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Ina has an amazing ability to take variables and emotions and drill down productively, guide and focus until we emerge with specific goals and tasks, building confidence in the process. She brings vast experience, skills, empathy and professionalism. At the outset, I had a sketchy outline of what I believed to be an unrealistic goal, but we far exceeded this. I feel empowered, strong, resilient, and, as a result, task orientated and working with a new-found motivation. Coaching gave me the focus to ensure I can plan and act on my short, medium and long-term goals
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Johanna - Programme Manager
Professional Development and Career Coaching
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Ina was on a coaching journey with me for two years. She was approachable, compassionate, honest, open and empathetic. She was patient when I got blocked in my patterns of thinking and encouraged me to recognise the evidence of progress I was making. Ina helped me to celebrate my successes which I had never done.
One of the strongest qualities Ina has is to listen, non-judgementally and gently challenge without ever making me feel embarrassed or lacking. She helped me shift my view of challenges I faced from being a burden to a source of personal resilience and resourcefulness.
Ina’s background in psychology helped me to explore deeply how I think and act and feel, to understand how this relates to my values and beliefs, and how I deal with people, and react to situations. In using behaviourally based tools, she helped me appreciate my strengths and constructively highlighted my development areas. Conversations with Ina helped me examine the self-doubt and negative assumptions that I had focussed on previously and helped me to shift the focus to my capabilities.
Working with Ina, helped me achieve a greater sense of empowerment, purpose, hope and motivation. I gained greater clarity and felt confident, knowing I was doing the right thing and going in the right direction with my life and career path.
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Eileen
Wellbeing/Resilience Coaching
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Coaching with Ina was enjoyable as well as purposeful. It has benefited my work productivity and motivation, as well as my life outside work. The results I achieved have positively exceeded my expectations. Having made this progress, I am encouraged to maintain the goals achieved, and set related goals with a view to ongoing improvement, bolstered with further coaching sessions.
Coaching allowed me to carve out time to consider what I am trying to achieve, and to focus on how to achieve my goals in a more considered and systematic way. It provided the insights and tools to better help me achieve my aims, as well as identifying positive levers I can use to address the areas on which I wish to focus. In addition to being very productive, Ina’s friendly personality, curiosity and positivity created a relaxed and trusting atmosphere in the sessions. As we reviewed various focus areas Ina’s detailed knowledge and professionalism steered me towards resources to access between sessions which I found really helpful. The coaching sessions brought clarity and direction: I always left with a clear picture on what areas consider, and how best to work on them. The offsite venue made it easier to step away from work for the duration of the sessions.
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Brendan - Operations Director
Executive Coaching
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I can highly recommend Ina as a Coach/HR Consultant. She has provided me with an invaluable objective perspective in the management of my leadership team. Ina is also an effective facilitator and in an inclusive way helped us to identify our core values and the behaviours that help sustain a positive organisational culture. She has supported me in defining key accountabilities for new roles and in developing transparent performance management processes that encourage engagement. She has built relationships based on trust with myself and the team and has shared her insights about enhancing our effectiveness in a constructive and supportive way.
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Gary - CEO
Team Coaching/Consulting