, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 6 – Julie Hyde | Yoga, Ayurveda and Career Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 6 – Julie Hyde | Yoga, Ayurveda and Career

Julie Hyde is a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant, shares her incredible…

Denise O'BrienDecember 8, 2024

Reflections on a Year of Writing: Leadership Development and Personal Growth Media

Reflections on a Year of Writing: Leadership Development and Personal Growth

40 Articles: A Journey of Growth & Gratitude As I write my final piece for…

Denise O'BrienAugust 30, 2024

Embracing the Unconventional Adult Learning Pathway Media

Embracing the Unconventional Adult Learning Pathway

Back to School: Embracing the Unconventional Pathway to Education As I prepare to bid farewell…

Denise O'BrienAugust 23, 2024

From Adversity to Achievement: My Journey As A Solo Business Woman Media

From Adversity to Achievement: My Journey As A Solo Business Woman

Reflecting on My Journey as a Solo Business Woman Reflecting on my recent journey to…

Denise O'BrienAugust 16, 2024

Power of Visualisation: The Olympic Athlete Mindset Media

Power of Visualisation: The Olympic Athlete Mindset

The Power of Visualisation in Goal-Setting: Insights from the Olympic Athlete Mindset Visualisation, the mental…

Denise O'BrienAugust 9, 2024

Cultivating an Olympian Mindset: Leadership Lessons from the Olympic Games Media

Cultivating an Olympian Mindset: Leadership Lessons from the Olympic Games

Cultivating an Olympian Mindset: The Power of Small, Consistent Changes As we witness the current…

Denise O'BrienAugust 2, 2024

What Makes a Great Leader? Exploring Essential Leadership Qualities Media

What Makes a Great Leader? Exploring Essential Leadership Qualities

What Makes a Great Leader? As a leadership consultant, I often engage with both budding…

Denise O'BrienJuly 26, 2024

The Power of Consistent Habits: Building Strength in Leadership and Life Media

The Power of Consistent Habits: Building Strength in Leadership and Life

The Power of Consistent Habits: Building Strength in Leadership and Life In a world that…

Denise O'BrienJuly 19, 2024

Leadership Lessons from the Tenacious Creativity of Taylor Swift Media

Leadership Lessons from the Tenacious Creativity of Taylor Swift

Leadership Lessons from the Tenacious Creativity of Taylor Swift In the line of work that…

Denise O'BrienJuly 19, 2024

Overcoming Polarization and Groupthink in Leadership: Strategies for Inclusive Decision-Making Media

Overcoming Polarization and Groupthink in Leadership: Strategies for Inclusive Decision-Making

Overcoming Polarization and Groupthink in Leadership The recent U.S. presidential debates have once again highlighted…

Denise O'BrienJuly 5, 2024

The Wins of Failure: Reframing Mistakes for Greater Success Media

The Wins of Failure: Reframing Mistakes for Greater Success

Embracing the Power of Failure Working with teams and organisations to build a healthy organisational…

Denise O'BrienJuly 2, 2024

Use it, or Lose it: The Importance of Ongoing Leadership Development for Organisational Success Media

Use it, or Lose it: The Importance of Ongoing Leadership Development for Organisational Success

The Power of Continuous Leadership Development Recently, I had two experiences that struck a chord…

Denise O'BrienJune 21, 2024

Integrating New Voices Into Established Teams: Strategies for Success Media

Integrating New Voices Into Established Teams: Strategies for Success

Incorporating New Voices into Existing Teams In the wake of recent local and European elections,…

Denise O'BrienJune 14, 2024

Effective Leadership Development – Is it worth your money? Media

Effective Leadership Development – Is it worth your money?

