Practitioners Behind princegeorgebbq
Our instructors bring decades of combined experience from corporate development, independent practice, and educational institutions. Each specialist focuses on translating coaching theory into actionable frameworks you can apply immediately.
We built this platform in 2017 to address a gap: quality coaching education that respects your time and delivers practical skills without inflated promises.
Who teaches at princegeorgebbq
Fionnuala Brennan
Core Methodology
Fionnuala developed training programs for three multinational firms before transitioning to independent coaching in 2012. She specializes in structured frameworks for client assessment and goal-setting.
Declan O'Shea
Applied Ethics
Declan worked in organizational psychology for 14 years before focusing on coaching ethics and boundary management. His modules cover real scenarios coaches encounter with clients and colleagues.
Siobhán Riordan
Practice Development
Siobhán built her coaching practice from scratch in 2009 and now teaches the operational side: client acquisition, session structure, pricing models, and maintaining a sustainable workload.
Cormac Dunne
Communication Techniques
Cormac spent 11 years training corporate teams in active listening and feedback delivery. His lessons focus on recognizing communication patterns and adjusting your approach mid-conversation.
Aoife Gallagher
Client Dynamics
Aoife has coached over 400 individuals across career transitions, leadership development, and personal challenges. She teaches how to identify client needs quickly and adapt your methods accordingly.
Tadhg Keane
Reflective Practice
Tadhg combines coaching with supervision training, helping practitioners evaluate their own sessions, recognize blind spots, and refine their approach through structured reflection.
Teaching Philosophy
Skill-focused instruction
Each module breaks down one specific skill into observable steps. You watch demonstrations, practice with structured exercises, and receive written feedback on recorded practice sessions.
We skip motivational content and focus on technique: how to ask clarifying questions, when to challenge a client's assumption, how to structure a 60-minute session.
Real coaching scenarios
Lessons include transcripts from actual sessions (anonymized), video analysis of common coaching mistakes, and case studies showing how different approaches produce different outcomes.
- Client resistance and how to navigate it
- Managing sessions that go off track
- Recognizing when a client needs a different professional
- Balancing support with accountability
Transparent standards
We tell you exactly what competencies you need to demonstrate and how we assess them. Assignments have clear rubrics. Feedback identifies specific areas for improvement rather than general encouragement.
Completion requires meeting defined benchmarks, not just watching videos. If your work doesn't meet the standard, you revise it.
Ongoing access
After finishing the program, you retain access to all materials and can revisit modules as your practice evolves. We update content annually based on participant feedback and changes in coaching standards.
Alumni can submit questions about specific client situations and receive written responses from instructors within 72 hours.