Leadership is lonely and tough especially in this difficult Covid pandemic!

I have worked with Tim McCarthy for almost a year now. During that time, Tim has coached me in leadership, presentation skills and in general business strategy. I have found Tim’s advice and support to be invaluable. Tim is particularly good at providing advice in difficult situations and his exceptionally incisive mind cuts to the heart of the issue and provides a clear strategy that delivers the best possible outcome. However, engaged on an ongoing basis, Tim’s deep experience and unique and clear business philosophy ensures that those difficult situations are avoided altogether! Tim McCarthy and The McCarthy Consultancy have delivered tangible business benefits to me over the past year. I recommend The McCarthy Consultancy unreservedly. Tim France. Founder and CEO.

Great presentation by Tim McCarthy at the CUMA Spring Conference 2017. Laura Keane.

Tim graced us with a rousing talk as our Keynote speaker on Common Purpose’s Profile programme for senior leaders in September 2019. He visibly moved and stirred the group with his story of leading organisations as well as his astute personal insights. But it was his delivery , stature and presence that struck all that were there to experienced it, a real leader. We have hundreds of contributors every year on our programmes and Tim was easily one of the most powerful and inspirational and a gentleman to boot. Dara Connolly. Chief Executive Officer.

Where do I even begin?!

On behalf of the Common Purpose team, I am writing to thank you so much for delivering the Keynote ‘My Leadership Journey’ on our Profile programme this year.

Thank you so much for your engagement with the programme and participants, and for your openness to share your leadership experiences and insights. It is not an exaggeration, Tim, to say that you absolutely blew our participants away. They were inspired and empowered to aim for honest, brave leadership; and I know a number of them came away with practical advice for how to tackle particular workplace challenges. The group felt very privileged to have had this experience, and the session will certainly resonate with them for some time going forward. Kristina Moody. Programme Director.

I asked staff who attended your talk yesterday for some feedback, some powerful stuff here, well done. They included the following: “I got a lot out of the session personally. Timmy was very honest about his own life and challenges, how he overcame them and is currently overcoming them. ” I thought the presentation had an excellent flow to it with the anecdotal real personal stories used to really get home the messages being conveyed. I appreciate that the talk was for a set time and could only cover particular topics on the day but it would have been great to hear maybe some more examples from his business & professional life where he encountered difficulties that people could take learnings from into their own professional careers.” “I thought Tim had a powerful message to impart and a rulebook for living our lives.” “I think Tim’s will to win and recover from both sports injury and latterly cancer is powerful and demonstrates his unbelievable will power, strength of character, and drive to recover.” “Tim’s strength to battle cancer is a daily challenge and the ability to get himself up to the level of positivity, is a beacon to us all.” Kieran Considine Head of AIB|Clare, Limerick & Kerry.

The feedback since has been excellent with people talking about “Leaving things a little better each day” and “being a resource not a hero”.

We are slowly changing our business culture and, as you could tell, we were very nervous about keeping the messages completely true to our cultural direction. Tim-your session was totally on point. Thanks for listening and weaving our story into yours.

Thank you so very much and best of luck with your personal journey! Richard Parsons, Group Retail Director.

Tim has MC’d three corporate events for us including the first “ Empowering Women in Financial Services Conference” held last Sept. His attention to detail , professionalism, & ability to keep an audience engaged is a skill in itself. He facilitates panel discussions in a relaxed & non-judgemental manner, which really helps the interviewees feel at ease. Aileen Delaney, Operations Director.

We worked with Tim on a virtual event for our Glandore Member Businesses that focused on ‘How to Manage Organisations and People Through Crises’. This couldn’t have come at a better time as a lot of our client businesses were going through a tough period as a result of Covid-19. Tim gave them some invaluable insight on how organise their businesses to deal with the adversity and some great tips on how to structure things internally and manager their people. It was one of our best attended virtual events to date and we have had some amazing feedback from our clients. Our mission at Glandore is to create space for business to grow and with Tim’s advice they certainly will. Henry Daly, Head of Marketing, Glandore

We have a young, dynamic management team in Packed House that had been thrust into an incredibly challenging set of circumstances. Overnight they now had to manage a team remotely, deal with a reduction in working hours and Covid was impacting every area of the business. They did not have a playbook for this and as CEO my time and capacity was being spread to thinly. I knew we needed help. It was advised that I speak to Tim McCarthy. Tim provided clear, concise, practical advice to the management team on how to navigate the first few weeks of a crisis in a calm, assured way. I could hear the increased confidence the next day in my team on our management call. I have been fortunate enough to work with some great mentors and coaches in my career to date. Tim is right up there amongst the best. I would have no hesitation in recommending his services. Ritchie Kelly, CEO, Packed House.

Tim’s advice and insight was very practical. He reminded me of the importance of regular and effective communication in general, and more importantly through times of uncertainty. Tim provided useful tips and guidance on how to keep your team positive and engaged. I look forward to engaging with Tim in the future. Laura Mathews, COO VisibleThread^TM

I would just like to give a huge thanks to Tim McCarthy for giving a fantastic presentation on our webinar yesterday morning. We had a terrific turnout, so thank you also to attendees. Tim shared tremendous tips on #success #entrepreneurship #leadership How to meet challenges in life and much, much more. Tony Delaney, Group CEO, SYS Wealth & Financial Planners