Eyes on the Horizon

Out of the weeds and into the light

You can’t survey the territory and identify opportunities when you’re down at the coalface

Working in the weeds of your business is akin to inviting a thief into your house to steal all the good stuff. Bit-by-bit this way of working eats away at your time, attention, energy and health. It infantilises your staff as they grow more dependent on you, neuters your own professional development and stalls the growth of your company.

Eyes on the Horizon frees you from the coalface so that you have the time, energy, and support to grow your business.

Test your
performance levels

This free health check provides you with tailored insights into how you and your team are performing and how you can improve.

It takes less than two minutes.

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How does Eyes on the Horizon help you?

Moves

your focus from tactical operations to strategy

Gives

you the confidence to delegate the work that you don’t need to do

Identifies

the assets to build and the contracts to target in order to support your growth

Helps

you focus on what matters so that you achieve a better work-life balance

COACHING FOCUS

Prioritise

How do I structure my day effectively and delegate so that I can focus on what’s really important?

Team

How should I build and develop the team whose support is crucial to the success of the business?

Leadership

What new skills and behaviours do I need to build in order to support the team and business?

Strategy

How do I build and implement an effective strategy that gets the big ideas right and supports business growth?

Assets

What systems, playbooks and intellectual property do I need to develop in order to make working easier?

Self

What routines do I need to develop in order to refresh and recharge?

Who is Eyes on the Horizon for?

Entrepreneurs and Business Owners

who face challenges in managing and growing their companies

Senior Managers

who are doing their direct reports’ work and struggling to operate strategically

HOW IT WORKS

Pre-Programme

Chemistry Check – client and coach meet to discuss approach and see if they are a “match”
Proposal – outline design of programme and fee quotation

Discovery and Goal Setting

Three-Way Meeting -(Organisational Coaching Goals Exploration)
Enrollment Questionnaire
Psychometric Testing*
360° Feedback*

MONTH 1

Application and Action

Coaching Goals Confirmation
Core Coaching Sessions
Sessions last between 90 minutes to 2 hours

MONTHS 2 TO 4

Consolidation

Check in with programme sponsor and stakeholders with an interest
Incorporation of new goals if necessary
Consolidation of new behaviours and initiatives

MONTHS 5 AND 6

Review

Programme Review – review with programme sponsor and stakeholders
Next Steps – agree what happens next

* If required

Developing clear approaches to the complex issues

My name is Dara Lawlor. I’m a business consultant and executive coach. I work with both early-stage and established SMEs who employ a minimum of 20 people. I’m known for helping them build healthy businesses through winning the right contracts and some of them have sold their businesses as a result. My work with the leaders of SMEs involves resourcing them so that they can step away from tactical operations to focus on the strategic work of growing the business. This involves developing them and their teams so that they can build solid foundations to make clear and powerful offers to the market that leads to a vibrant and growing business.

SMEs are the real engine of the economy and the key to a nation’s vitality. They can spring from a garage, the mind of a returning emigrant or indeed that of a newly arrived immigrant. They provide a path, build careers, feed families and develop their surrounding communities.

If they are adequately resourced and supported, their leaders will be able to build the confident, nimble and resilient organisations that our nations need.

I’m a keen sportsman, and the lessons I’ve learned from participating in numerous triathlons inform my approach to supporting my clients so that they are fit to win.

Testimonials

Dara has been working one-to-one with a number of my senior team over the last year and a half. He has steadily built their leadership capabilities and as a result has accelerated their careers – some to the extent that they are now ready to assume even more responsibility. I highly recommend him.

Stephen Murphy

Head of Service Delivery, Circet Ireland & UK

Dara has been working with key members of our team, equipping them with new levels of confidence and preparing them for the next levels of responsibility within our small organisation. His work has been seminal, both for the individuals concerned, and their contribution to our company’s future. I unreservedly recommend him as an empathetic coach who helps professionals clarify personal mission and vision, find and focus their mojo and, ultimately, make a difference.

Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner

SoolNua

Dara was a port in a storm as I began a new role in a new industry. He was quick to engage and establish a relationship of trust and support. Every time we met he steered me through known and unknown issues at hand, and helped me move forward with tangible plans and confidence. His own wealth of senior experience in people, projects and challenges was a key differentiator as a coach and I would thoroughly recommend him.

Senior Executive

Government Agency

I gave Dara an employee who showed great potential but who lacked an understanding of the mechanisms of business. He gave me back a probable leader who has taken the lid off her perceived limitations and grown in stature in the eyes of those who matter to her career progression.

Kieran Killeen, Managing Director

Marketing Network Group

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