- Critical Conversation Series
Leadership in 2025: Adapting to Thrive in a World of Change
- SkyRed Leadership
Today, amidst uncertainty and rapid transformation, leadership must reclaim its essence: the ability to inspire people to achieve extraordinary things.
- Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell
- Award-Winning Executive & Team Coach, Founder & Managing Director of SkyRed Leadership
A brilliant technical expert — an engineer, accountant, solicitor, IT specialist, HR professional — excels in their role. Naturally, the next step is a leadership position. It’s the expected career path.
Yet this transition is far from straightforward.
When this journey began, there was no grand plan to become an entrepreneur or build a leadership consultancy; there was simply a very real need to shape work around the demands of raising a child with additional needs, and a deep belief & passion in all things leadership.
- Amanda Cahir-O’Donnell
- Award-Winning Executive & Team Coach, Founder & Managing Director of SkyRed Leadership
There is a book I often wish I had written myself: Four Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman.
- Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell
- Award-Winning Executive & Team Coach, Founder & Managing Director of SkyRed Leadership
At SkyRed Leadership, we don’t just develop leaders—we elevate them. Here’s what sets us apart...
- Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell
- Award-Winning Executive & Team Coach, Founder & Managing Director of SkyRed Leadership
One of the most frequently asked questions by the leaders and managers we work with at SkyRed Leadership is: “What is the magic formula for successful leadership?” The honest – and perhaps uncomfortable – answer is: there is no magic formula. But here’s the good news – leadership, like any other skill, can be developed. Every manager and leader has the potential to grow and evolve.
- Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell
- Award-Winning Executive & Team Coach, Founder & Managing Director of SkyRed Leadership
As an award-winning executive coach, Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell has witnessed first-hand how chaos can either paralyse or propel leaders and their teams.