The Fingal Business Podcast

In this uplifting episode, we speak to James Stewart of the Fingal-based  Celtic Candles. James shares some brilliant insights on developing your  business and his experience of why people will decide to do business  with you.

In this motivational episode, we speak to Ann McGee, Founder, MD at MIAS  Pharma, about her business journey and the insights that have helped  her develop her service-based enterprise.

In this episode, we speak to the Director of Pavilions Shopping Centre,  Ian Hunter, about the business of retail and the key to achieving  success. Getting the basics right, listening to your customers, and  creating memorable experiences are just some of Ian's excellent tips in  this inspiring episode.

In this episode, we speak to Donnacha Neary, Founder and Managing  Director of Sonica, an award-winning construction and state-of-the-art  office fit-out company. Fingal-based Sonica has earned a stellar  reputation as the company of choice for some of the world’s biggest  brands, including Hubspot, Indeed, GSK, Diageo and many more. Donnacha  shares his start-up experience how this has culminated in the success of  Sonica and the creation of their flagship HQ, First Landings, in  Skerries.

In this episode, we talk to Jeanne Mahony, Co-founder of Hope Beer,

about  what it takes to start a craft beer brewing company. A value-packed  interview with plenty of tips to inspire entrepreneurs at all stages of  business.

In this episode, we talk to Tom Keogh on how they transitioned from  selling potatoes from the family farm to creating the phenomenally  successful brand, Keoghs Crisps. Tom explains the challenges they  encountered and shares the learnings that will benefit anyone starting  in business today.

In this episode, we talk to the Founder and CEO of Gourmet Food Parlour  Lorraine Heskin, who shares some excellent insights and advice about  starting and growing a successful business. Gourmet Food Parlour was  awarded Best Managed Company in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies  Awards Programme in 2019 and 2020.

In today's episode, we're talking about HR and leadership in changing times with our featured expert and MD of The HR Suite, Caroline McEnery.

About Our Featured Expert:

Caroline McEnery, Managing Director of The HR Suite and HR and Employment Law Expert. Caroline is a former member of the Low Pay Commission and is also an adjudicator in the Work Place Relations Commission. Top trainer  and presenter, keynote speaker, expert investigator, mediator, WRC Adjudication Officer, and owner of The HR Suite. She has also completed a Masters in Human Resources at the University of Limerick; she is CIPD accredited and a trained mediator. Caroline had worked across various HR  areas for over 20 years in Kerry Group and the retail and hospitality sector. She was the Operations and HR Director of the Garvey Group before setting up The HR Suite in 2009.

Caroline  speaks widely and writes articles and papers on thought leadership  about the future landscape of HR and the challenges and opportunities  that it presents for employers and employees. She also speaks on the  area of employment law, mediation, and other relevant HR-related topics.  She is a regular contributor and expert presenter & trainer in all  HR and Employment Law areas. Caroline is the author of "The Art of  Asking the Right Questions," a tool kit for people managers to ensure they maximise their people's talent. The guide contains top tips and  guidelines for anyone who manages people regarding recruitment, appraisals, personal development, etc.

She is also a lead mentor on the ACORNS programme, which promotes entrepreneurship for women. She is a member of the going for growth  entrepreneurship programme and continuing the momentum programme.

For more information, check out the website; www.thehrsuite.com

This episode is all about the Dos and Don’ts of website design with the Director of Digital Marketing and Strategy at Digital Insights, Keith  Feighery.

About Our Featured Expert:

Keith is a leading Digital Marketer with over 15 years of experience creating digital marketing programmes, developing enterprise software  applications, and building successful online retail businesses. Keith is currently Director of Digital Marketing and Strategy with Dublin-based  agency and consultancy Digital Insights. Keith is a leading corporate trainer in Digital Marketing and lectures with Ireland’s premier Business College, Trinity College Dublin.

For more information, check out the website; www.digitalinsights.ie

In  this episode, we cover how you can think differently about the new  Normal with Motivational Speaker and Author of The Green Platform,  Declan Coyle.

About Our Featured Expert:

Declan  is a director of Andec and one of Ireland's most internationally  experienced Leadership Training & Development consultants. He is  also much sought after as a Conference Keynote speaker. He has delivered  specialist programmes on leadership, management, sales, and  organisational development to clients in Ireland, the UK, Holland,  Germany, France, Hungary, Ukraine, USA, Hong Kong, Thailand, The  Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, China, and Australia. His unique use of  tools such as NLP to focus Leadership Teams on personal and company  goals to maintain consistently high levels of motivation and success is  underpinned by harnessing individual personality styles' unique power  using the Enneagram Model. He combines this with the Red & Green  Platform System he developed that has revolutionised leadership and  coaching thinking and performance in companies where he has worked.  Declan has worked with government ministers, government departments,  semi-state bodies, multi-national companies, SME's and charities. He has  also given regular training sessions to PLATO groups – owner-managers  of SME's. Declan has worked extensively with senior management and sales  teams from Alltech, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Takeda Pharmaceutical,  Mars Corporation, PMI (Pharmaceutical Managers' of Ireland), Apple,  LloydsPharmacy, Aurivo, and many more.

His  success as a key motivator and executive coach for Business Leaders has  in recent years been harnessed in the sports arena where he has given  regular goal setting and mental strength motivational sessions to  several GAA teams, including the Cavan, Kerry, Cork (Football) Tipperary  (Hurling), Down, Offaly (Football), Dublin (Hurling), and Wicklow  teams. He worked closely with Kilmacud Crokes when they won the 2008  All-Ireland Club Championship. Declan is himself a former Ulster  Championship medal winner who played senior football with Cavan. He also  worked with the Kentucky Wildcats when they won the National Basketball  Title in the U.S. He is the author of the Number 1 Best Selling book, The Green Platform, an  innovative "inner software" methodology that has transformed the  morale, productivity, and profitability of companies across the globe.  He also wrote 116 weekly hugely popular motivational columns for Fit  Magazine published with the Irish Independent, Ireland's largest-selling  daily newspaper. He has rewritten 90 of those inspirational columns for  his new book Living The Green Platform – Life-Changing Stories.  He has been a guest on many television shows and radio programmes,  including The Late Late Show, The Saturday Night Show (twice), Ireland  AM, The Joe B. & Denny Show, Radio Vermont, and One To One With Bill Goodman in the U.S.

For more information, check out the website; www.thegreenplatform.com