Category: Coaching

Strength Within Newsletter

We launched our first ever newsletter in December – see here This will be monthly from now on keeping you up-to-date with all the goings-on at Strength Within HQ, along with sharing relevant articles and some regular exclusive promotions and offers. Broadly, I’ll be covering themes of Change Management, Leadership, Coaching, and Diversity & […]

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Successfully Managing Maternity Leave

Originally posted on linkedin – see article here 10 Tips for Line Managers, HR and Business Leaders In an ideal world, all expectant parents would be offered coaching and holistic supports to help them to successfully navigate the massive professional and personal transition of becoming a parent and taking a […]

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Congruence, Connection & Mental Fitness

In the space of one crazy week last month, I had the pleasure of attending these fantastic events: Women’s Inspire Network (WIN) Conference; the Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit (MHWS); the Irish Positive Birth Conference (IPBC) and Unplug’s ‘Maximising Performance in a Distracted World’. What an eclectic mix of events […]

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DisruptHR Dublin – WAHM version…

Bit of light-hearted humour for the working parents among us! If you haven’t seen my recent DisruptHR talk, you can watch it here. This is the polished version, where I’ve had time to practice and make myself presentable. I’m a parent of two small children, so when I’m not with clients […]

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Reciprocity at Work – Disrupt HR Dublin

I was delighted to speak at Ireland’s first very DisruptHR event earlier this month. My talk was about how organisations can protect female leadership pipelines by building reciprocal relationships with their employees. Essentially, if we want our employees to thrive when they’re at work we need to support them to […]

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October News & Update

Hello there, it’s been a while! Time is flying by and I can’t believe we are well into October already. When I started this blog I committed to a new post every week, possibly every fortnight but have been MIA now for well over a month so might need to […]

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Measures to tackle the Gender Pay Gap

In August this year the Department of Justice and Equality commenced a public consultation, seeking views on measures to tackle the gender pay gap. Strength Within was delighted to be able to participate in this consultation, you can see our response here: Consultation Response – Strength Within – 4 October 2017

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Feature #3 – Herfamily.ie: A practical guide to ditching the mummy guilt… once and for all

A practical guide to ditching the mummy guilt… once and for all My latest feature on Herfamily.ie… https://www.herfamily.ie/parenthood/a-practical-guide-to-ditching-the-mummy-guilt-once-and-for-all-271177

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Thriving Through Change: reflections on Inspirefest 2017

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thriving-through-change-reflections-inspirefest-2017-claire-flannery I had the privilege of attending Inspirefest 2017 in Dublin this week. For anyone who hasn’t heard of this yet, it’s the world’s leading event on STEM and Inclusion. To quote inspirefest.com, it’s a “truly unique international festival of technology, science, design and the arts, which places diversity and inclusion at […]

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This Blog…the lowdown

Now that this blog is up and running I think it’s about time I tell you a little bit about myself and what you can expect to find here… You can find my official bio here, or a summary of my professional experience here. So what else is there to know…Well, […]

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