Patrick has over 30 years international leadership experience in Operations, Supply Chain & Strategic Management, he has held senior roles in Ireland, the UK & the USA in the airline, FMCG & IT industry sectors. He is currently the owner & Managing Partner of Barr Performance Coaching. His clients are predominantly senior leaders in both domestic and international enterprises ranging in scale from Micro SMEs to major multi-nationals and in the public sector. Prior to taking on his current role Patrick was a Senior Director at Microsoft with responsibility for leading a major operating model change program. Previously in Microsoft he had responsibility for leading the Global OEM physical & digital Supply Chain Team. Prior to joining Microsoft Patrick attained an MBA from University College Dublin and held senior Supply Chain and Procurement management positions in Diageo and British Airways. He is passionate about leadership development and performance management and has attained post graduate qualifications in Business Mentoring and Leadership Coaching. He is a member of the Enterprise Ireland Mentor Panel, a faculty member of the Irish Management Institute, and a member of The European Mentoring & Coaching Council. He is an International Coach Federation certified coach. He was a volunteer board member of the ISPCC from June 2016 to March 2025. His book “The Successful Career Toolkit” – a quickfire guide to mastering business skills, was published by Kogan Page in May 2019. It was translated in to Chinese in March 2020, the audio version was published in April 2021. His 2nd book on “Effective Strategic Sourcing” was published in June 2022. Patrick is married with two sons, he lives in Dublin.
Coaching Approach:
Patrick’s commitment is to collaborate with clients to design, develop and implement high quality business, career & personal development strategies using challenging innovative processes and creative, insightful thought leadership. Specifically, he works 1 on 1 and in groups with business leaders, their teams and individuals to improve their performance by helping them become inspirational, open minded & more resilient leaders. His primary value proposition is ability embrace the coaching engagement backed up by >30 years hands on international business experience working with leaders from both large corporations and start up businesses.
Areas of expertise:
Patrick’s coaching focus primarily covers the following areas;
* Business Leadership & Performance Coaching
* Inspiring confidence to realise potential
* Business Strategic Planning & Change Management Coaching
* Aligning People, Process and systems to deliver impact.
* Career Management Coaching
* Including career transition
Patrick is certified to use Hogan Psychometric Reports, Birkman Psychometric Reports and the Roche Martin Emotional Capital Report (ECR360) as and when required by clients.
Learn more at https://www.barrperformancecoaching.ie/.
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