• Explore leadership in the work environment, and the role of leaders in modern organisations
• Identify the qualities of successful leaders and explore the dark side of leadership
• Gain insight into different leadership styles and how and when to apply them
• Understand and reflect on your own leadership practices.

• Gain insights into the role and importance of operations and supply chain management
• Identify opportunities for competitive advantage through supply chain innovation and operations
• Examine the drivers of operational excellence and the participant’s role as a senior leader
• Learn why some companies consistently execute better than others. 

• Align organisational marketing strategy between marketing competencies, customers and competitors
• Understand how to leverage current market position to sustain growth whilst identifying and exploiting new market opportunities
• Manage marketing relationships for long-term commercial benefit
• Develop a marketing dashboard to drive team performance from the leadership team. 

• Building Trust, Connection and Collective Effectiveness 
• Explore communication that enables collaboration and cooperation 
• Learn how to manage your “buttons” getting pressed in challenging situations 
• Learn deep listening skills to understand.

• Develop robust business cases in financial terms
• Appreciate the key distinction between corporate profitability and cash-flow and the consequent implications for long-term value creation
• Analyse the financial approaches used to evaluate capital investment decisions
• Understand the linkages between managerial decision making and corporate financial performance
• Appraise the financial consequences of business decisions and make appropriate decisions on financing options. 

• Understand how to apply the principles of personal effectiveness to real-world leadership challenges and opportunities
• Examine the drivers of exceptional leaders and how they impact their company and the people around them
• Acquire and practice techniques and habits for being present, focused, and effective
• Identify and overcome obstacles to effective presence
• Harness a strong sense of purpose to guide and motivate your success.

Stephen Boyle is a negotiation trainer, lecturer and consultant. He teaches at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, where he delivers courses in negotiation, influence and decision making on executive development, MBA, and other postgraduate degree programmes. Stephen also designs and delivers customised executive development for corporate clients and has delivered workshops in Europe, Asia and the United States in sectors as diverse as automotive, construction, financial services, food and agribusiness, government, healthcare, law enforcement, pharmaceuticals, retail and technology. Prior to embarking on an independent training and consulting career 19 years ago, Stephen held roles in management consulting, and in communication and change management at a Fortune 500 company.

Brian is lecturer of Competitive Strategy and Strategy Execution on the Smurfit School’s MBA programmes. In 2017 he received the UCD College of Business Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. His current research interests are in the areas of organizational inertia and entrepreneurial persistence. He has presented his research at leading international academic conferences such as the Academy of Management annual meeting, the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) annual colloquium, and the Strategic Management Society’s annual conference. Brian has held key leadership roles within the UCD School of Business. He has served as Academic Director of MBA Programmes and prior to that was Academic Director of Overseas Programmes (Singapore and Hong Kong). 

Dr Andrew Keating is an Associate Professor in marketing at the UCD Smurfit School of Business. Andrew earned his PhD in 2008 from UCD and also holds an MBS in Marketing, a DBS in Business, and a BA. His research interests at present are in the areas of the intersection between entrepreneurship (venture creation and development) and marketing, the internationalisation of new ventures, as well as exploring consumers and austerity. His research has appeared in leading academic journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (FT 50 Journal), Industrial Marketing Management, Consumption Markets and Culture, and the Journal of Consumer Behaviour. He is the academic director for the UCD CEMS MSc in International Management and lectures in the area of consumer marketing and marketing and innovation. Andrew has also been involved in delivering executive education across many of the school’s executive education programmes including for the likes of Alltech, Enterprise Ireland, Google, InterTrade Ireland, and Bord Bia.

Paul is Senior Lecturer in Finance at UCD Smurfit School. He is currently Director of the MSc in Finance Programme and was a member of the Governing Authority of UCD from 2001-2005. Paul has worked extensively with industry and has consulted and delivered executive education programmes. His clients include Bord Bia, InterTrade Ireland, ICON, Irish Insurance Federation, Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, Egyptian Banking Institute, Ethiopian Banking Institute, ACCA Ireland, the Arts Council and Enterprise Ireland. Prior to joining UCD in 1990 Paul trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A chartered Work & Organisational Psychologist and seasoned HR Strategist, Kathleen has over 25 years’ experience partnering with senior business leaders across a wide range of sectors, industries and geographies, to deliver sustainable change programmes.

Specialising in Organisation Effectiveness and Talent Development strategy, Kathleen has led the successful implementation of a broad range of Organisation, Leadership and Team development programmes. Kathleen’s approach is simple, seek first to understand the need of the client and then meet them where they are at with tailored, sustainable solutions designed to deliver well defined measurable outcomes. Cognisant of the volatile, uncertain, and often ambiguous context within which Organisations must operate, making the complex simple is a core strength of Kathleen’s.

A skilled business and executive coach, Kathleen works with senior executives and leaders enabling them to unleash and capitalise on their potential. Passionate about enabling Organisations and Employees get the best from each other, Kathleen uses evidence based and innovative practices to help deliver the desired outcomes. Kathleen has worked with global leaders across EMEA, APAC and the Americas and has facilitated programmes in country extensively throughout these regions.

John is a purpose driven, authentic leader with a passion for people development delivering impactful coaching and consulting in a partnership style with a wide variety of clients. John’s practice, Fifth Story, specialises in delivering coaching and consultancy to senior executives in organisations to support them to find their true purpose. John came into the coaching industry with significant leadership experience in both commercial and social sectors. 

Before launching Fifth Story, John was the CEO of award-winning charity and social enterprise Camara Education providing technology into education in Ireland and Africa delivering much improved educational outcomes. In his eight years leadership, John grew the organisation fivefold with his contribution personally recognised by President Michael D. Higgins. Previously, John worked in a number of successful commercial organisations in a variety of project and business management roles in Ireland, UK and Africa.

John has a Postgraduate Diploma In Business and Executive Coaching as well as a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) both from UCD Smurfit building on his undergraduate of a Degree in Electronic Engineering from University College Dublin. John is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Executive Coaching also in UCD Smurfit. In addition, John is a TEDx speaker, has extensive media experience and is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

Glenn Treacy works as a leadership, executive coach and qualified Gestalt psychotherapist across a broad spectrum of organisations and is a member of the UCD Michael Smurfit Tutor Team on the Graduate Diploma in Executive Coaching. He worked as the Head of Quantitative Research in the asset management industry for almost 20 years before completing a 5 year training as a somatic coach with the Institute of Biosynthesis in Switzerland. He trained in personality and developmental psychology with Sandy Cotter, the founder of the Centaur model and holds a Graduate Diploma in Executive Coaching from UCD Michael Smurfit School. He is certified by the US based Centre for Nonviolent Communication as a facilitator, mediator and coach.

In recent years, he has chosen to focus on communication and relationality as the primary lever of our professional and personal lives. Glenn has developed deep insights into the blockers and enablers of effective communication at all levels within the organisation. His methodology is a synthesis of principles and approaches from some of the global experts in this field who operate at a deeper level to support transformation for teams and organisations.

Glenn provides bespoke training, coaching and support in organisations and is one of the founders of a European network (INVCC) promoting communication training as a catalyst for organisational change and excellence. He is a regular presenter at the Global conference for the European Mentoring and Coaching Council. Along with his UCD colleagues, he is writing a book about coaching.