About Us
We are a team of highly qualified and experienced professionals, with a fiery energy to make the ‘working world’ a better space for leaders and their teams.
SkyRed Leadership was founded in 2005 as TIO Consulting Ltd. Two decades later (2025), the world of leadership changed irrevocably, and we adapted.
Our Guiding Principles
Integrity & Trust
Integrity and trust are the foundation of our successful working relationships.
Outstanding Quality
We are committed to high-quality delivery every time with measurable results.
Needs-driven & Customised Solutions
We are about enabling business success and work with our clients to establish their needs before offering solutions.
Partnering Relationships
We listen to and work closely with our clients in the design, delivery and evaluation of interventions.
Amanda Cahir-O’Donnell
Founder & Managing Director ¦
Executive & Team Coach
M.Ed.Mgmt., Chartered FCIPD, Fellow L&DI; ICF & EMCC Accredited
Amanda is an award winning, experienced, and highly sought-after Executive and Team Coach. She is the founder of SkyRed Leadership, formerly known as TIO Consulting Ltd., which she established in 2006. Leading her own business, followed a very successful Corporate Career with large, blue-chip organisations including AIB Capital Markets and Hewlett-Packard. Amanda combines development skills and world-class coaching experience with strong pragmatism, humour and appropriate pace for executives, directors, senior leaders and their teams across diverse industry sectors. Amanda thrives on challenge, change and driving innovation within teams and organisations.
Why work with Amanda?
Amanda brings energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to every coaching engagement. Clients and colleagues describe her as a “challenging ally” with a unique ability to quickly identify key issues. Amanda is pragmatic and solution-focused, thriving on complex leadership challenges. She remains focused on her clients’ agendas and desired outcomes.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditation includes: Insights Discovery; Everything DiSC; BPS (MBTI; 16PF; EQi); Emotional Intelligence Training (ECR); Meta Team Coaching.
- Coaching Accreditations: CoachSource Qualified Coach; PCC with ICF & Global Team Coach Accredited with EMCC; and Coaching Supervisor with CSA.
- Coaching Awards: Executive Coach of the Year Award by the International Coach Federation (Ireland) in 2014 and 2016.
- Business Development Excellence: Winner of the AIB Women in Enterprise Business Development Award in 2018.
- ACESA Panel Member: Distinguished member of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies (ACESA) Executive Coaching Panel.
- Published Thought Leader: Published author of three influential leadership publications.
Keelan O’Donnell
Co-Founder & Operations Director ¦ Executive Coach
MPM, B.Comm. Prof. Dip. In Executive Coaching, Prof. Dip in Cloud Strategy, M.C.S.E.
Keelan O’Donnell is a highly experienced and accredited Leadership Coach who firmly believes that each coaching conversation should be future-focused, goal-oriented, and designed to deliver tangible results. With a strong track record in driving large-scale change initiatives, particularly in the information technology sector, Keelan has successfully led transformation projects for organizations such as EUIPO, CardBASE Technologies, Xtra-Vision, and Dunnes Stores.
Keelan is committed to helping leaders and managers map their leadership journeys by identifying their strengths and development opportunities, with a particular emphasis on stakeholder management and effective communication. His coaching approach is grounded in both Gestalt and Co-Active methodologies, which provide a solid foundation for empowering individuals and organizations.
Why Work with Keelan?
Keelan is adept at working with both technical specialists and line managers, understanding the challenges of navigating busy and evolving work environments. He brings experience from both the public and private sectors, with a particular focus on the software, retail, and construction industries. Keelan’s expertise extends to national and international public bodies, where he has successfully implemented several significant change projects, particularly within the EUIPO, highlighting his exceptional coaching and leadership development capabilities.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Operations Director at SkyRed Leadership (formerly TIO Consulting) since 2006
- Accredited Member of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council
- Certified in Everything DiSC and Insights Practitioner
- Consultant to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
- Extensive experience working across both private and public sectors
Anouska Rickard
Anouska is our key liaison between the client, programme participants and the SkyRed Leadership Coaching team. She provides excellent support in client programme delivery and business operations.
Anouska applies her knowledge, understanding and experience of the corporate world to inform her approach to managing projects and supporting our clients.
Anouska is responsible for the initial clarification of client needs, event logistics and diary management. Also, she is responsible for the administration of the suite of psychometric instruments that SkyRed Leadership offers to its clients.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
Anouska has achieved the L&DI Professional Practice Certificate in Training & Development.
Isolde Norris
Executive & Team Coach & Leadership Consultant
MBA, MSc, Fellow AC, AC, EMCC and ICF Accredited.
Isolde is an Executive and Team Coach working with leaders and teams since 2009 in Ireland and internationally, helping them to achieve their leadership potential and business results. Her career spans over 25 years in both large and small organisations and it has always involved a strong focus on building effective and high-performing leaders and teams in fast paced, global environments.
