I help business owners develop better strategies so they can work smarter & stand out from the crowd.
I'm Ciaran
Exploratory Session
Start here. Let’s discuss how a strategic approach can help you and your business.
We’ll diagnose where you're at in your business currently and what we should focus on improving to make your business run more seamlessly around you and your customers.
Ways To Work Together
1:1 Business Support
This level of support is perfect if you: thrive on having external accountability, find it difficult to find time to work on your business (rather than in it), need someone to bounce ideas off and challenge your thinking, and need a source of encouragement to help you make the transformation and progress you've been meaning to make.
Audits & Implementation
Sometimes it is hard to identify what exactly is underperforming in our businesses. We can often see problems in other businesses, but struggle to see them in our own. We need a fresh perspective to help us become aware.
Let me observe your business and help you realise what improvements are required to help you thrive. For example, we might find the customer experience is being neglected, that meetings are not running efficiently, that bottle necks are putting unneccessary strains on you and your team, or that one area is taking too much time and causing other areas to suffer. This level of support is perfect if you're busy and under time pressure, or have tried lots of different changes without getting satisfactory results.
Together we can identify the most important issues and design a plan of action to help you resolve them. This is a perfect starting point for more transformative work together.
Strategic Business Design
One of the benefits of running your own business is that you can ensure your business works for you. You can dictate the terms of your employment. You can design and continuously adapt your business to fit your values, purpose, passions, and lifestyle goals. You can choose who you want to serve, and how you serve them. You get to make the rules. Otherwise it's just another stressful job without any of the perks.
This is an intensive package of support where I help you to find the sweet spot for your business, so that you can ensure what you do fulfils you, energises you, and makes you happy. It will involve focusing on your values, uncovering your purpose, exploring what you enjoy, and deciding what your lifestyle should look like.
This package is perfect if you have been struggling to fit your personal life around your busy schedule, feel trapped by the business you have built, and want to create a more balanced and joyful lifestyle without giving up any income.
About Me
I have a passion for creative business thinking and helping people find fulfilment in what they do. When I was younger I always thought I was going to be an artist. I studied Fine Art Painting in Belfast for my undergraduate. I quickly learned that seeing things differently was more important than artistic skill. Doing things differently has been a guiding force in my life ever since and I’m glad to say I still practice making art through my design business, Modern Éire.
Having run Modern Éire since 2017, I’ve realised that all the businesss theory and techniques I learned during my Masters in Entrepreneurship in Limerick or in short business courses doesn’t guarantee business success. While it helps me understand and analyse a business, there is a human side to consider. I still have to work on my willingness to serve others, the passion and energy for what I do, and navigate the personal challenges of being in business. Everyday.
I believe we can make things easier, that our lifestyle should come first and our time spent working is joyful and aligned with our values and personal ideas of success. We can make ourselves work for our businesses, or make our businesses work for us. Otherwise we should just get a job where we are required to fit in.
Often we are so busy working in our businesses that we do not spend enough time working on our businesses to make sure we are heading in a direction that really suits us.
There are so many business tips out there it is difficult to wade through it all and find tailored support and advice that helps you stand out from the crowd.
That’s where I come in - I can support you in achieving the business lifestyle and success you deserve.
I spent my twenties living in Vietnam teaching English language to adults and children. After studying and training some more, I became the youngest teacher trainer of Cambridge English teaching qualifications in the world by the age of 26. I trained hundreds of teachers from around the world in my time as a trainer; getting the chance to hone my skills of listening and observation, while also developing the experience of delivering crucial feedback to individuals and groups so that they could quickly change their practices and behaviours for the better.
A few years back, I also had the chance to add a Level 6 coaching qualification to my previous training experience and I’ve been able to continue helping people develop in their lives and businesses since. Helping others in this way is something I've discovered I’m really passionate about.
I’m interested in working with people and organisations who want to make the most of what they have, who aren't afraid to be different, who want to be better at what they do and make a positive impact on the environment and those around them.