Padraig O’Connor – Achievement Fulfilment

John Prendergast

After decades of severe anxiety John Prendergast overcame those challenges, building a happier life. Wanting to help others in both every day life and the business environment he took opportunities to train with world leading therapists & trainers including Dr Richard Bandler; co-founder of NLP, Paul McKenna, Brendon Burchard, and others, in EMDT, Hypnopsychotherapy, NLP and more. Now working as a Mind Coach and Psycho-Trauma Therapist he has over 3,000 hours experience helping real people. His past experience of severe anxiety & the satisfaction in helping others drives John to help as many people as possible. His interest in the Mind and Neuroscience grounds his approach firmly in the realities of the human mind and the systems it uses to create our life experience.

Padraig O’Connor

Padraig O'Connor a coach and trainer with a wealth of practical experience Highly qualified in Psychometric testing and Career Coaching and with first hand experience working in large corporations as well as delivering training into business all over the country, Padraig us very passionate about helping people make change in their lives. Over the past number of years he has helped hundreds of people to make lasting, positive change, though services that includes career coaching, business coaching, talent development and training delivery. Having made a massive career change in his own life he now does the things he enjoys and believes in. If I can do it you can too. His core belief is that when you give yourself permission to take control change can begin. Having the skills to guide that change is just a matte of learning.

Padraig is a Coach and Training Consultant who has helped hundreds of people transform their professional lives. With experience of many years in the Telecommunications and Software Development Sectors, fulfilling Senior Technical and Management Roles with large multinational companies responsible for the delivery of multimillion euro projects, his insights into how the realities of the modern workplace can create stress, miscommunication, and discord leading to many people not performing at their best is second to none.

As a British Psychological Society accredited consultant for the use of occupational psychometric assessments, and an experienced coach, he works closely with companies to ensure employees talents are utilized to their fullest potential and helps to break down barriers in the workplace to help people achieve more and be more comfortable and competent in their roles.

Padraig’s training delivery approach is highly engaging and structured yet dynamic; affording the participant the opportunity to learn as every possible juncture resulting in a top class learning experience.

Over the past few years he has delivered tailored Training, Coaching, and Business Organisation Solutions including:
– Employee Development Training.
– IT Training.
– Personality and Aptitude Assessments.
– Staff Transitioning Service (Outplacement).
– Organisational Structure Change.
– Business Coaching.
– Communication and Negotiation.
– Employee Performance Coaching.
– CV and Interview Preparation (One to One and Group).

This vast experience in a range of workplaces and environments means Padraig is perfectly positioned to help you create a more productive, happier, and skilled workplace.

His certifications include:

Certificate of Competence in Aptitude and Personality Assessment – The British Psychological Society

Train the Trainer Certificate FETAC Level 6 – FETAC (Further Education and Training Awards Council)

B.Eng (Hons) In Electronic Engineering (DCU)
Dip In Business, Executive and Personal Coaching

Advanced ECDL Expert

Certified ScrumMaster

Holds memberships of Engineers Ireland, The British Psychological Society, Association for Coaching, The Teaching Council and The Scrum Alliance.

Stress, poor communication, interpersonal misunderstandings and frustration all arise from real world triggers. These triggers can be reduced.

Avoid feelings of bulling – consistent miscommunication can have people feeling picked on. Then conflict can grow swiftly and eat time and energy from all involved.

Seeing the powerful psychological factors at work lets us reduce them with simple, effective tools targeting the real cause not just the symptoms.

When things don’t work smoothly it generates conflict, resulting in people trying less and working at a lower ‘less-hassle’ level & making more mistakes.

As we approach deadlines there is more stress, when that stress is not managed we are not performing at our best when it’s most important.

Using evidence supported techniques we can directly and immediately reduce stress, teach staff to minimize stress building triggers, and keep stress low.

The true cost of stress can be easy to calculate. Loss of earnings, missed deadlines, and poor retention of key staff are easy to see. The health impact can be severe but overlooked.

Over pressured minds look for what's wrong, easily leading to a ‘blame culture’ where people look to avoid criticism rather than solving the problem. An unhappy workplace performs poorly where distraction, conflict, and absenteeism all increase.

The mind and body systems that create these feelings and problems are well understood and there is a lot we can do very quickly to put you in control of them again.