She coaches leaders and teams in the private and semi-state sectors across multiple industries including Technology, Pharmaceutical, Telecom, Legal, Health, Fisheries, Travel, Transport, Agri-Food, Financial Services, Professional Services, Universities and not-for-profit. Isolde also designs and delivers bespoke Leadership Development Programmes.
As senior manager at an American multinational, Isolde designed and implemented a successful culture-change program resulting in improved employee morale, new ways of working and significant increases in performance. She also designed and delivered a change-culture programme for the 800-strong workforce, to improve collaboration and develop a site strategy for delivery and results. Her programme was recognised by the CEO as assisting to develop and promote the organisation’s preferred leadership behaviours.
Why work with Isolde?
Isolde’s background in business and management provides her with the insight to successfully support clients in driving performance and engagement to increase business impact. Isolde supports clients build leadership capability whilst thinking strategically about how they need to change themselves, their teams or their wider organisation with careful consideration of their specific context, stakeholder engagement and the impact of that change on others.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Fellow and Accredited Master Executive Coach with the Association for Coaching
- Accredited Professional Executive Coach and Accredited Team Coach with EMCC
- PCC – International Coach Federation.
- British Psychological Society Occupational Testing – Level B Qualified.
- Member of The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).
- Psychometric Accreditation include: BPS Level A & B, Emotional Intelligence Training (EQi, ECR, EBW); Team Diagnostic Survey.
- Participant in research to support a professional doctorate which informed Team Coaching with Impact at Work – A Handbook for Team Coaches by Gill Graves.
- Board member of Dungarvan and West Waterford Chamber of Commerce.
Tara Goodwin
Executive & Team Coach & Leadership Consultant
M.B.S., L.I.B., B.A., Senior Practitioner European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC)
Tara is an experienced and accredited Executive Coach with extensive experience in senior operations management, finance, marketing, and communications. She began her career with Allied Irish Banks plc in Dublin, London and New York working in a variety of roles. She brings a wide range of sectoral, functional, and international experience having worked in change management, project management, communications and marketing.
Tara uses the coaching conversation to strive for deeper self-awareness, building personal confidence and performance to unleash maximum potential. She recognises the role leaders play through personal style, communication and their overall impact as a leader.
Why work with Tara?
Passionate about transformation, Tara helps clients think about how they change themselves, their teams, and their wider organisations with careful consideration of context, stakeholder engagement and the impact of that change on others.
Tara delivers high impact executive coaching focusing on experiential learning, providing the space to step back, reflect and integrate experiences. She helps clients understand their authentic leadership style in terms of driving their own, and the team’s performance. Her experience is that it’s the shift in mindset and wider perspective that drives the change in behaviours needed to excel as a leader.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditation includes: WRAW™ psychometric accreditation, ECR™ Psychometric Accreditation and Emotional Intelligence EQi™ accreditation
- Senior Practitioner, European Coaching & Mentoring Council (EMCC)
- Accredited Mediator – Mediation Institute of Ireland (MII) (2022)
- Operations Fundamentals – AIB (2011)
Mary Jordan
Executive & Team Coach & Leadership Consultant
Diplomas in Business & Personal Coaching, Management & Employee Relations, Therapeutic Counselling, ICF & PCC Accredited.
Mary specialises in executive coaching, career coaching and management leadership development. She is passionate about helping business professionals and teams create positive change and achieve remarkable results. She is known for her supportive pragmatic coaching approach and offers a number of tools, concepts, models, literature, reports and articles that prompt reflection and gain insights into new ideas that help sustain change and resilience beyond the coaching programme.
Mary has coached executives, leaders, teams and individual contributors in global multicultural industries in technology, life sciences, renewable energy, automotive, aviation, financial services, telecomms, engineering, construction, food/beverage industries and not-for-profit.
Why work with Mary?
Mary’s coaching, management and leadership experience enables her to build trusting relationships with clients and intuitively challenge them to reflect, think outside the box and gain deeper insights.
This approach ultimately helps the individual to achieve their goals such as to lead change during turbulent times, build greater agility and resilience, improve leadership capability, build support networks, increase team collaboration, develop a coaching style of leadership, create innovative and learning cultures, encourage a growth mind-set, build team capability and accountability, enhance employee engagement and develop higher performing teams.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Coaching Accreditation includes: Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with ICF, Fetac Level 6 Certificate in Coaching, Personal & Business Coaching Certified with Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Diploma Personal & Business Coaching with Irish Lifecoach Institute (ILI), Conscious Business Coaching Certified (Fellow Coach BetterUp), Certificate of Expert Quality for exceptional service and strong commitment to client success (LHH).
