Nial O'Reilly, Harthill

Nial O'Reilly

Nial O'Reilly
Senior Leadership Consultant

“I approach my work from a position of unconditional positive regard and believe that each person has the potential to develop given the correct circumstances. You could say that my work is devoted to supporting people to enhance their performance through improved self-awareness, emotional intelligence and personal development.”

Nial is at the heart of Harthill and supports the work, the clients and the core team with compassion and energy

Hailing from Galway in the West of Ireland, Nial is an established member of the Courage and Spark faculty. He has worked as a consultant and executive coach for 13 years, including one-to-one executive coaching, leadership development coaching, team coaching and business strategy development facilitation. Having worked in senior leadership and executive positions himself in a 25-year corporate career previously, Nial has the ability to establish credibility and trust at executive level very quickly. He works with clients in the UK and Ireland across many diverse sectors including retail, banking, engineering, medical device and technology. He also authored and teaches a module on Vertical Leadership Development for the Executive MBA programme at the National University of Ireland Galway and provides Personal Leadership and Team Development Coaching to the Bioinnovate Ireland programme.

Nial holds an MSc in Executive and Business Coaching from the Smurfit Business School at University College Dublin. Nial's passion is the facilitation of potential in people and teams. Taking a person-centred, developmental approach shaped by his Gestalt based training with Peter Bluckert and the Cape Cod Institute, his work is devoted to supporting people to enhance their performance through improved self-awareness, emotional intelligence and development. Nial is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and a member of the Division of Work and Organisational Psychology of the Psychological Society of Ireland.

A deeply caring man with a humble, compassionate and witty personality Nial has an unusual ability to connect with people, and is a natural coach in both business and wider life.

Community of Practice

Harthill has created and sustains a collaborative group of coaches, consultants and facilitators in a Community of Practice,

which supports our own transformation and the transformation in individuals, teams, organisations and society. Each person who completes the LDF Authorisation is included in the Community and enriches our work.

Developmental Events

Orchestrated and choreographed by Rebecca Stevens, the Community is beginning to buzz with ideas, connectivity, sharing of experiences, co-inquiring into aspects of our work and the field. Harthill has created and curated a range of developmental Events which serve this purpose and some are also available to those outside the Community of LDF Authorised Practitioners.

Collective Inquiry Groups

Harthill has also launched a series of Collective Inquiry Groups - Community Inquiry, Developmental Inquiry, Practice Inquiry. We have also launched FrameChangers - like a book group for sharing and discussing any books, articles, videos or indeed any material that has shifted our frames of reference, triggered a new line of thinking or developmental idea.

Wisdom Council

Under the guidance of Dr Stephen Duns, we have also initiated a Thought Leadership space, with a Wisdom Council providing guidance and oversight, a planned annual Conference at which we will share new thinking, and a supportive group that will facilitate the research and studies that can lead to the publication of articles in our field.