"Orla Rafferty’s coaching sessions were very practical and provided me with a workable plan to review the business due to its ongoing growth. Orla Rafferty challenged me through her coaching techniques providing the highest platform to work from and created the space for me to think, do and complete. I would highly recommend her coaching services."

“Orla helped me realise the importance of taking the time and effort to review how I approach situations and how subtle changes in course can have significant wins. I found the experience extremely beneficial and started to see improved results in my performance immediately”

“Orla provides a challenging and thoughtful foil, helping sharpen focus on priorities. The coaching experience also helped challenge unhelpful or outdated thought processes that were getting in the way of achieving success, and better working relationships. I'd recommend to anyone ready to move to the next level of effectiveness.”

“Orla has helped me to become a more self-aware leader by encouraging me to reflect on my behaviours, actions and results. She has provided me with the tools I need to understand how others perceive me and pointed out areas that I should consider handling in a different way. Thank you for your guidance, patience, encouragement and support”

"As a HR Professional we can spend a lot of time coaching others, but often we don't take the time or are not good at evaluating ourselves accurately. For the past year I have been working with Orla in a coaching capacity. Orla has been excellent in providing me with support during our coaching sessions while ensuring the right amount of challenge and focus to help me grow. Throughout our time working together she has kept me honest, accountable and responsible for my goals and actions. This has helped enormously in increasing my self-awareness and has helped me to achieve my goals. I have no hesitation in recommending her to others who want to continue to develop themselves and their leadership potential."

"As a director in a small family business I found it difficult to set aside time to focus on how the business really worked and what our core values and plans for the future were. Through regular mentoring and coaching sessions with Orla over a two year period I was able to restructure how I managed the business and became more confident and relaxed in relinquishing total control and allowing other employees take ownership of some of my previous roles and duties which I mistakenly thought I had to do. Orla had a wide knowledge of business systems and best practices which we have been able to incorporate into our company which we believe will have a long term benefit."

I worked with Orla in 3 separate sessions to become a better manager. I have multiplied the number of people I manage, and having individual time for everyone has become a constraint. Orla has been incredible in coaching me to find the answers, to practice conversations and look for different ways on how situations can develop so that I am more prepared for difficult conversations without creating a difficult environment.

"Orla has been a great support to me in what has been an extremely challenging year. She has listened to me, sympathetically and empathetically. Her skill though has been that she has challenged me to move beyond the emotional responses to situations to situations I have found myself in and to think about them rationally and professionally. This has been very helpful. Orla's questions, advice and support have helped me to find perspective and to keep going. I will be forever grateful to her for that and will greatly miss our sessions."

"Orla has been incredible in coaching me to find the answers, to practice conversations and look for different ways on how situations can develop so that I am more prepared for difficult conversations without creating a difficult environment."