Roger Cawley
Executive and Leadership Development Coach
Experience in Area of Coaching
• Roger is an experienced management professional who has 25 years of achievements, including 15 years at senior leadership level, with overall responsibility for 100 staff
• Roger has a strong background in coaching with an excellent track record of developing people to higher levels of performance, in line with the vision of the organisation
• Roger has conducted hundreds of coaching sessions with leaders in areas such as change management, building high performing teams, resilience, achieving business objectives
• Roger has been involved in four major change programmes between 2009 and 2017 in Ulster Bank, coaching leaders and employees through complex change processes
• Roger was instrumental in implementing a major leadership development initiative that used the Cohen Brown methodology to promote engagement, accountability and motivation in leaders
• Roger is trained and highly experienced in the GROW model of coaching
Roger’s specialist expertise:
- Helping leaders to develop to their full potential
- Challenging self-imposed limitations
- Building trust through observation and feedback
- Building confidence and resilience through goal setting, managing self-talk and visualisation
- Understanding personal and organisational values
- Motivating self and others, maintaining high levels of engagement
- Improved performance in both individuals and teams
- Change management
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Management of time and workload for self and others
- Managing stakeholders’ expectations
Experience in One to One Coaching
Roger has many years of experience in the development and coaching of leaders. He is a keen listener, putting clients at ease and ensuring an open and honest coaching relationship from the start.
Roger believes every client can reach higher levels of performance for themselves and the people they lead. He encourages clients to set goals and take responsibility for their achievements. He works with clients to enable them to realise their own strengths, so that they and their teams can achieve success.
As a leader himself, he has championed team engagement and saw his business reap the benefits in terms of business success and staff retention, even in the face of challenging organisational change.
Roger is a strong believer that the Leader makes the difference; he knows investment in the leader is key to high performing teams and organisations.
- Advanced Diploma in Personal Leadership and Executive Coaching, Kingstown College, 2018
- Bachelor of Business, Institute of Technology Sligo, 2000
- Qualified Financial Adviser, Institute of Banking, UCD, 2002
- Grad. Diploma in Management Studies, Institute of Commercial Management, 1994
- Management Development Programme, Irish Management Institute, 1990
“I would highly recommend Roger as a coach. He asks the right questions to get clarity about situations and to identify goals & objectives that result in big pay offs. I found his various coaching and leadership tools very powerful. Roger possesses every quality you would want in a great coach. He is intelligent, motivated, disciplined and eager for his coachee to do well.”
“My performance in my leadership role improved significantly with the guidance, coaching and support of Roger. I am a much better leader and person, as a result of my time working with Roger. His informal but very effective coaching style, helped me develop myself and my team to new levels of effectiveness and resulted in my branch being awarded most improved branch. I would regard Roger as a professional, competent and effective coach whose coaching ability is second to none.”