- Psychometric Accreditation includes: Insights Discovery; Thomas International DiSC, BPS level A & B+ (MBTI; 16PF; EQi), Innermetrix Advanced Profile Assessment, The Task Cycle ® methodology with TruScore (EI & 360).
Tom Finlay
Executive Coach & Mentor
BCL, BL, Dip Eur Law, M.Sc. Mgmt, Dip Exec Coaching, Dip Integrative Psychotherapy. Dipl. in Coaching supervision; Tapestry -Dipl. In Creativity Patterson/Prentice, ICF & EMCC Accredited.
Tom has extensive business experience having held several general management roles within the Bank of Ireland Group, culminating in heading up the Group’s Irish Asset management business from 1994 until 2001. Tom has also acted as a non-executive director for over twenty years and is currently on the Boards of a number of global financial service companies.
Tom has longstanding experience of leadership, having acted as Chairperson of the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Association of Pension Funds and also of Clann Credo -a registered charity which provides community loan finance to voluntary, charity, sports and community groups throughout Ireland.
Why work with Tom?
Since 2006 Tom has been operating as an Executive Coach, working with executives from the management teams of a diverse range of organisations including financial services companies, government departments., hospitals and other not-for–profit entities, and companies in the technology and IT sectors.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Accredited Coach Supervisor (CSA)
- Accredited Psychotherapist (IACP)
- Member of The International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Published Author; Deep Joy; 2022 –A reflective collaboration between Tom’s poems and Ursula Clidière’s Art.
John O’Dea
Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant
M.Eng, B.Eng, Dip.Mgt, Dip.Proj.Mgt, Dip.Env.Eng, ICF Accredited.
John is an experienced Facilitator, Practitioner and Student of the Art of Management and Leadership with a skill base developed over 16 years’ experience as an Officer in the Irish Defence Forces (including two peace-keeping tours of duty). John has also previously worked as a Manager (in EHS, Construction, Operations and Maintenance Management) with Intel in the fast-moving Semi-Conductor industry for over 25 years.
Why work with John?
John is an excellent communicator with teaching and facilitation skills acquired in delivering classes and workshops in Vision Setting, Leadership and Management Development, Strategy Development, Culture, Organisational Design, New Employee Integration, Coaching, Inclusion and Safety Culture. He is highly committed to enabling individual contributors transition into management, managers develop into leaders and leaders to develop, communicate and live out their visions. John is an advocate for diversity and inclusion and the creation of a real sense of belonging for everyone in the workplace.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditation includes: Everything DiSC® Certification and Hogan Assessment Certification
- LHH Career Transition Coach.
- Management of 660 person EMEA Regional Operational Organization with a budget of $1b.
- Delivery of Construction Programs worth $3b across EMEA including a large Wafer Fabrication Plant in Ireland ($695m).
- Development of Global Construction Strategy.
- Management of Global Introduction of Integrated facilities Management with $165m savings over 10 years.
- Development of Corporate Services Strategy, New Hire Integration and New to Manager Programs.
Laura Lawless
Leadership Consultant & Facilitator
MSc HR Leadership, B.Comm, Train the Trainer (SQT) and Advanced Facilitation (TIO)
Laura is an accomplished learning and development professional with 20 years of international experience across many sectors including aviation, retail, and hospitality. Laura is skilled in facilitation, change management, and performance management, enabling her to drive strategic initiatives that enhance people efficiencies and commercial success.
Her expertise in facilitation allows her to engage and inspire teams at all levels, ensuring knowledge transfer and skill development that leads to tangible business improvements. With a strong background in change management, Laura successfully helps organisations navigate through transitions, fostering resilience and adaptability. Additionally, her deep understanding of performance management ensures that individuals and teams are empowered to achieve their full potential through structured development and goal alignment.
A highly skilled communicator and presenter, Laura thrives in dynamic, technical industries, generating solutions that deliver results for both the individual and the organisation.
Why work with Laura?
Laura brings a unique blend of strategic vision and hands-on expertise to every project. Her ability to develop and implement high-impact training and efficiency programs ensures businesses stay ahead in competitive markets. Whether working with leadership teams or front-line employees, Laura’s approach is results-driven, adaptable, and tailored to the unique needs of each organisation. Her ability to facilitate meaningful conversations, drive change, and optimise performance makes her an invaluable partner for organisations. Laura prioritises partnering with organisations and working collaboratively.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
Psychometric Accreditation: Everything DiSC; BPS (MBTI; EQi).
Publications: regularly contributes to the Public Affairs Ireland Review.
Tom Armstrong
Executive & Team Coach, Facilitator & Mentor
BBS (TCD), FCA, MSc (UCD), AE, Post Grad Dips in Executive Coaching and Coaching Psychology (UCD).