When is leadership development a waste of money? As a leadership development consultant, I often…

Denise O'BrienJune 7, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 5 – Julie Garland | Rules For Drone Operators | Future Of Aviation Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 5 – Julie Garland | Rules For Drone Operators | Future Of Aviation

Julie Garland is the founder and CEO of Avtrain, an online learning and certification body…

Denise O'BrienJune 6, 2024

Making Soft Skills Essential: Leadership and Organizational Success Media

Making Soft Skills Essential: Leadership and Organizational Success

Making Soft Skills the Hard Skills Sometimes, when I work with managers and leaders, they…

Denise O'BrienJune 4, 2024

Finding Your Why: Essential Leadership Insights for Personal and Organizational Growth Media

Finding Your Why: Essential Leadership Insights for Personal and Organizational Growth

Starting with "Why?" What is the purpose of you reading this article right now?  Is…

Denise O'BrienJune 1, 2024

The Power of Networking for Business Owners: A Personal Story Media

The Power of Networking for Business Owners: A Personal Story

What Do You Think When You Hear the Word Networking? For some, it might be…

Denise O'BrienJune 1, 2024

The Value of Strong Mentorship: A Personal Perspective Media

The Value of Strong Mentorship: A Personal Perspective

My Journey with Mentorship As a business owner and managing director, I have experienced firsthand…

Denise O'BrienMay 29, 2024

The Hidden Value of Decluttering in Life and Work Media

The Hidden Value of Decluttering in Life and Work

Benefits of 'Tidying Up' in Life and in Work It’s that time of the year…

Denise O'BrienMay 26, 2024

The Neuroscience of the Breath and Taking Breaks: How Short Pauses Boost Productivity Media

The Neuroscience of the Breath and Taking Breaks: How Short Pauses Boost Productivity

Taking Breaks for Breath We’ve all had a couple of long weekends in the last…

Denise O'BrienMay 23, 2024

A.I. vs Human Experience: Why A.I. Can’t Replace Human Learning Media

A.I. vs Human Experience: Why A.I. Can’t Replace Human Learning

Why Artificial Intelligence is not a Substitute for the Human Experience I may be biased…

Denise O'BrienMay 20, 2024

Why Should an Entrepreneur Have a Personal Board of Directors? Coaching for Leadership and Change Media

Why Should an Entrepreneur Have a Personal Board of Directors? Coaching for Leadership and Change

Why Should an Entrepeneur Have a Personal Board of Directors? On my podcast called EXTRAordinary…

Denise O'BrienMay 17, 2024

Why Psychological Safety is a Hot Topic in Leadership and Organisational Development Media

Why Psychological Safety is a Hot Topic in Leadership and Organisational Development

Why is Psychological Safety Such a Hot Topic? The concept of psychological safety is a…

Denise O'BrienMay 14, 2024

What Is Change Management? Effective Strategies for Organisational Success Media

What Is Change Management? Effective Strategies for Organisational Success

What is Change Management? I support teams and organisations to develop a culture that attracts…

Denise O'BrienMay 11, 2024

Going For Gold: Creating an Award-Winning Organisational Culture Media

Going For Gold: Creating an Award-Winning Organisational Culture

A Story of the Creation of an Award-winning Organisational Culture Navigating Change During the Pandemic…

Denise O'BrienMay 8, 2024

Authentic Leadership: Embracing Genuine Leadership in the Workplace Media

Authentic Leadership: Embracing Genuine Leadership in the Workplace

Authentic Leadership: Will the Real Me Please Stand Up? Defining Authentic Leadership In talking to…

Denise O'BrienMay 5, 2024

Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone: Unlocking New Opportunities for Growth Media

Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone: Unlocking New Opportunities for Growth

Understanding the Comfort Zone Every time I run a workshop or coach a client on…

Denise O'BrienMay 2, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 4 – Gina London | Elevate Your Leadership Presence Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 4 – Gina London | Elevate Your Leadership Presence

Gina London is an American entrepreneur based in Dublin where she founded and serves as…

Denise O'BrienMay 2, 2024

Managing vs Leading: Key Differences for Effective Leadership Media

Managing vs Leading: Key Differences for Effective Leadership

What Is The Difference Between Managing And Leading Others? I’m often asked about what the…

Denise O'BrienApril 28, 2024

Navigating Hybrid Working Challenges: The Death of the Traditional Office Media

Navigating Hybrid Working Challenges: The Death of the Traditional Office

The Office As We Once Knew It Is Dead! With the Work Life Balance Act…

Denise O'BrienApril 25, 2024

Stepping Up to Manage Others – Overcoming New Manager Challenges Media

Stepping Up to Manage Others – Overcoming New Manager Challenges

Stepping Up to Manage Others - Not an Easy Task When I coach and train…

Denise O'BrienApril 22, 2024

Women In Leadership: What Do Women Bring to the Table? Media

Women In Leadership: What Do Women Bring to the Table?

