Executive and Online Coaching

What Clients Say…
In the first twelve months since using John Murphy we grew the business by 40%, we won the biggest single account in our industry and successfully created an entire new operating structure for Rothco. I would be and have been delighted to recommend John Murphy to any CEO looking to establish an external partner to help harness exceptional talent within their organisation.Patrick Hickey
John is a strong direct leader who will not shirk issues. A careful listener who constructively challenges in order to obtain best possible results. He detests the proverbial ‘elephant in the corner’ and will not allow anyone to avoid important issues.Ralph Peters
Worked closely with John over a period of 2 years and found him to be very creative and professional. Look forward to working with him again.Gavin Gallagher
John’s approach is to talk about the elephants in the room and challenge the sacred cows. John delivers huge value to any business.John Horkan
John is totally committed to the success of his clients. He is tenacious in driving others towards higher levels of achievement and shows determination in uncovering and confronting barriers to success.Paula Weir
John particularly taught me the importance of working “on” my business as well as working “in” the business and in doing so has ensured that I have a more successful and a more interesting and fun business to work within.Paul Overy
John is a true professional, very results driven. He was a tremendous help to our business, enabling us to get the focus we required. I would have no challenge whatsoever in recommending himIan Masterson
John is a consummate professional. He has outstanding personal skills.John is considerate, thoughtful and always brings his many years of business skills and experiences to the table.Aidan Murphy
The success of our group (and a subsequent group as a direct result) can be clearly related to John’s sharp intellect, obvious integrity and no nonsense approach. I value his views at all times.John Mulcahy
John is an action orientated advisor and coach. He gets executives and teams to focus on the key activities that will get results. He makes sure people drive through on their weekly and monthly activities and coaches them to develop areas that don’t come naturally.John O’Gorman

[Podcast #003] Why we procrastinate and how to stop

[Podcast #003] Why we procrastinate and how to stop

Procrastination is a challenge for all of us – no one is excluded. Why do we procrastinate? We fear feeling bad. Napoleon Bonaparte said: “He who fears being conquered, is sure of defeat” We don’t want to feel bad, so we avoid it. We postpone starting. We delay the start, because we believe we need… More…

Wow – procrastination is popular!!

Wow – procrastination is popular!!

To say that my recent article on procrastination got a big response is an understatement! The amount of responses, tweets, texts and emails I got was just amazing. Procrastination obviously resides just below the surface in so many of us! What I also found interesting was that some argued the “virtues” of procrastination. Truthfully, I… More…

What will be your most productive hours this week?

What will be your most productive hours this week?

Is it the time you spend with your most important client? Is it the hours at your weekly management meeting? Or is it the hours you spend exercising? But will they be the most productive hours for you this week? Well, not according to Mike Soenen, Chairman and CEO of Emergency Link, a highly successful… More…