Tom Armstrong is an Accredited Executive Coach, Team Coach, Facilitator, Mentor, and was a Finance Director for 15+ years. He has spent 30+ years in business across a variety of sectors from operations to Board level. He established his coaching practice in 2014 and works mainly with leaders and managers across multiple public-sector and private organisations. He understands the issues faced by his clients and uses his people skills and training to support, facilitate and challenge his clients. Tom brings a unique mix of humanity, authenticity, and curiosity to his work, creating a safe and confidential space to explore ideas, options, and a sustainable way forward.
Why work with Tom?
Tom works collaboratively with people facilitating them to access their authentic selves and to realise their potential. He creates an open environment that enables his clients to be open and honest while feeling safe. Tom has an engaging and encouraging style with a practical and future focus. He draws upon his extensive experience, and while he is a great listener, he asks probing questions that go beyond the surface level and helps his clients to ‘think differently’. Tom offers valuable feedback and insights that drive both reflection and action.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditations include: Insights Discovery Licenced Practitioner; Personal Profile Analysis DiSC Practitioner; BPS Personality Assessment – Test Administrator and User; Emotional Capital Report (ECR) and ECR 360 Accredited Practitioner; Foundations in Team Coaching Certificate (Performance Edge – ICF approved)
- Coaching Accreditations: Accredited Executive Coach (Association for Coaching)
- Professional Qualifications: Chartered Accountant
- Published Thought Leader: Contributor to Accountancy Ireland
- Other achievements: IMI Facilitation Skills Programme & Mediation Forum Ireland, Civil Mediation Accreditation Programme
Ted Walsh
Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant
B. Eng, B.Bus, Certificate in Team Coaching, (ILI), Certificate in Career Coaching, (ILI), PCC and ICF Accredited
Ted is a Professional Credentialed Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) with expertise in the areas of executive and business coaching, career coaching and training and facilitation. He has over 33 years industry experience, 25 years of those as a business, people, and technical manager with Intel Ireland. Ted left Intel in 2016 and trained formally as a Business and Leadership Coach.
Why work with Ted?
As an Executive and Business Coach, Ted works with all levels across organisations dealing with a wide range of topics such as team building, change management, strategic planning, self-confidence, leadership, operational issues, and career management. Ted has worked with a range of clients from business owners in small to medium enterprises to senior executives and leaders in multinationals.
Ted’s style is relaxed yet laser focused. His mission is to “make a difference” and he does this by using his knowledge, expertise, and experience to enable his clients gain clarity about the changes they would like to make, and then to put the strategies and actions in place to bring this about. He is a certified user of a number of psychometric assessments. He is trained in team coaching and systemic coaching.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditation include: Everything DiSC and EQi2.0 EQ 360 Certified Facilitator (2019).
- Coaching Accreditations include: PCC – International Coach Federation (2022), Strengths profile facilitator (ETA Feb 24), Fundamentals in Systemic coaching facilitation (2020) and ACC – International Coach Federation (2019).
Aileen Gleeson
Executive & Team Coach
MSc Business & Executive Coaching, BA Marketing & Languages, APDipECP (UCD), PGDipTC (UCD), MSc Coaching (UCD, 2019), EMCC Accredited.
Aileen combines proven business acumen with a deep understanding of coaching with 30 years of business experience in operations, consulting, and coaching across Europe. Prior to focusing on her coaching career, Aileen had a successful international corporate career working across Europe for Guinness GmbH, and Celerant Consulting GmbH, implementing large operational change management projects. After returning to Ireland, Aileen held various senior leadership roles at Microsoft.
Aileen’s coaching approach is grounded in psychological principles, systemic thinking, and focused on enabling personal and professional change. Aileen draws on the latest thinking, approaches and models in her coaching and leadership development practice. She is a member of the UCD coaching panel, supports with tutoring on the business and executive diploma, and has taught the team coaching diploma. She equally supports Trinity’s MBA programmes, through the provision of team coaching.
She has extensive experience in coaching teams, senior leaders, managers and employees across multiple sectors such as technology, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, public sector, and the SME sector.
Why work with Aileen?
Aileen is deeply committed to her clients, creating a safe yet challenging space for them to address their goals. She combines creative methods (informed by the latest thinking in leadership and coaching), with her keen business and systemic understanding and solutions focused approach. She brings high energy and drive and seeks to raise her clients awareness so that they can evolve their thinking and their ways of working.
Professional Affiliations & Achievements:
- Psychometric Accreditation includes: Facet 5 and Facet 5 Teamscape (personality), ECR and ECR 360 (emotional intelligence), EQi 2.0 and EQi 2.0 360 (emotional intelligence), Rocket Model (team), Team Diagnostic Survey (team).
- Coaching Accreditations: MSC in Business and Executive Team Coaching (covering both Individual and Team & EMCC accredited), Team Coaching Studio Team Coaching Diploma (ICF and AC accredited), and Senior Practitioner EMCC.