What Do Women Bring to the Leadership Table? Reflections on Early Career Gender Gaps When…

Denise O'BrienApril 19, 2024

Challenges that Face Women in Business Leadership Media

Challenges that Face Women in Business Leadership

What are the Challenges Facing Women in Business? In preparing a webinar for female leaders…

Denise O'BrienApril 16, 2024

Becoming an Employer of Choice: Enhance Employee Engagement with the 3-S Model Media

Becoming an Employer of Choice: Enhance Employee Engagement with the 3-S Model

Becoming an Employer of Choice: 3-S Model of Change Management Becoming an 'Employer of Choice'…

Denise O'BrienApril 13, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 3 – Geraldine Lambert – Shannon Community Partnership Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 3 – Geraldine Lambert – Shannon Community Partnership

Shelley Svoren is a woman who has blazed a pathway for women in finance, aviation…

Denise O'BrienApril 12, 2024

m-Braining: Multiple Intelligences for Authentic Decision-Making Media

m-Braining: Multiple Intelligences for Authentic Decision-Making

Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Neuroscience: Using Your Multiple Intelligences to Make Authentic Decisions Do you…

Denise O'BrienApril 10, 2024

Exploring Spiritual Leadership: Integrating Authenticity into the Workplace Media

Exploring Spiritual Leadership: Integrating Authenticity into the Workplace

Is There Room For Spirituality at the Leadership Table? Part Two. In coaching, the ‘wheel…

Denise O'BrienApril 7, 2024

Learning To Count: Spirituality in Leadership | A Personal Story Media

Learning To Count: Spirituality in Leadership | A Personal Story

Is There Room for Spirituality at the Leadership Table? Part 1 I sat on a…

Denise O'BrienApril 4, 2024

Is Vulnerability the New Superpower in Leadership and Life? Media

Is Vulnerability the New Superpower in Leadership and Life?

Introduction to Vulnerability in Leadership Vulnerability in leadership is often misunderstood, yet it holds the…

Denise O'BrienApril 1, 2024

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader: Demystifying Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Media

The Emotionally Intelligent Leader: Demystifying Emotional Intelligence in Leadership

Understanding Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Leader is essential for building strong…

Denise O'BrienMarch 29, 2024

Exploring Decision Making in Leadership: Understanding Why You Make Decisions Media

Exploring Decision Making in Leadership: Understanding Why You Make Decisions

Exploring the Depths of Decision-Making in Leadership ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will…

Denise O'BrienMarch 26, 2024

The Clare Echo: What is Change Management? Media

The Clare Echo: What is Change Management?

Denise O'BrienMarch 15, 2024

The Clare Echo: Going for Gold Media

The Clare Echo: Going for Gold

Denise O'BrienMarch 13, 2024

The Clare Echo: ‘I’ve found that life is the greatest teacher’ Media

The Clare Echo: ‘I’ve found that life is the greatest teacher’

Denise O'BrienMarch 13, 2024

Leadership, Growth, and the Journey of a Managing Director Media

Leadership, Growth, and the Journey of a Managing Director

Embracing Multiple Roles Beyond Managing Director As I write ‘managing director, O’Brien Learning Solutions’ I…

Denise O'BrienMarch 8, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 2 – Shelley Svoren – Infinite Branches Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 2 – Shelley Svoren – Infinite Branches

Shelley Svoren is a woman who has blazed a pathway for women in finance, aviation…

Denise O'BrienMarch 6, 2024

The Clare Echo: Authentic Leadership Media

The Clare Echo: Authentic Leadership

Denise O'BrienMarch 1, 2024

The Clare Echo: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone Media

The Clare Echo: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone

Denise O'BrienFebruary 23, 2024

The Clare Echo: What is the Difference Between Managing and Leading Others? Media

The Clare Echo: What is the Difference Between Managing and Leading Others?

