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About Me

David Dorgan

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Former Director at Major Multi-National

Successful Coach to All Ireland Winning Teams

B.B.S., M.S., M.A., NLP Practioner, PgDip, EMCC Senior Practioner

With over 30 years of business and leadership experience, including over 2 decades in senior roles within one of the most demanding and high-performing supply chain organisations in the world — Dell Technologies — I have learned what it truly takes to lead in complex, high-pressure environments. I hold a Degree in Commerce and a Master’s in Supply Chain Management, alongside multiple postgraduate qualifications in coaching, NLP, and Positive Psychology.

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My career has spanned culture transformation, strategy execution, and achieving ambitious goals in both business and sport. I’ve led teams across global operations, where precision, pace, and resilience were non-negotiable, and I’ve also worked extensively with elite athletes and All-Ireland winning teams, helping them unlock their performance potential on and off the field.

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This blend of corporate leadership and sports performance coaching has shaped a unique coaching approach — one that understands the mental and emotional demands of high performance while delivering practical, results-driven strategies.

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I am an EMCC Senior Practitioner with three postgraduate coaching qualifications, and I am deeply committed to lifelong learning. My coaching style is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and a belief that people achieve their best when they feel understood, supported, and challenged in the right way.

What sets me apart is my personal investment in every client and programme I deliver. I care deeply about people not just learning skills, but applying them in the real world long after the training room is empty. Whether I’m coaching a senior executive, developing a team of managers, or working with an elite athlete, I bring all of my experience — from boardroom to sports field — to help people find clarity, break through barriers, and achieve meaningful, lasting results.

Michelle O'Connor

Leading Performance Psychology Consultant | Elite Performance Coach Therapeutic Specialist | Guest Speaker & Lecturer |

MSc Coaching Psychology, BPS Clinical and Counselling Psychology, BA - Hons Arts

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Michelle is one of Ireland’s leading Performance Psychological Consultants and Elite Performance Coaches, who has over 10+ years experience working with people, across many facets of life, most notably with her sporting & performance clients, in Ireland and Abroad. Michelle is passionate about enabling individuals, teams and companies to thrive in their respective environments.

Her record as an Elite Performance Coach, has made her one of the most sought after figures in the field of High Performance. She is currently involved in many successful backroom teams, and continues to work with reigning All Ireland Camogie Champions Cork, having been identified as a “game changer” to their recent successes in 2023 and 2024.

Having a vocation to her previous work in the Healthcare industry, Michelle still engages and supports children/young people through her therapeutic practices and interventional work, specialising in mental health, well-being, self-harm and suicide prevention. Her ability to build relationships with people of all ages, is why she profoundly stands out in her specialities.

Her strengths based applications in effective communication, leadership, emotional intelligence and responsiveness, as well as her adaptable and resilient nature, are key features to her supportive work, in unlocking human potential & optimising performance.

With a bank of experience working in high stress, high stakes environments, she is uniquely different in her adaptability to achieve results, in corporate and sporting worlds, setting her apart as a person and professional.

Journeying the path with people, is what makes Michelle the charismatic and life changing professional she is today.

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