Mairead Kearns

About Me

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Overview

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"Helping professionals achieve clarity, confidence, and commercial impact."

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With 25+ years’ leadership in and entrepreneurship, I bring resilience, commercial awareness, and a track record of driving growth. As a coach, I blend real-world insight with proven methods to help professionals navigate demanding industries, unlock potential, and balance career success with personal fulfilment.

Areas of Expertise

I coach professionals to achieve career growth with confidence and balance. Together, we design clear, practical pathways that accelerate advancement in their career, while maintaining personal wellbeing. By combining real-world leadership insight with structured coaching methods, I empower clients to make commercially informed decisions that deliver win-win outcomes for themselves and their organisations.

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Key areas include:
• Career Transitions – Assess options and take the next step with purpose.
• Overcoming Procrastination – Build momentum through actionable strategies.
• Climbing the Career Ladder – Progress strategically while sustaining wellbeing.
• Maternity Leave & Return to Work – Navigate transitions with clarity and confidence

Credentials and Approach:

I guide professionals to build focus, self-assurance, and the business acumen needed to thrive—enabling them to make an impact, advance their careers, and maintain wellbeing in their personal lives.

• Proven Leadership: 25+ years delivering results in fast-paced, high-performance industries.

• Practical Insight: Coaching grounded in hands-on leadership and deep understanding of professional challenges.

• Qualified Coach: Diploma in Mentoring and Coaching, QQI Train the Trainer, and EMCC accreditation.

• Strategic, Results-Focused: Coaching tailored to align individual ambitions with organisational objectives, enabling measurable impact and sustainable career progression

Testimonials:

‘When I began working with Mairead, I felt completely stuck and overwhelmed by life decisions. She created a safe, supportive space that helped me regain focus and direction. Her blend of compassion and structure turned daunting challenges into achievable goals. Through her guidance, accountability, and insight, I built lasting confidence and clarity. Working with Mairead has been truly transformative — one of the best investments I have ever made in myself.’

Niamh Gough

Founder Pilates Collective

Buyer: Alo SOHO Group

‘Working with Mairead has been transformative. I began coaching feeling stuck, unsure of my next step. Through her guidance and accountability, I built confidence, took focused action, and learned to overcome self-doubt. Mairead’s support helped me secure a fantastic new role at Grant Thornton — something I once thought was out of reach. I am truly grateful for her insight and encouragement.’

NP

Grant Thornton

“Mairead helped me tremendously in focusing on my career’s progression in all aspects. In just a few sessions we managed to reflect on my time in the industry to date, identified areas of weakness to work on and positive aspects to build on, before putting a plan in place of how best to implement this for the current point in my career. Most importantly I feel a new sense of confidence in myself and managing the future of my career.”

RD

Media