Action Learning Ireland is the leading company in Ireland in this specialist field. If you are really interested in improving the relationship between the learning of your staff / managers / leaders and what actually happens in real day to day organisational life, then there is no-one better for you to be talking to.
Action Learning Ireland came about as the result of four experienced facilitators seeing a need for a major step up in the practice of leadership development in Ireland and agreeing to do something about it. What brought us together was a common commitment to the development of leaders who are able for the complex and uncertain challenges we face today.
Between us, we have delivered a lot of training, coached a lot of managers in diverse settings and provided a lot of consultancy to organisations – we know that Action Learning represents a largely missing part of the mix in Ireland and know that many organisations currently do not meet their full potential; as existing development methods either do not sufficiently embed learning, do not sufficiently spread learning beyond individuals or do not generate the flexibility and agility that today’s context requires.
We are delighted to have partnered with ‘Action Learning Associates’ in the U.K. who support us with the benefit of their experience of many years at the leading edge of practice there. We are also delighted to be members of IFAL – the International Federation of Action Learning – a great resource for the sharing of ideas, resources and new developments.
We are passionate about promoting and developing Action Learning in Ireland as an essential leadership development tool. We are equally happy facilitating Action Learning sets or helping organisations to build their capacity by training and supporting internal facilitators.
Meet the team
Ann Mc Keon
In 2001, Ann Mc Keon set up her own consultancy company after almost 20 years working in the public and private sectors. Her main areas of work are in leadership and team development. She is a highly experienced coach, facilitator and trainer. She also offers a comprehensive psychometric testing service to clients.
Her experience of Action Learning inspired her to train as an Action Learning Facilitator. She is passionate about bringing a breadth of interventions that enable clients to develop inspired responses to the challenges they face. She sees action learning as a powerful tool which stimulates, refreshes and creates space for leadership and peer development. Ann has a Bsc in Psychology and a Med in Training and Development.
Anne can be contacted on 087 264 0028
Jarlath Duffy
In his varied working life experiences, especially in the last 12 years in which he has operated as a training and organisational development consultant, Jarlath Duffy has acquired both an in-depth knowledge and empathy for the demands and related stresses that face employees of all levels in today’s working climate. His clients are in the public, private and the voluntary/community sectors. Jarlath designs and runs both specialised and modular training programmes; including management/leadership development, team-building, conflict management, dealing with difficult people, personal development, competency-based training and ‘train the trainer’.
As an accomplished facilitator, coach and mediator Jarlath has found the tool of Action Learning to be effective in organisational development issues and challenges.
Jarlath can be contacted on 086 823 5052
Mary Cullen
Co-founder of Insight HR, Mary has over 15 years experience in Human Resources Management both as a manager and a consultant. She has worked across the business, public service, community and voluntary sectors, with considerable experience in human resources management and industrial relations.
A graduate of the National College of Ireland with a Diploma in Personnel Management, Mary is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree from NUI Dublin and is qualified in Occupational Testing from the British Psychological Association.
Mary has a keen interest in human potential and believes that action learning helps to increase the performance, focus and commitment of managers, providing a hugely positive spin-off for businesses and organisations as managers are re-energised and become more positive about the contributions they can make in their workplace.
Mary can be contacted on 056 770 1063
Chris Chapman
Chris brings over 20 years of experience of helping diverse people find their ways of working together. His career began in Community Development and has passed through Local Government, Health Services, Higher Education and the wider community sector. His current passions centre on whole systems approaches to change and the integration of lessons from the world of personal development into the challenges of human beings moving towards greater sustainability.
Chris has an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies and is an experienced host of large group processes and the developer of a series of authentic leadership initiatives.
The most exciting part of Action Learning for Chris is liberating the potential of developing leaders; helping people to get out of their own way and flourish.
Chris can be contacted on 087 243 3691