Denise O'BrienFebruary 16, 2024

The Clare Echo: The office as we once knew it, is dead Media

The Clare Echo: The office as we once knew it, is dead

Denise O'BrienFebruary 9, 2024

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 1 – Leona O’Shea – Fierce Fitness Podcast

EXTRAordinary Women Episode 1 – Leona O’Shea – Fierce Fitness

Our first episode is with Leona O'Shea, owner of Fierce Fitness. Leona is a fully…

Denise O'BrienFebruary 7, 2024

The Clare Echo: Stepping Up to Manage Others Media

The Clare Echo: Stepping Up to Manage Others

Denise O'BrienFebruary 2, 2024

The Clare Echo: ‘Women diminish themselves at work’ Media

The Clare Echo: ‘Women diminish themselves at work’

Denise O'BrienJanuary 26, 2024

The Clare Echo: ‘I am grateful for female trailblazers’ Media

The Clare Echo: ‘I am grateful for female trailblazers’

Denise O'BrienJanuary 19, 2024

The Clare Echo: Using your multiple intelligences Media

The Clare Echo: Using your multiple intelligences

Denise O'BrienJanuary 12, 2024

Did you know? Over half of employees are looking for a new job! Featured Post

Did you know? Over half of employees are looking for a new job!

📢 Over half of currently employed workers around the world say they are watching for…

Denise O'BrienJanuary 9, 2024

The Clare Echo: Bringing our soul into our work Media

The Clare Echo: Bringing our soul into our work

Denise O'BrienJanuary 5, 2024

The Clare Echo: “Learning to Count” A personal story Media

The Clare Echo: “Learning to Count” A personal story

Denise O'BrienDecember 22, 2023

The Clare Echo: Being authentic in leadership & life Media

The Clare Echo: Being authentic in leadership & life

Denise O'BrienDecember 15, 2023

The Clare Echo: Demystifying emotional intelligence Media

The Clare Echo: Demystifying emotional intelligence

Denise O'BrienDecember 8, 2023

Free Webinar – Women in Aviation Featured Post

Free Webinar – Women in Aviation

Women represent a growing powerful force essential to the success of aviation organisations. However, they can encounter unique…

Denise O'BrienDecember 5, 2023

The Clare Echo: What’s influencing your decisions? Media

The Clare Echo: What’s influencing your decisions?

Denise O'BrienDecember 1, 2023

The Clare Echo: Finding your purpose in your career Media

The Clare Echo: Finding your purpose in your career

Denise O'BrienNovember 24, 2023

The Clare Echo: 60 seconds with Denise O’Brien Media

The Clare Echo: 60 seconds with Denise O’Brien

Stuart Holly November 15, 2023 DENISE O’Brien is the founder of O’Brien Learning Solutions, the…

Denise O'BrienNovember 21, 2023

Continuous Improvement & Employee Engagement Delivery of strategic results

Continuous Improvement & Employee Engagement

This month’s focus is on how to deliver strategic objectives via a remote workforce.  Specifically,…

Denise O'BrienMarch 15, 2021

Delivering strategic objectives via remote workers Delivery of strategic resultsFeatured Post

Delivering strategic objectives via remote workers

83% of Irish workers would like to continue to work from home after the pandemic. …

Denise O'BrienFebruary 27, 2021

Easy Tips to Re-engage Employees during COVID-19 Employee Engagement

Easy Tips to Re-engage Employees during COVID-19

During the pandemic of 2020 and 2021, O’Brien Learning Solutions conducted primary research into the…

Denise O'BrienFebruary 13, 2021

Employee Engagement

Employee Disengagement – What does it look like in reality?

Denise O'BrienFebruary 13, 2021

Employee Engagement

How to spot employee engagement in the workplace

Denise O'BrienFebruary 13, 2021

What is employee engagement and why is it important? Employee Engagement

What is employee engagement and why is it important?

What is employee engagement and why is it important?   By now, you have probably…

Denise O'BrienJanuary 27, 2021

How to effectively select an external consultant to support your organisational strategy Featured Post

How to effectively select an external consultant to support your organisational strategy

We have an in-house team who handles all of our ‘training’!  We have a provider…

Denise O'BrienNovember 28, 2020

Stepping into The Arena Featured Post

Stepping into The Arena

Knowing the Triumph of High Achievement Posted in front of me in my office, is…

Denise O'BrienNovember 16, 2020

Culture Control During Covid Featured Post

Culture Control During Covid

Managing New Starters During Lockdown? Here are 4 handy Tips to remotely manage their performance…

Denise O'BrienNovember 16, 2020